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Liu D, Lv H, Wang Y, Chen J, Li D, Huang R. Selective RNA Processing and Stabilization are Multi-Layer and Stoichiometric Regulators of Gene Expression in Escherichia coli. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2301459. [PMID: 37845007 PMCID: PMC10667835 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202301459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Selective RNA processing and stabilization (SRPS) facilitates the differential expression of multiple genes in polycistronic operons. However, how the coordinated actions of SRPS-related enzymes affect stoichiometric regulation remains unclear. In the present study, the first genome-wide targetome analysis is reported of these enzymes in Escherichia coli, at a single-nucleotide resolution. A strictly linear relationship is observed between the RNA pyrophosphohydrolase processing ratio and scores assigned to the first three nucleotides of the primary transcript. Stem-loops associated with PNPase targetomes exhibit a folding free energy that is negatively correlated with the termination ratio of PNPase at the 3' end. More than one-tenth of the RNase E processing sites in the 5'-untranslated regions(UTR) form different stem-loops that affect ribosome-binding and translation efficiency. The effectiveness of the SRPS elements is validated using a dual-fluorescence reporter system. The findings highlight a multi-layer and quantitative regulatory method for optimizing the stoichiometric expression of genes in bacteria and promoting the application of SRPS in synthetic biology.
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- Daixi Liu
- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, Shandong, 266237, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, Shandong, 266237, China
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, Shandong, 266237, China
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, Shandong, 266237, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, Shandong, 266237, China
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, Shandong, 266237, China
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Wiegard JC, Damm K, Lechner M, Thölken C, Ngo S, Putzer H, Hartmann RK. Processing and decay of 6S-1 and 6S-2 RNAs in Bacillus subtilis. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 29:1481-1499. [PMID: 37369528 PMCID: PMC10578484 DOI: 10.1261/rna.079666.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Noncoding 6S RNAs regulate transcription by binding to the active site of bacterial RNA polymerase holoenzymes. Processing and decay of 6S-1 and 6S-2 RNA were investigated in Bacillus subtilis by northern blot and RNA-seq analyses using different RNase knockout strains, as well as by in vitro processing assays. For both 6S RNA paralogs, we identified a key-but mechanistically different-role of RNase J1. RNase J1 catalyzes 5'-end maturation of 6S-1 RNA, yet relatively inefficient and possibly via the enzyme's "sliding endonuclease" activity. 5'-end maturation has no detectable effect on 6S-1 RNA function, but rather regulates its decay: The generated 5'-monophosphate on matured 6S-1 RNA propels endonucleolytic cleavage in its apical loop region. The major 6S-2 RNA degradation pathway is initiated by endonucleolytic cleavage in the 5'-central bubble to trigger 5'-to-3'-exoribonucleolytic degradation of the downstream fragment by RNase J1. The four 3'-exonucleases of B. subtilis-RNase R, PNPase, YhaM, and particularly RNase PH-are involved in 3'-end trimming of both 6S RNAs, degradation of 6S-1 RNA fragments, and decay of abortive transcripts (so-called product RNAs, ∼14 nt in length) synthesized on 6S-1 RNA during outgrowth from stationary phase. In the case of the growth-retarded RNase Y deletion strain, we were unable to infer a specific role of RNase Y in 6S RNA decay. Yet, a participation of RNase Y in 6S RNA decay still remains possible, as evidence for such a function may have been obscured by overlapping substrate specificities of RNase Y, RNase J1, and RNase J2.
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- Jana Christin Wiegard
- Philipps-Universität Marburg, Institut für Pharmazeutische Chemie, D-35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Philipps-Universität Marburg, Institut für Pharmazeutische Chemie, D-35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Philipps-Universität Marburg, Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Bioinformatics Core Facility, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Philipps-Universität Marburg, Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Bioinformatics Core Facility, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Expression Génétique Microbienne, CNRS, Université Paris Cité, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France
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- Expression Génétique Microbienne, CNRS, Université Paris Cité, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France
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- Philipps-Universität Marburg, Institut für Pharmazeutische Chemie, D-35037 Marburg, Germany
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Broglia L, Le Rhun A, Charpentier E. Methodologies for bacterial ribonuclease characterization using RNA-seq. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2023; 47:fuad049. [PMID: 37656885 PMCID: PMC10503654 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuad049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023] Open
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Bacteria adjust gene expression at the post-transcriptional level through an intricate network of small regulatory RNAs and RNA-binding proteins, including ribonucleases (RNases). RNases play an essential role in RNA metabolism, regulating RNA stability, decay, and activation. These enzymes exhibit species-specific effects on gene expression, bacterial physiology, and different strategies of target recognition. Recent advances in high-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) approaches have provided a better understanding of the roles and modes of action of bacterial RNases. Global studies aiming to identify direct targets of RNases have highlighted the diversity of RNase activity and RNA-based mechanisms of gene expression regulation. Here, we review recent RNA-seq approaches used to study bacterial RNases, with a focus on the methods for identifying direct RNase targets.
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- Laura Broglia
- Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
- Center for Human Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16152 Genova, Italy
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- Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, ARNA, UMR 5320, U1212, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
- Institute for Biology, Humboldt University, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
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D’Halluin A, Polgar P, Kipkorir T, Patel Z, Cortes T, Arnvig KB. Premature termination of transcription is shaped by Rho and translated uORFS in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. iScience 2023; 26:106465. [PMID: 37096044 PMCID: PMC10122055 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Little is known about the decisions behind transcription elongation versus termination in the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.TB). By applying Term-seq to M.TB we found that the majority of transcription termination is premature and associated with translated regions, i.e., within previously annotated or newly identified open reading frames. Computational predictions and Term-seq analysis, upon depletion of termination factor Rho, suggests that Rho-dependent transcription termination dominates all transcription termination sites (TTS), including those associated with regulatory 5' leaders. Moreover, our results suggest that tightly coupled translation, in the form of overlapping stop and start codons, may suppress Rho-dependent termination. This study provides detailed insights into novel M.TB cis-regulatory elements, where Rho-dependent, conditional termination of transcription and translational coupling together play major roles in gene expression control. Our findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the fundamental regulatory mechanisms that enable M.TB adaptation to the host environment offering novel potential points of intervention.
