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Chapter 6: Further characterisation <strong>of</strong> Mycobacterial chaperonins<br />

Section 6.1: Testing the ability <strong>of</strong> M. tuberculosis Cpn60.1 to function in M. smegmatis<br />

Fig 6.1: A representation <strong>of</strong> the cloning process into pMsGroEL1 213<br />

Fig 6.2: Bi<strong>of</strong>ilm assay results after 5 days <strong>of</strong> incubation 215<br />

Fig 6.3: Masses <strong>of</strong> 4 day old bi<strong>of</strong>ilms 216<br />

Section 6.2: Testing the existence <strong>of</strong> double ring M. tuberculosis Cpn60.2 by attempting<br />

to make single ring mutants<br />

Fig 6.4: Sequence alignment between GroEL and Cpn60.2 222<br />

Fig 6.5: Complementation assay <strong>of</strong> Cpn60.2 mutants 224<br />

Fig 6.6: SDS-PAGE <strong>of</strong> Cpn60.2 mutants showing 225<br />

Fig 6.7: Complementation assay <strong>of</strong> GroEL-E461A mutant in glucose 227<br />

Section 6.3: Testing the hypothesis that phosphorylation is needed for improved<br />

oligomerisation<br />

Fig 6.8: A schematic representation <strong>of</strong> the process used to obtain pSUES 234<br />

Fig 6.9: SDS-PAGE gel <strong>of</strong> pSUEH and pSUES 235<br />

Fig 6.10: Complementation results <strong>of</strong> the T/A60.2 and T/E60.2 mutants 237<br />

Fig 6.11: SDS-PAGE gel <strong>of</strong> Cpn60.2 WT, T/A, and T/E mutants 238<br />

Fig 6.12: Results <strong>of</strong> the WT Cpn60.2, T/A60.2, and T/E60.2 mutants without His-tag 240<br />

Fig 6.13: SDS-PAGE gel <strong>of</strong> Cpn60.2 WT, T/A, and T/E mutants without His-tags 241<br />

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