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000719185.pdf: 3296921 bytes, checksum: 3209de8217c724ff260135d1572d7752 (MD5) === O fungo filamentoso Neurospora crassa é um organismo modelo muito utilizado para estudos de diversos aspectos da biologia dos eucariotos. Nosso laboratório tem utilizado este fungo para o estudo dos mecanismos moleculares e bioquímicos da regulação do metabolismo de glicogênio. A presente proposta de trabalho é uma consequência de experimentos anteriores realizados com o objetivo de identificar proteínas (fatores de transcrição ou não) que se ligam à região promotora do gene gsn, o qual codifica a enzima glicogênio sintase, regulatória do processo de síntese do carboidrato. Esses estudos combinaram experimentos de ensaios de retardamento em gel utilizando fragmentos do promotor gsn e proteínas do extrato total do fungo, acoplados à análise proteômica e identificação das proteínas por espectrometria de massas. Os experimentos resultaram na identificação de algumas proteínas do fungo, as quais podem ou não estar envolvidas na regulação da expressão do gene. Alguns estudos preliminares com estas proteínas foram anteriormente realizados no laboratório e apontaram um provável papel das mesmas na regulação do metabolismo do carboidrato em N. crassa. Duas dessas proteínas, as codificadas pelas ORFs NCU3482 e NCU06679 foram objeto de estudo neste trabalho. Portanto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar a caracterização das linhagens mutantes nestas ORFs, além da produção e purificação das proteínas na forma recombinante. Foram realizadas análises morfológicas da linhagem mutante na ORF NCU06679, tais como: crescimento colonial e radial, crescimento linear e análise microscópica das extremidades das hifas. Esses experimentos foram realizados em comparação com a linhagem selvagem do fungo e, mostraram esta proteína está envolvida no processo de desenvolvimento do... === The fungus Neurospora crassa has been widely used as a model organism for fundamental aspects of eukaryotic biology. We have been studying the biochemical and molecular mechanisms involved in glycogen metabolism regulation in this fungus. The present work is a consequence of previous experiments performed in the laboratory to identify proteins that bind to the promoter region of the gsn gene which encodes glycogen synthase, the regulatory enzyme in glycogen synthesis. Previous studies were performed by using a combination of DNA gel shift assay coupled to proteomic analysis, followed by identification of proteins by mass spectrometry. The assays resulted in the identification of proteins likely involved in the regulation of gene expression. Preliminary studies with these proteins have previously been carried out and suggested that they might have a role in the regulation of glycogen metabolism in N. crassa. Two of them, the ORFs NCU3482 and NCU06679 gene products were object of study in this work. The main objective was to characterize the mutant strains in both proteins and to produce and purify the recombinant proteins. Morphological analyzes were performed in the ORF NCU06679 mutant strain such as colony and radial linear growth and microscopic examination of the ends of the hyphae. These experiments showed that this protein is involved in the fungus development since growth and ability to conidiate were deficient when compared to the wild-type strain. The expression of gsn and gpn (encodes glycogen phosphorylase, the regulatory enzyme in glycogen degradation) genes were analyzed by qPCR and the results showed differences in gene expression of both genes during vegetative growth of the NCU06679 mutant strain when compared to the wild-type strain. The protein encoded by ORF NCU06679 was produced as a recombinant protein and the purification... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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