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- Alexandre D’Halluin
- Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia, CSIC, Valencia 46010, Spain
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- Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Corresponding author
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A distinct RNA recognition mechanism governs Np4 decapping by RppH. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:2117318119. [PMID: 35131855 PMCID: PMC8833179 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2117318119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Dinucleoside tetraphosphate alarmones function in bacteria as precursors to 5′-terminal nucleoside tetraphosphate (Np4) caps, becoming incorporated at high levels into RNA during stress and thereby influencing transcript lifetimes. However, little is known about how these noncanonical caps are removed as a prelude to RNA degradation. Here, we report that the RNA pyrophosphohydrolase RppH assumes a leading role in decapping those transcripts under conditions of disulfide stress and that it recognizes Np4-capped 5′ ends by an unexpected mechanism, generating a triphosphorylated RNA intermediate that must undergo further deprotection by RppH to trigger degradation. These findings help to explain the uneven distribution of Np4 caps on bacterial transcripts and have important implications for how gene expression is reprogrammed in response to stress. Dinucleoside tetraphosphates, often described as alarmones because their cellular concentration increases in response to stress, have recently been shown to function in bacteria as precursors to nucleoside tetraphosphate (Np4) RNA caps. Removal of this cap is critical for initiating 5′ end-dependent degradation of those RNAs, potentially affecting bacterial adaptability to stress; however, the predominant Np4 decapping enzyme in proteobacteria, ApaH, is inactivated by the very conditions of disulfide stress that enable Np4-capped RNAs to accumulate to high levels. Here, we show that, in Escherichia coli cells experiencing such stress, the RNA pyrophosphohydrolase RppH assumes a leading role in decapping those transcripts, preferring them as substrates over their triphosphorylated and diphosphorylated counterparts. Unexpectedly, this enzyme recognizes Np4-capped 5′ ends by a mechanism distinct from the one it uses to recognize other 5′ termini, resulting in a one-nucleotide shift in substrate specificity. The unique manner in which capped substrates of this kind bind to the active site of RppH positions the δ-phosphate, rather than the β-phosphate, for hydrolytic attack, generating triphosphorylated RNA as the primary product of decapping. Consequently, a second RppH-catalyzed deprotection step is required to produce the monophosphorylated 5′ terminus needed to stimulate rapid RNA decay. The unconventional manner in which RppH recognizes Np4-capped 5′ ends and its differential impact on the rates at which such termini are deprotected as a prelude to RNA degradation could have major consequences for reprogramming gene expression during disulfide stress.
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Singh Y, Bird JG. A gel electrophoresis-based assay for measuring enzymatic RNA decapping activity. Methods Enzymol 2022; 675:323-350. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2022.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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NUDT2 initiates viral RNA degradation by removal of 5'-phosphates. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6918. [PMID: 34824277 PMCID: PMC8616924 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27239-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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While viral replication processes are largely understood, comparably little is known on cellular mechanisms degrading viral RNA. Some viral RNAs bear a 5′-triphosphate (PPP-) group that impairs degradation by the canonical 5′-3′ degradation pathway. Here we show that the Nudix hydrolase 2 (NUDT2) trims viral PPP-RNA into monophosphorylated (P)-RNA, which serves as a substrate for the 5′-3′ exonuclease XRN1. NUDT2 removes 5′-phosphates from PPP-RNA in an RNA sequence- and overhang-independent manner and its ablation in cells increases growth of PPP-RNA viruses, suggesting an involvement in antiviral immunity. NUDT2 is highly homologous to bacterial RNA pyrophosphatase H (RppH), a protein involved in the metabolism of bacterial mRNA, which is 5′-tri- or diphosphorylated. Our results show a conserved function between bacterial RppH and mammalian NUDT2, indicating that the function may have adapted from a protein responsible for RNA turnover in bacteria into a protein involved in the immune defense in mammals. RNA of some viruses is protected from degradation by a 5′ triphosphate group. Here the authors identify nudix hydrolase 2 (NUDT2) as novel antiviral defense protein that dephosphorylates viral RNA and thereby enables its degradation.
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Hui MP, Belasco JG. Multifaceted impact of a nucleoside monophosphate kinase on 5'-end-dependent mRNA degradation in bacteria. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:11038-11049. [PMID: 34643703 PMCID: PMC8565310 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A key pathway for mRNA degradation in bacterial cells begins with conversion of the initial 5'-terminal triphosphate to a monophosphate, a modification that renders transcripts more vulnerable to attack by ribonucleases whose affinity for monophosphorylated 5' ends potentiates their catalytic efficacy. In Escherichia coli, the only proteins known to be important for controlling degradation via this pathway are the RNA pyrophosphohydrolase RppH, its heteromeric partner DapF, and the 5'-monophosphate-assisted endonucleases RNase E and RNase G. We have now identified the metabolic enzyme cytidylate kinase as another protein that affects rates of 5'-end-dependent mRNA degradation in E. coli. It does so by utilizing two distinct mechanisms to influence the 5'-terminal phosphorylation state of RNA, each dependent on the catalytic activity of cytidylate kinase and not its mere presence in cells. First, this enzyme acts in conjunction with DapF to stimulate the conversion of 5' triphosphates to monophosphates by RppH. In addition, it suppresses the direct synthesis of monophosphorylated transcripts that begin with cytidine by reducing the cellular concentration of cytidine monophosphate, thereby disfavoring the 5'-terminal incorporation of this nucleotide by RNA polymerase during transcription initiation. Together, these findings suggest dual signaling pathways by which nucleotide metabolism can impact mRNA degradation in bacteria.
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- Monica P Hui
- Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.,Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 430 E. 29th Street, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.,Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 430 E. 29th Street, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Bacterial protein synthesis rates have evolved to maintain preferred stoichiometries at striking precision, from the components of protein complexes to constituents of entire pathways. Setting relative protein production rates to be well within a factor of two requires concerted tuning of transcription, RNA turnover, and translation, allowing many potential regulatory strategies to achieve the preferred output. The last decade has seen a greatly expanded capacity for precise interrogation of each step of the central dogma genome-wide. Here, we summarize how these technologies have shaped the current understanding of diverse bacterial regulatory architectures underpinning stoichiometric protein synthesis. We focus on the emerging expanded view of bacterial operons, which encode diverse primary and secondary mRNA structures for tuning protein stoichiometry. Emphasis is placed on how quantitative tuning is achieved. We discuss the challenges and open questions in the application of quantitative, genome-wide methodologies to the problem of precise protein production. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Microbiology, Volume 75 is October 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- James C Taggart
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA; ,
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA; , .,Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.,Current affiliation: Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA;
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA; ,
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Morigasaki S, Umeyama A, Kawano Y, Aizawa Y, Ohtsu I. Defect of RNA pyrophosphohydrolase RppH enhances fermentative production of L-cysteine in Escherichia coli. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2021; 66:307-314. [PMID: 32779574 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.2019.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Fermentative production of L-cysteine has been established using Escherichia coli. In that procedure, thiosulfate is a beneficial sulfur source, whereas repressing sulfate utilization. We first found that thiosulfate decreased transcript levels of genes related to sulfur assimilation, particularly whose expression is controlled by the transcription factor CysB. Therefore, a novel approach, i.e. increment of expression of genes involved in sulfur-assimilation, was attempted for further improvement of L-cysteine overproduction. Disruption of the rppH gene significantly augmented transcript levels of the cysD, cysJ, cysM and yeeE genes (≥1.5-times) in medium containing sulfate as a sole sulfur source, probably because the rppH gene encodes mRNA pyrophosphohydrolase that triggers degradation of certain mRNAs. In addition, the ΔrppH strain appeared to preferentially uptake thiosulfate rather than sulfate, though thiosulfate dramatically reduced expression of the known sulfate/thiosulfate transporter complexes in both ΔrppH and wild-type cells. We also found that both YeeE and YeeD are required for the strain without the transporters to grow in the presence of thiosulfate as a sole sulfur source. Therefore, yeeE and yeeD are assigned as genes responsible for thiosulfate uptake (tsuA and tsuB, respectively). In final, we applied the ΔrppH strain to the fermentative production of L-cysteine. Disruption of the rppH gene enhanced L-cysteine biosynthesis, as a result, a strain producing approximately twice as much L-cysteine as the control strain was obtained.
