Expression Profile and Regulation of Spore and Parasporal Crystal Formation-Associated Genes in <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i> Jieping Wang Han Mei Hongliang Qian Qing Tang Xiaocui Liu Ziniu Yu Jin He 10.1021/pr4003728.s004 https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Expression_Profile_and_Regulation_of_Spore_and_Parasporal_Crystal_Formation_Associated_Genes_in_i_Bacillus_thuringiensis_i_/2346433 <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i>, a Gram-positive endospore-forming bacterium, is characterized by the formation of parasporal crystals consisting of insecticidal crystal proteins (ICPs) during sporulation. We reveal gene expression profiles and regulatory mechanisms associated with spore and parasporal crystal formation based on transcriptomics and proteomics data of <i>B</i>. <i>thuringiensis</i> strain CT-43. During sporulation, five ICP genes encoded by CT-43 were specifically transcribed; moreover, most of the spore structure-, assembly-, and maturation-associated genes were specifically expressed or significantly up-regulated, with significant characteristics of temporal regulation. These findings suggest that it is essential for the cell to maintain efficient operation of transcriptional and translational machinery during sporulation. Our results indicate that the RNA polymerase complex δ and ω subunits, cold shock proteins, sigma factors, and transcriptional factors as well as the E2 subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex could cooperatively participate in transcriptional regulation via different mechanisms. In particular, differences in processing and modification of ribosomal proteins, rRNA, and tRNA combined with derepression of translational inhibition could boost the rate of ribosome recycling and assembly as well as translation initiation, elongation, and termination efficiency, thereby compensating for the reduction in ribosomal levels. The efficient operation of translational machineries and powerful protein-quality controlling systems would thus ensure biosyntheses of a large quantity of proteins with normal biological functions during sporulation. 2013-12-06 00:00:00 Bacillus thuringiensisBacillus CT translational machineries ribosome recycling sporulation parasporal crystals translational machinery spore gene expression profiles assembly transcriptional regulation insecticidal crystal proteins Expression Profile proteomics data ω subunits sigma factors shock proteins translational inhibition ICP genes pyruvate dehydrogenase E 2 subunit transcriptional factors parasporal crystal formation termination efficiency mechanism translation initiation RNA polymerase