Joshi, Anuja and Shukla, Jinal K and Jaiswal, Ravi K and Goutam, Kapil and Gopal, B (2013) CONFORMATIONAL FEATURES OF SIGMA FACTOR/ANTI-SIGMA COMPLEXES. In: Conference on Biomolecular Forms and Functions - A Celebration of 50 Years of the Ramachandran Map, JAN, 2013, Indian Inst Sci, Bangalore, INDIA, pp. 385-397.
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The association of a factors with the RNA polymerase dictates the expression profile of a bacterial cell. Major changes to the transcription profile are achieved by the use of multiple sigma factors that confer distinct promoter selectivity to the holoenzyme. The cellular concentration of a sigma factor is regulated by diverse mechanisms involving transcription, translation and post-translational events. The number of sigma factors varies substantially across bacteria. The diversity in the interactions between sigma factors also vary-ranging from collaboration, competition or partial redundancy in some cellular or environmental contexts. These interactions can be rationalized by a mechanistic model referred to as the partitioning of a space model of bacterial transcription. The structural similarity between different sigma/anti-sigma complexes despite poor sequence conservation and cellular localization reveals an elegant route to incorporate diverse regulatory mechanisms within a structurally conserved scaffold. These features are described here with a focus on sigma/anti-sigma complexes from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In particular, we discuss recent data on the conditional regulation of sigma/anti-sigma factor interactions. Specific stages of M. tuberculosis infection, such as the latent phase, as well as the remarkable adaptability of this pathogen to diverse environmental conditions can be rationalized by the synchronized action of different a factors.
| Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
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| Publisher: | WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD |
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| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2014 09:04 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2014 09:04 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/49490 |
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