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- Susumu Morigasaki
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
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Gao A, Vasilyev N, Kaushik A, Duan W, Serganov A. Principles of RNA and nucleotide discrimination by the RNA processing enzyme RppH. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:3776-3788. [PMID: 31960065 PMCID: PMC7144940 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2019] [Revised: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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All enzymes face a challenge of discriminating cognate substrates from similar cellular compounds. Finding a correct substrate is especially difficult for the Escherichia coli Nudix hydrolase RppH, which triggers 5'-end-dependent RNA degradation by removing orthophosphate from the 5'-diphosphorylated transcripts. Here we show that RppH binds and slowly hydrolyzes NTPs, NDPs and (p)ppGpp, which each resemble the 5'-end of RNA. A series of X-ray crystal structures of RppH-nucleotide complexes, trapped in conformations either compatible or incompatible with hydrolysis, explain the low reaction rates of mononucleotides and suggest two distinct mechanisms for their hydrolysis. While RppH adopts the same catalytic arrangement with 5'-diphosphorylated nucleotides as with RNA, the enzyme hydrolyzes 5'-triphosphorylated nucleotides by extending the active site with an additional Mg2+ cation, which coordinates another reactive nucleophile. Although the average intracellular pH minimizes the hydrolysis of nucleotides by slowing their reaction with RppH, they nevertheless compete with RNA for binding and differentially inhibit the reactivity of RppH with triphosphorylated and diphosphorylated RNAs. Thus, E. coli RppH integrates various signals, such as competing non-cognate substrates and a stimulatory protein factor DapF, to achieve the differential degradation of transcripts involved in cellular processes important for the adaptation of bacteria to different growth conditions.
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- Ang Gao
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Šiková M, Wiedermannová J, Převorovský M, Barvík I, Sudzinová P, Kofroňová O, Benada O, Šanderová H, Condon C, Krásný L. The torpedo effect in Bacillus subtilis: RNase J1 resolves stalled transcription complexes. EMBO J 2020; 39:e102500. [PMID: 31840842 PMCID: PMC6996504 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2019102500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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RNase J1 is the major 5'-to-3' bacterial exoribonuclease. We demonstrate that in its absence, RNA polymerases (RNAPs) are redistributed on DNA, with increased RNAP occupancy on some genes without a parallel increase in transcriptional output. This suggests that some of these RNAPs represent stalled, non-transcribing complexes. We show that RNase J1 is able to resolve these stalled RNAP complexes by a "torpedo" mechanism, whereby RNase J1 degrades the nascent RNA and causes the transcription complex to disassemble upon collision with RNAP. A heterologous enzyme, yeast Xrn1 (5'-to-3' exonuclease), is less efficient than RNase J1 in resolving stalled Bacillus subtilis RNAP, suggesting that the effect is RNase-specific. Our results thus reveal a novel general principle, whereby an RNase can participate in genome-wide surveillance of stalled RNAP complexes, preventing potentially deleterious transcription-replication collisions.
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- Michaela Šiková
- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesPrague 4Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesPrague 4Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell BiologyFaculty of ScienceCharles UniversityPragueCzech Republic
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- Division of Biomolecular PhysicsInstitute of PhysicsCharles UniversityPrague 2Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesPrague 4Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesPrague 4Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesPrague 4Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesPrague 4Czech Republic
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- UMR8261CNRSUniversité de ParisInstitut de Biologie Physico‐ChimiqueParisFrance
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of SciencesPrague 4Czech Republic
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Schumacher MA, Henderson M, Zeng W. Structures of MERS1, the 5' processing enzyme of mitochondrial mRNAs in Trypanosoma brucei. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2020; 26:69-82. [PMID: 31704716 PMCID: PMC6913127 DOI: 10.1261/rna.072231.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Most mitochondrial mRNAs are transcribed as polycistronic precursors that are cleaved by endonucleases to produce mature mRNA transcripts. However, recent studies have shown that mitochondrial transcripts in the kinetoplastid protozoan, Trypanosoma brucei, are transcribed individually. Also unlike most mitochondrial mRNAs, the 5' end of these transcripts harbor a triphosphate that is hydrolyzed. This modification is carried out by a putative Nudix hydrolase called MERS1. The Nudix motif in MERS1 is degenerate, lacking a conserved glutamic acid, thus it is unclear how it may bind its substrates and whether it contains a Nudix fold. To obtain insight into this unusual hydrolase, we determined structures of apo, GTP-bound and RNA-bound T. brucei MERS1 to 2.30 Å, 2.45 Å, and 2.60 Å, respectively. The MERS1 structure has a unique fold that indeed contains a Nudix motif. The nucleotide bound structures combined with binding studies reveal that MERS1 shows preference for RNA sequences with a central guanine repeat which it binds in a single-stranded conformation. The apo MERS1 structure indicates that a significant portion of its nucleotide binding site folds upon substrate binding. Finally, a potential interaction region for a binding partner, MERS2, that activates MERS1 was identified. The MERS2-like peptide inserts a glutamate near the missing Nudix acidic residue in the RNA binding pocket, suggesting how the enzyme may be activated. Thus, the combined studies reveal insight into the structure and enzyme properties of MERS1 and its substrate-binding activities.
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- Maria A Schumacher
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Frindert J, Zhang Y, Nübel G, Kahloon M, Kolmar L, Hotz-Wagenblatt A, Burhenne J, Haefeli WE, Jäschke A. Identification, Biosynthesis, and Decapping of NAD-Capped RNAs in B. subtilis. Cell Rep 2019; 24:1890-1901.e8. [PMID: 30110644 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.07.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The ubiquitous coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) decorates various RNAs in different organisms. In the proteobacterium Escherichia coli, the NAD-cap confers stability against RNA degradation. To date, NAD-RNAs have not been identified in any other bacterial microorganism. Here, we report the identification of NAD-RNA in the firmicute Bacillus subtilis. In the late exponential growth phase, predominantly mRNAs are NAD modified. NAD is incorporated de novo into RNA by the cellular RNA polymerase using non-canonical transcription initiation. The incorporation efficiency depends on the -1 position of the promoter but is independent of sigma factors or mutations in the rifampicin binding pocket. RNA pyrophosphohydrolase BsRppH is found to decap NAD-RNA. In vitro, the decapping activity is facilitated by manganese ions and single-stranded RNA 5' ends. Depletion of BsRppH influences the gene expression of ∼13% of transcripts in B. subtilis. The NAD-cap stabilizes RNA against 5'-to-3'-exonucleolytic decay by RNase J1.
