Lakshminarayan, H and Rajaram, A and Narayanan, Sujatha (2000) Involvement of Serine Threonine Protein Kinase, PknL, from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis H37Rv in Starvation Response of Mycobacteria. Journal of Microbial & Biochemical Technology, 1 (1). 030-036. ISSN 1948-5948
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Abstract
The adaptation to nutrient depletion in bacteria involves a highly organized series of intracellular events that enable them to adapt to starvation conditions. The regulatory effect of serine threonine protein kinase, PknL, from Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv was investigated under nutrient deprived conditions that simulate circumstances leading to latency. Recombinant PknL was expressed in Mycobacterium smegmatis strain mc2155 in its wild type and mutant forms. In vitro growth kinetics experiments revealed that clone expressing active PknL had a significant growth advantage under nutrient limiting conditions. Experiments were conducted to ascertain the in silico predictions of the involvement of PknL in regulating glutamine metabolism in mycobacteria. Furthermore, a role for PknL in cell wall biogenesis/cell division was shown by scanning electron microscopy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Serine threonine protein kinase (STPK); PknL; Starvation response; Glutamine metabolism; Nutrient uptake; HPLC; Scanning electron microscopic studies |
| Subjects: | Tuberculosis > Laboratory Research > Immunological Tuberculosis |
| Divisions: | Basic Science Research > Immunology |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Rathinasabapati R |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Nov 2017 07:31 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2017 07:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/987 |
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