Identification by ChIP-Seq of the binding sites of the developmental protein BldC in the genome of Streptomyces venezuelae

The BldC gene is required for the formation of aerial hyphae Streptomyces venezuelae. It is 68 amino acid DNA-binding protein related to the MerR family of transcription factors. BldC deletion strains are bald because they initiate sporulation prematurely, omitting the formation of aerial hyphae altogether. This ChIP-Seq experiment was carried out to determine all the binding sites BldC binds to in the genome of Streptomyces venezuelae. Anti-BldC antibodies were used for ChIP-Seq of the wild type (WT) strain after 10 and 14 hours of growth in shaken cultures. A BldC deletion strain was made and anti-BldC antibodies were used for ChIP-Seq in the deletion strain after 14 hours of growth in shaken cultures. This was used as the negative control and enrichment in this ChIP-Seq was subtracted from the enrichment in the WT strain.