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- Jens Frindert
- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Core Facility Genomics and Proteomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH) Alliance, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Frindert J, Kahloon MA, Zhang Y, Ahmed YL, Sinning I, Jäschke A. YvcI from Bacillus subtilis has in vitro RNA pyrophosphohydrolase activity. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:19967-19977. [PMID: 31740579 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.011485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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RNA degradation is one of several ways for organisms to regulate gene expression. In bacteria, the removal of two terminal phosphate moieties as orthophosphate (Bacillus subtilis) or pyrophosphate (Escherichia coli) triggers ribonucleolytic decay of primary transcripts by 5'-monophosphate-dependent ribonucleases. In the soil-dwelling firmicute species B. subtilis, the RNA pyrophosphohydrolase BsRppH, a member of the Nudix family, triggers RNA turnover by converting primary transcripts to 5'-monophospate RNA. In addition to BsRppH, a source of redundant activity in B. subtilis has been proposed. Here, using recombinant protein expression and in vitro enzyme assays, we provide evidence for several additional RNA pyrophosphohydrolases, among them MutT, NudF, YmaB, and YvcI in B. subtilis We found that in vitro, YvcI converts RNA 5'-di- and triphosphates into monophosphates in the presence of manganese at neutral to slightly acidic pH. It preferred G-initiating RNAs and required at least one unpaired nucleotide at the 5'-end of its substrates, with the 5'-terminal nucleotide determining whether primarily ortho- or pyrophosphate is released. Exchanges of catalytically important glutamate residues in the Nudix motif impaired or abolished the enzymatic activity of YvcI. In summary, the results of our extensive in vitro biochemical characterization raise the possibility that YvcI is an additional RNA pyrophosphohydrolase in B. subtilis.
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- Jens Frindert
- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Wang Q, Zhang D, Guan Z, Li D, Pei K, Liu J, Zou T, Yin P. DapF stabilizes the substrate-favoring conformation of RppH to stimulate its RNA-pyrophosphohydrolase activity in Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:6880-6892. [PMID: 29931175 PMCID: PMC6061791 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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mRNA decay is an important strategy by which bacteria can rapidly adapt to their ever-changing surroundings. The 5′-terminus state of mRNA determines the velocity of decay of many types of RNA. In Escherichia coli, RNA pyrophosphohydrolase (RppH) is responsible for the removal of the 5′-terminal triphosphate from hundreds of mRNAs and triggers its rapid degradation by ribonucleases. A diaminopimelate epimerase, DapF, can directly interact with RppH and stimulate its hydrolysis activity in vivo and in vitro. However, the molecular mechanism remains to be elucidated. Here, we determined the complex structure of DapF–RppH as a heterotetramer in a 2:2 molar ratio. DapF-bound RppH exhibits an RNA-favorable conformation similar to the RNA-bound state, suggesting that association with DapF promotes and stabilizes RppH in a conformation that facilitates substrate RNA binding and thus stimulates the activity of RppH. To our knowledge, this is the first published structure of an RNA–pyrophosphohydrolysis complex in bacteria. Our study provides a framework for further investigation of the potential regulators involved in the RNA–pyrophosphohydrolysis process in prokaryotes.
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- Qiang Wang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Gao A, Vasilyev N, Luciano DJ, Levenson-Palmer R, Richards J, Marsiglia WM, Traaseth NJ, Belasco JG, Serganov A. Structural and kinetic insights into stimulation of RppH-dependent RNA degradation by the metabolic enzyme DapF. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:6841-6856. [PMID: 29733359 PMCID: PMC6061855 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Vitally important for controlling gene expression in eukaryotes and prokaryotes, the deprotection of mRNA 5′ termini is governed by enzymes whose activity is modulated by interactions with ancillary factors. In Escherichia coli, 5′-end-dependent mRNA degradation begins with the generation of monophosphorylated 5′ termini by the RNA pyrophosphohydrolase RppH, which can be stimulated by DapF, a diaminopimelate epimerase involved in amino acid and cell wall biosynthesis. We have determined crystal structures of RppH–DapF complexes and measured rates of RNA deprotection. These studies show that DapF potentiates RppH activity in two ways, depending on the nature of the substrate. Its stimulatory effect on the reactivity of diphosphorylated RNAs, the predominant natural substrates of RppH, requires a substrate long enough to reach DapF in the complex, while the enhanced reactivity of triphosphorylated RNAs appears to involve DapF-induced changes in RppH itself and likewise increases with substrate length. This study provides a basis for understanding the intricate relationship between cellular metabolism and mRNA decay and reveals striking parallels with the stimulation of decapping activity in eukaryotes.
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- Ang Gao
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.,Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.,Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.,Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.,Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Bechhofer DH, Deutscher MP. Bacterial ribonucleases and their roles in RNA metabolism. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 54:242-300. [PMID: 31464530 PMCID: PMC6776250 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2019.1651816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Revised: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ribonucleases (RNases) are mediators in most reactions of RNA metabolism. In recent years, there has been a surge of new information about RNases and the roles they play in cell physiology. In this review, a detailed description of bacterial RNases is presented, focusing primarily on those from Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, the model Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms, from which most of our current knowledge has been derived. Information from other organisms is also included, where relevant. In an extensive catalog of the known bacterial RNases, their structure, mechanism of action, physiological roles, genetics, and possible regulation are described. The RNase complement of E. coli and B. subtilis is compared, emphasizing the similarities, but especially the differences, between the two. Included are figures showing the three major RNA metabolic pathways in E. coli and B. subtilis and highlighting specific steps in each of the pathways catalyzed by the different RNases. This compilation of the currently available knowledge about bacterial RNases will be a useful tool for workers in the RNA field and for others interested in learning about this area.
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- David H. Bechhofer
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Vasilyev N, Gao A, Serganov A. Noncanonical features and modifications on the 5'-end of bacterial sRNAs and mRNAs. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. RNA 2019; 10:e1509. [PMID: 30276982 PMCID: PMC6657780 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Although many eukaryotic transcripts contain cap structures, it has been long thought that bacterial RNAs do not carry any special modifications on their 5'-ends. In bacteria, primary transcripts are produced by transcription initiated with a nucleoside triphosphate and are therefore triphosphorylated on 5'-ends. Some transcripts are then processed by nucleases that yield monophosphorylated RNAs for specific cellular activities. Many primary transcripts are also converted to monophosphorylated species by removal of the terminal pyrophosphate for 5'-end-dependent degradation. Recent studies surprisingly revealed an expanded repertoire of chemical groups on 5'-ends of bacterial RNAs. In addition to mono- and triphosphorylated moieties, some mRNAs and sRNAs contain cap-like structures and diphosphates on their 5'-ends. Although incorporation and removal of these groups have become better understood in recent years, the physiological significance of these modifications remain obscure. This review highlights recent studies aimed at identification and elucidation of novel modifications on the 5'-ends of bacterial RNAs and discusses possible physiological applications of the modified RNAs. This article is categorized under: RNA Turnover and Surveillance > Regulation of RNA Stability RNA Structure and Dynamics > RNA Structure, Dynamics, and Chemistry RNA Processing > Capping and 5' End Modifications.
