Bacillus subtilis & Clostridium difficile
Sonenshein Laboratory


Department of Microbiology
Tufts University
136 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111

Lab (617) 636-6762
   

Boris Belitsky
Research Assistant Professor
PhD, Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia
MS, Biochemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
BS, Virology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Thesis Topic
Metabolism of (p)ppGpp in bacterial cells.

Current Research
Regulation of nitrogen metabolism genes in gram-positive bacteria.

Publications

  1. Belitsky, B. R., and A. L. Sonenshein. 2008. Genetic and biochemical analysis of CodY-binding sites in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 190, 1224-1236.

  2. Picossi, S., B. R. Belitsky, and A. L. Sonenshein. 2007. Molecular mechanism of the regulation of Bacillus subtilis gltAB expression by GltC. J. Mol. Biol. 365:1298-1313.

  3. Zhu, J., J. W. Burgner, E. Harms, B. R. Belitsky, and J. L. Smith. 2005. A new arrangement of (b/a)8 barrels in the synthase subunit of PLP synthase. J. Biol. Chem. 280:27914-27923.

  4. Belitsky, B. R. 2004. Bacillus subtilis GabR,a protein with DNA-binding and aminotransferase domains, is a PLP-dependent transcriptional regulator. J. Mol. Biol. 340:655-664.

  5. Belitsky, B. R., and A. L. Sonenshein. 2004. Modulation of activity of Bacillus subtilis regulatory proteins GltC and TnrA by glutamate dehydrogenase. J. Bacteriol. 186:3399-3407.

  6. Belitsky, B. R., H. J. Kim, and A. L. Sonenshein. 2004. CcpA-dependent regulation of Bacillus subtilis glutamate dehydrogenase synthesis. J. Bacteriol. 186:3392-3398.

  7. Belitsky, B. R. 2003. Physical and enzymological interaction of Bacillus subtilis proteins required for de novo pyridoxal 5’-phosphate biosynthesis. J Bacteriol. 186:1191-1196.

  8. Ali, N. O., J. Jeusset, E. Larquet, E. Le Cam, B. Belitsky, A. L. Sonenshein, T. Msadek, and M. Debarbouille. 2003. Specificity of the interaction of RocR with the rocG-rocA intergenic region in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology 149:739-750.

  9. Belitsky, B. R., and A. L. Sonenshein. 2002. GabR, a member of a novel protein family, regulates utilization of !-aminobutyrate in Bacillus subtilis. Mol. Microbiol. 45:569-583.

  10. Belitsky, B. R. 2002. Biosynthesis of amino acids of the glutamate and aspartate families, alanine, and polyamines. In Bacillus subtilis and its closest relatives: from genes to cells. Sonenshein, A.L., Hoch, J.A. and Losick, R. (eds). Washington, D. C: American Society for Microbiology, pp. 203-231.