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- Nikita Vasilyev
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Kramer S, McLennan AG. The complex enzymology of mRNA decapping: Enzymes of four classes cleave pyrophosphate bonds. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. RNA 2019; 10:e1511. [PMID: 30345629 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The 5' ends of most RNAs are chemically modified to enable protection from nucleases. In bacteria, this is often achieved by keeping the triphosphate terminus originating from transcriptional initiation, while most eukaryotic mRNAs and small nuclear RNAs have a 5'→5' linked N7 -methyl guanosine (m7 G) cap added. Several other chemical modifications have been described at RNA 5' ends. Common to all modifications is the presence of at least one pyrophosphate bond. To enable RNA turnover, these chemical modifications at the RNA 5' end need to be reversible. Dependent on the direction of the RNA decay pathway (5'→3' or 3'→5'), some enzymes cleave the 5'→5' cap linkage of intact RNAs to initiate decay, while others act as scavengers and hydrolyse the cap element of the remnants of the 3'→5' decay pathway. In eukaryotes, there is also a cap quality control pathway. Most enzymes involved in the cleavage of the RNA 5' ends are pyrophosphohydrolases, with only a few having (additional) 5' triphosphonucleotide hydrolase activities. Despite the identity of their enzyme activities, the enzymes belong to four different enzyme classes. Nudix hydrolases decap intact RNAs as part of the 5'→3' decay pathway, DXO family members mainly degrade faulty RNAs, members of the histidine triad (HIT) family are scavenger proteins, while an ApaH-like phosphatase is the major mRNA decay enzyme of trypanosomes, whose RNAs have a unique cap structure. Many novel cap structures and decapping enzymes have only recently been discovered, indicating that we are only beginning to understand the mechanisms of RNA decapping. This article is categorized under: RNA Turnover and Surveillance > Turnover/Surveillance Mechanisms RNA Turnover and Surveillance > Regulation of RNA Stability RNA Processing > Capping and 5' End Modifications.
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- Susanne Kramer
- Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Liu F, Zheng K, Chen HC, Liu ZF. Capping-RACE: a simple, accurate, and sensitive 5' RACE method for use in prokaryotes. Nucleic Acids Res 2018; 46:e129. [PMID: 30107543 PMCID: PMC6265449 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) is a prevalent technique used to obtain the 5' ends of transcripts. Several different 5' RACE methods have been developed, and one particularly simple and efficient approach called CapFinder relies on the 5' cap-dependent template-switching that occurs in eukaryotes. However, most prokaryotic transcripts lack a 5' cap structure. Here, we report a procedure to capture primary transcripts based on capping the 5' triphosphorylated RNA in prokaryotes. Primary transcripts were first treated with vaccinia capping enzyme to add a 5' cap structure. First-strand cDNA was then synthesized using Moloney murine leukaemia virus reverse transcriptase. Finally, a template-switching oligonucleotide with a tail containing three ribonucleic acid guanines was hybridized to the cDNA 3' poly(C) and further used as template for reverse transcriptase. It is oligonucleotide sequence independent and is more sensitive compared to RLM-RACE. This approach specifically identified the transcription start sites of ompA, sodB and shiA in Escherichia coli and of ompA, rne and rppH in Brucella melitensis. Furthermore, we also successfully identified the transcription start sites of small noncoding genes ryhB and micC in E. coli and bsnc135 and bsnc149 in B. melitensis. Our findings suggest that Capping-RACE is a simple, accurate, and sensitive 5' RACE method for use in prokaryotes.
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- Fang Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Bedoya-Pérez LP, Muriel-Millán LF, Moreno S, Quiroz-Rocha E, Rivera-Gómez N, Espín G. The pyrophosphohydrolase RppH is involved in the control of RsmA/CsrA expression in Azotobacter vinelandii and Escherichia coli. Microbiol Res 2018; 214:91-100. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2018.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Revised: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Choi U, Park YH, Kim YR, Seok YJ, Lee CR. Effect of the RNA pyrophosphohydrolase RppH on envelope integrity in Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2018; 364:3983150. [PMID: 28859318 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnx152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The bacterial enzyme RppH initiates mRNA decay by removing pyrophosphate from 5΄-triphosphorylated mRNA. Escherichia coli RppH has promiscuous substrate specificity, but relatively few transcripts are affected by loss of RppH. The phenotypic analysis of the rppH mutant is required for understanding the physiological role of RppH, but the phenotype of the rppH mutant has not yet been determined. In this study, we provide several phenotypes of the rppH mutant associated with envelope integrity. Through phenotype analysis and drug susceptibility testing, we found that the rppH mutant is sensitive to a variety of chemicals including antibiotics, and is also significantly sensitive to envelope stresses, such as osmotic stress, ethanol and sodium dodecyl sulfate. All phenotypes of the rppH mutant were caused by loss of its enzymatic activity. The rppH mutant exhibited increased envelope permeability, compared to wild-type cells. In contrast, an increase of RppH activity significantly inhibited the growth of wild-type cells under low-temperature conditions. In conclusion, various phenotypes of the rppH mutant propose that RppH is associated with regulation of envelope integrity.
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- Umji Choi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Myongji University, San 38-2, Namdong, Yongin, Gyeonggido 449-728, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Myongji University, San 38-2, Namdong, Yongin, Gyeonggido 449-728, Republic of Korea
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Nouaille S, Mondeil S, Finoux AL, Moulis C, Girbal L, Cocaign-Bousquet M. The stability of an mRNA is influenced by its concentration: a potential physical mechanism to regulate gene expression. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:11711-11724. [PMID: 28977619 PMCID: PMC5714132 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Changing mRNA stability is a major post-transcriptional way of controlling gene expression, particularly in newly encountered conditions. As the concentration of mRNA is the result of an equilibrium between transcription and degradation, it is generally assumed that at constant transcription, any change in mRNA concentration is the consequence of mRNA stabilization or destabilization. However, the literature reports many cases of opposite variations in mRNA concentration and stability in bacteria. Here, we analyzed the causal link between the concentration and stability of mRNA in two phylogenetically distant bacteria Escherichia coli and Lactococcus lactis. Using reporter mRNAs, we showed that modifying the stability of an mRNA had unpredictable effects, either higher or lower, on its concentration, whereas increasing its concentration systematically reduced stability. This inverse relationship between the concentration and stability of mRNA was generalized to native genes at the genome scale in both bacteria. Higher mRNA turnover in the case of higher concentrations appears to be a simple physical mechanism to regulate gene expression in the bacterial kingdom. The consequences for bacterial adaptation of this control of the stability of an mRNA by its concentration are discussed.
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- Sébastien Nouaille
- LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France. 135 av de Rangueil. 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France. 135 av de Rangueil. 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France. 135 av de Rangueil. 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France. 135 av de Rangueil. 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France. 135 av de Rangueil. 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France. 135 av de Rangueil. 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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Miravet-Verde S, Lloréns-Rico V, Serrano L. Alternative transcriptional regulation in genome-reduced bacteria. Curr Opin Microbiol 2017; 39:89-95. [PMID: 29154025 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2017.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Transcription is a core process of bacterial physiology, and as such it must be tightly controlled, so that bacterial cells maintain steady levels of each RNA molecule in homeostasis and modify them in response to perturbations. The major regulators of transcription in bacteria (and in eukaryotes) are transcription factors. However, in genome-reduced bacteria, the limited number of these proteins is insufficient to explain the variety of responses shown upon changes in their environment. Thus, alternative regulators may play a central role in orchestrating RNA levels in these microorganisms. These alternative mechanisms rely on intrinsic features within DNA and RNA molecules, suggesting they are ancestral mechanisms shared among bacteria that could have an increased relevance on transcriptional regulation in minimal cells. In this review, we summarize the alternative elements that can regulate transcript abundance in genome-reduced bacteria and how they contribute to the RNA homeostasis at different levels.
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- Samuel Miravet-Verde
- EMBL/CRG Systems Biology Research Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- EMBL/CRG Systems Biology Research Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- EMBL/CRG Systems Biology Research Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Pg. Lluis Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain.
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Kujawa M, Lirski M, Ziecina M, Drabinska J, Modzelan M, Kraszewska E. Nudix-type RNA pyrophosphohydrolase provides homeostasis of virulence factor pyocyanin and functions as a global regulator in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mol Microbiol 2017; 106:381-394. [PMID: 28833678 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The PA0336 protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa belongs to the family of widely distributed Nudix pyrophosphohydrolases, which catalyze the hydrolysis of pyrophosphate bonds in a variety of nucleoside diphosphate derivatives. The amino acid sequence of the PA0336 protein is highly similar to that of the RppH Nudix RNA pyrophosphohydrolase from Escherichia coli, which removes pyrophosphate from 5'-end of triphosphorylated RNA transcripts. Trans-complementation experiments showed that the P. aeruginosa enzyme can functionally substitute for RppH in E. coli cells indicating that, similar to RppH, the Pseudomonas hydrolase mediates RNA turnover in vivo. In order to elucidate the biological significance of the PA0336 protein in Pseudomonas cells, a PA0336 mutant strain was constructed. The mutated strain considerably increased level of the virulence factor pyocyanin compared to wild type, suggesting that PA0336 could be involved in downregulation of P. aeruginosa pathogenicity. This phenotype was reversed by complementation with the wild type but not catalytically inactive PA0336, indicating that the catalytic activity was indispensable for its biological function. Pathogenesis tests in Caenorhabditis elegans showed that the PA0336 mutant of P. aeruginosa was significantly more virulent than the parental strain, confirming further that the P. aeruginosa RNA pyrophosphohydrolase PA0336 modulates bacterial pathogenesis by down-regulating production of virulence-associated factors. To study the role of PA0336 further, transcriptomes of the PA0336 mutant and the wild-type strain were compared using RNA sequencing. The level of 537 transcripts coding for proteins involved in a variety of cellular processes such as replication, transcription, translation, central metabolism and pathogenesis, was affected by the lack of PA0336. These results indicate that the PA0336 RNA pyrophosphohydrolase functions as a global regulator that influences many of transcripts including those involved in P. aeruginosa virulence.
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- Martyna Kujawa
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Moores A, Riesco AB, Schwenk S, Arnvig KB. Expression, maturation and turnover of DrrS, an unusually stable, DosR regulated small RNA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0174079. [PMID: 28323872 PMCID: PMC5360333 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis depends on the ability to adjust to stresses encountered in a range of host environments, adjustments that require significant changes in gene expression. Small RNAs (sRNAs) play an important role as post-transcriptional regulators of prokaryotic gene expression, where they are associated with stress responses and, in the case of pathogens, adaptation to the host environment. In spite of this, the understanding of M. tuberculosis RNA biology remains limited. Here we have used a DosR-associated sRNA as an example to investigate multiple aspects of mycobacterial RNA biology that are likely to apply to other M. tuberculosis sRNAs and mRNAs. We have found that accumulation of this particular sRNA is slow but robust as cells enter stationary phase. Using reporter gene assays, we find that the sRNA core promoter is activated by DosR, and we have renamed the sRNA DrrS for DosR Regulated sRNA. Moreover, we show that DrrS is transcribed as a longer precursor, DrrS+, which is rapidly processed to the mature and highly stable DrrS. We characterise, for the first time in mycobacteria, an RNA structural determinant involved in this extraordinary stability and we show how the addition of a few nucleotides can lead to acute destabilisation. Finally, we show how this RNA element can enhance expression of a heterologous gene. Thus, the element, as well as its destabilising derivatives may be employed to post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression in mycobacteria in combination with different promoter variants. Moreover, our findings will facilitate further investigations into the severely understudied topic of mycobacterial RNA biology and into the role that regulatory RNA plays in M. tuberculosis pathogenesis.
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- Alexandra Moores
- Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Bischler T, Hsieh PK, Resch M, Liu Q, Tan HS, Foley PL, Hartleib A, Sharma CM, Belasco JG. Identification of the RNA Pyrophosphohydrolase RppH of Helicobacter pylori and Global Analysis of Its RNA Targets. J Biol Chem 2016; 292:1934-1950. [PMID: 27974459 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.761171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Revised: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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RNA degradation is crucial for regulating gene expression in all organisms. Like the decapping of eukaryotic mRNAs, the conversion of the 5'-terminal triphosphate of bacterial transcripts to a monophosphate can trigger RNA decay by exposing the transcript to attack by 5'-monophosphate-dependent ribonucleases. In both biological realms, this deprotection step is catalyzed by members of the Nudix hydrolase family. The genome of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori, a Gram-negative epsilonproteobacterium, encodes two proteins resembling Nudix enzymes. Here we present evidence that one of them, HP1228 (renamed HpRppH), is an RNA pyrophosphohydrolase that triggers RNA degradation in H. pylori, whereas the other, HP0507, lacks such activity. In vitro, HpRppH converts RNA 5'-triphosphates and diphosphates to monophosphates. It requires at least two unpaired nucleotides at the 5' end of its substrates and prefers three or more but has only modest sequence preferences. The influence of HpRppH on RNA degradation in vivo was examined by using RNA-seq to search the H. pylori transcriptome for RNAs whose 5'-phosphorylation state and cellular concentration are governed by this enzyme. Analysis of cDNA libraries specific for transcripts bearing a 5'-triphosphate and/or monophosphate revealed at least 63 potential HpRppH targets. These included mRNAs and sRNAs, several of which were validated individually by half-life measurements and quantification of their 5'-terminal phosphorylation state in wild-type and mutant cells. These findings demonstrate an important role for RppH in post-transcriptional gene regulation in pathogenic Epsilonproteobacteria and suggest a possible basis for the phenotypes of H. pylori mutants lacking this enzyme.
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- Thorsten Bischler
- From the Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2/D15, 97080 Würzburg, Germany; the Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2/D15, 97080 Würzburg, Germany and
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- the Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute and the Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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- From the Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2/D15, 97080 Würzburg, Germany; the Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2/D15, 97080 Würzburg, Germany and
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- the Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute and the Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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- the Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2/D15, 97080 Würzburg, Germany and
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- the Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute and the Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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- From the Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2/D15, 97080 Würzburg, Germany; the Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2/D15, 97080 Würzburg, Germany and
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- From the Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2/D15, 97080 Würzburg, Germany; the Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2/D15, 97080 Würzburg, Germany and.
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- the Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute and the Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016.
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Redko Y, Galtier E, Arnion H, Darfeuille F, Sismeiro O, Coppée JY, Médigue C, Weiman M, Cruveiller S, De Reuse H. RNase J depletion leads to massive changes in mRNA abundance in Helicobacter pylori. RNA Biol 2016; 13:243-53. [PMID: 26726773 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2015.1132141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Degradation of RNA as an intermediate message between genes and corresponding proteins is important for rapid attenuation of gene expression and maintenance of cellular homeostasis. This process is controlled by ribonucleases that have different target specificities. In the bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori, an exo- and endoribonuclease RNase J is essential for growth. To explore the role of RNase J in H. pylori, we identified its putative targets at a global scale using next generation RNA sequencing. We found that strong depletion for RNase J led to a massive increase in the steady-state levels of non-rRNAs. mRNAs and RNAs antisense to open reading frames were most affected with over 80% increased more than 2-fold. Non-coding RNAs expressed in the intergenic regions were much less affected by RNase J depletion. Northern blotting of selected messenger and non-coding RNAs validated these results. Globally, our data suggest that RNase J of H. pylori is a major RNase involved in degradation of most cellular RNAs.
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- Yulia Redko
- a Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter , ERL CNRS 3526
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- a Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter , ERL CNRS 3526
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- b INSERM U869, University of Bordeaux , 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux , France
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- b INSERM U869, University of Bordeaux , 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux , France
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- c Institut Pasteur, Plate-Forme 2 - Transcriptome et Epigénome
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- d CNRS-UMR 8030 and Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives CEA/DSV/IG/Genoscope LABGeM , Evry , France
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- d CNRS-UMR 8030 and Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives CEA/DSV/IG/Genoscope LABGeM , Evry , France
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- d CNRS-UMR 8030 and Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives CEA/DSV/IG/Genoscope LABGeM , Evry , France
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- a Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter , ERL CNRS 3526
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DiChiara JM, Liu B, Figaro S, Condon C, Bechhofer DH. Mapping of internal monophosphate 5' ends of Bacillus subtilis messenger RNAs and ribosomal RNAs in wild-type and ribonuclease-mutant strains. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:3373-89. [PMID: 26883633 PMCID: PMC4838370 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The recent findings that the narrow-specificity endoribonuclease RNase III and the 5′ exonuclease RNase J1 are not essential in the Gram-positive model organism, Bacillus subtilis, facilitated a global analysis of internal 5′ ends that are generated or acted upon by these enzymes. An RNA-Seq protocol known as PARE (Parallel Analysis of RNA Ends) was used to capture 5′ monophosphorylated RNA ends in ribonuclease wild-type and mutant strains. Comparison of PARE peaks in strains with RNase III present or absent showed that, in addition to its well-known role in ribosomal (rRNA) processing, many coding sequences and intergenic regions appeared to be direct targets of RNase III. These target sites were, in most cases, not associated with a known antisense RNA. The PARE analysis also revealed an accumulation of 3′-proximal peaks that correlated with the absence of RNase J1, confirming the importance of RNase J1 in degrading RNA fragments that contain the transcription terminator structure. A significant result from the PARE analysis was the discovery of an endonuclease cleavage just 2 nts downstream of the 16S rRNA 3′ end. This latter observation begins to answer, at least for B. subtilis, a long-standing question on the exonucleolytic versus endonucleolytic nature of 16S rRNA maturation.
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- Jeanne M DiChiara
- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Box 1603, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Box 1603, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- CNRS UMR8261 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR8261 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Box 1603, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Durand S, Tomasini A, Braun F, Condon C, Romby P. sRNA and mRNA turnover in Gram-positive bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2015; 39:316-30. [PMID: 25934118 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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It is widely recognized that RNA degradation plays a critical role in gene regulation when fast adaptation of cell growth is required to respond to stress and changing environmental conditions. Bacterial ribonucleases acting alone or in concert with various trans-acting regulatory factors are important mediators of RNA degradation. Here, we will give an overview of what is known about ribonucleases in several Gram-positive bacteria, their specificities and mechanisms of action. In addition, we will illustrate how sRNAs act in a coordinated manner with ribonucleases to regulate the turnover of particular mRNA targets, and the complex interplay existing between the ribosome, the ribonucleases and RNAs.
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- Sylvain Durand
- CNRS FRE 3630 (affiliated with Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC, 15 rue René Descartes, F-67084 Strasbourg, France
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- CNRS FRE 3630 (affiliated with Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- CNRS FRE 3630 (affiliated with Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC, 15 rue René Descartes, F-67084 Strasbourg, France
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RNA Degradation in Staphylococcus aureus: Diversity of Ribonucleases and Their Impact. Int J Genomics 2015; 2015:395753. [PMID: 25977913 PMCID: PMC4419217 DOI: 10.1155/2015/395753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The regulation of RNA decay is now widely recognized as having a central role in bacterial adaption to environmental stress. Here we present an overview on the diversity of ribonucleases (RNases) and their impact at the posttranscriptional level in the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. RNases in prokaryotes have been mainly studied in the two model organisms Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. Based on identified RNases in these two models, putative orthologs have been identified in S. aureus. The main staphylococcal RNases involved in the processing and degradation of the bulk RNA are (i) endonucleases RNase III and RNase Y and (ii) exonucleases RNase J1/J2 and PNPase, having 5' to 3' and 3' to 5' activities, respectively. The diversity and potential roles of each RNase and of Hfq and RppH are discussed in the context of recent studies, some of which are based on next-generation sequencing technology.
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Vasilyev N, Serganov A. Structures of RNA complexes with the Escherichia coli RNA pyrophosphohydrolase RppH unveil the basis for specific 5'-end-dependent mRNA decay. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:9487-99. [PMID: 25657011 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.634824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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5'-End-dependent RNA degradation impacts virulence, stress responses, and DNA repair in bacteria by controlling the decay of hundreds of mRNAs. The RNA pyrophosphohydrolase RppH, a member of the Nudix hydrolase superfamily, triggers this degradation pathway by removing pyrophosphate from the triphosphorylated RNA 5' terminus. Here, we report the x-ray structures of Escherichia coli RppH (EcRppH) in apo- and RNA-bound forms. These structures show distinct conformations of EcRppH·RNA complexes on the catalytic pathway and suggest a common catalytic mechanism for Nudix hydrolases. EcRppH interacts with RNA by a bipartite mechanism involving specific recognition of the 5'-terminal triphosphate and the second nucleotide, thus enabling discrimination against mononucleotides as substrates. The structures also reveal the molecular basis for the preference of the enzyme for RNA substrates bearing guanine in the second position by identifying a protein cleft in which guanine interacts with EcRppH side chains via cation-π contacts and hydrogen bonds. These interactions explain the modest specificity of EcRppH at the 5' terminus and distinguish the enzyme from the highly selective RppH present in Bacillus subtilis. The divergent means by which RNA is recognized by these two functionally and structurally analogous enzymes have important implications for mRNA decay and the regulation of protein biosynthesis in bacteria.
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- Nikita Vasilyev
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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Foley PL, Hsieh PK, Luciano DJ, Belasco JG. Specificity and evolutionary conservation of the Escherichia coli RNA pyrophosphohydrolase RppH. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:9478-86. [PMID: 25657006 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.634659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Bacterial RNA degradation often begins with conversion of the 5'-terminal triphosphate to a monophosphate by the RNA pyrophosphohydrolase RppH, an event that triggers rapid ribonucleolytic attack. Besides its role as the master regulator of 5'-end-dependent mRNA decay, RppH is important for the ability of pathogenic bacteria to invade host cells, yet little is known about how it chooses its targets. Here, we show that Escherichia coli RppH (EcRppH) requires at least two unpaired nucleotides at the RNA 5' end and prefers three or more such nucleotides. It can tolerate any nucleotide at the first three positions but has a modest preference for A at the 5' terminus and either a G or A at the second position. Mutational analysis has identified EcRppH residues crucial for substrate recognition or catalysis. The promiscuity of EcRppH differentiates it from its Bacillus subtilis counterpart, which has a strict RNA sequence requirement. EcRppH orthologs likely to share its relaxed sequence specificity are widespread in all classes of Proteobacteria, except Deltaproteobacteria, and in flowering plants. By contrast, the phylogenetic range of recognizable B. subtilis RppH orthologs appears to be restricted to the order Bacillales. These findings help to explain the selective influence of RppH on bacterial mRNA decay and show that RppH-dependent degradation has diversified significantly during the course of evolution.
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- Patricia L Foley
- From the Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute and the Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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- From the Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute and the Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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- From the Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute and the Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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- From the Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute and the Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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Redder P. Using EMOTE to map the exact 5'-ends of processed RNA on a transcriptome-wide scale. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1259:69-85. [PMID: 25579580 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2214-7_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The presence or absence of structure in an RNA is often crucial to its function. This is evident for highly structured RNAs such as rRNA, tRNA, or riboswitches, but it is also the case for many mRNAs, where secondary structures in the 5' or 3' UTR can determine the efficiency of translation or the half-life of the RNA. There are paths to modify such secondary structures, (1) by the action of a helicase that allows an alternative RNA structure to form, (2) by the formation of a duplex with another RNA, or (3) by cleavage of the RNA in a way that favors a different secondary structure. None of the three exclude the others, and in vivo it is common that two or all three work together to remodel an RNA to the desired form. However, while the first two solutions can be reversible, the cleavage of RNA is final, and there is no chance to go back. In this chapter, a method for tracking the 5' end created by RNA processing on a transcriptome-wide scale is presented. The Exact Mapping Of Transcriptome Ends (EMOTE) allows the large-scale identification of mono-phosphorylated RNA 5'-ends and provides the exact processing sites.
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- Peter Redder
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211, Geneve 4, Switzerland,
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Wachter J, Hill SA. Small transcriptome analysis indicates that the enzyme RppH influences both the quality and quantity of sRNAs in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2014; 362:fnu059. [PMID: 25688066 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnu059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Prokaryotic mRNA turnover can be initiated by the removal of pyrophosphate from the 5' end of a transcript using the RNA pyrophosphohydrolase enzyme RppH. Following the initial dephosphorylation step, RNaseE then degrades the message into small oligonucleotide segments. This study assessed the small RNA transcriptome of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain MS11 in two genetic backgrounds; using wild type cells as well as cells carrying a rppH insertional mutation. It was found that the presence of the RppH enzyme affected both the quantity and length of small RNAs (sRNAs) in various chromosomal locations and involved sense transcripts (seRNAs), transcripts originating from the opposite strand (asRNAs) as well as inter-genic-derived RNAs (IGRs). In comparing the two transcriptomes, we found that not all small RNAs were expressed in both genetic backgrounds, suggesting that RppH apparently targets only a subset of transcripts. Overall, this study shows that small RNAs can be detected from the majority of genes within the chromosome, as well as from inter-genic regions, and that more sRNA transcripts are detected in the absence of the RppH enzyme.
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- Jenny Wachter
- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115-2828, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115-2828, USA
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Lee CR, Kim M, Park YH, Kim YR, Seok YJ. RppH-dependent pyrophosphohydrolysis of mRNAs is regulated by direct interaction with DapF in Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:12746-57. [PMID: 25313159 PMCID: PMC4227774 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Similar to decapping of eukaryotic mRNAs, the RppH-catalyzed conversion of 5′-terminal triphosphate to monophosphate has recently been identified as the rate-limiting step for the degradation of a subset of mRNAs in Escherichia coli. However, the regulation of RppH pyrophosphohydrolase activity is not well understood. Because the overexpression of RppH alone does not affect the decay rate of most target mRNAs, the existence of a mechanism regulating its activity has been suggested. In this study, we identified DapF, a diaminopimelate (DAP) epimerase catalyzing the stereoinversion of L,L-DAP to meso-DAP, as a regulator of RppH. DapF showed a high affinity interaction with RppH and increased its RNA pyrophosphohydrolase activity. The simultaneous overexpression of both DapF and RppH increased the decay rates of RppH target RNAs by about a factor of two. Together, our data suggest that the cellular level of DapF is a critical factor regulating the RppH-catalyzed pyrophosphate removal and the subsequent degradation of target mRNAs.
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- Chang-Ro Lee
- Department of Biological Sciences, Myongji University, Yongin, Gyeonggido 449-728, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea Department of Biophysics and Chemical Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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mRNA degradation is an important mechanism for controlling gene expression in bacterial cells. This process involves the orderly action of a battery of cellular endonucleases and exonucleases, some universal and others present only in certain species. These ribonucleases function with the assistance of ancillary enzymes that covalently modify the 5' or 3' end of RNA or unwind base-paired regions. Triggered by initiating events at either the 5' terminus or an internal site, mRNA decay occurs at diverse rates that are transcript specific and governed by RNA sequence and structure, translating ribosomes, and bound sRNAs or proteins. In response to environmental cues, bacteria are able to orchestrate widespread changes in mRNA lifetimes by modulating the concentration or specific activity of cellular ribonucleases or by unmasking the mRNA-degrading activity of cellular toxins.
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- Monica P Hui
- Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute and Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016;
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Agrawal A, Mohanty BK, Kushner SR. Processing of the seven valine tRNAs in Escherichia coli involves novel features of RNase P. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:11166-79. [PMID: 25183518 PMCID: PMC4176162 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Here we report that RNase P is required for the initial separation of all seven valine tRNAs from three distinct polycistronic transcripts (valV valW, valU valX valY lysY and lysT valT lysW valZ lysY lysZ lysQ). Particularly significant is the mechanism by which RNase P processes the valU and lysT polycistronic transcripts. Specifically, the enzyme initiates processing by first removing the Rho-independent transcription terminators from the primary valU and lysT transcripts. Subsequently, it proceeds in the 3′ → 5′ direction generating one pre-tRNA at a time. Based on the absolute requirement for RNase P processing of all three primary transcripts, inactivation of the enzyme leads to a >4-fold decrease in the levels of both type I and type II valine tRNAs. The ability of RNase P to initiate tRNA processing at the 3′ ends of long primary transcripts by endonucleolytically removing the Rho-independent transcription terminator represents a previously unidentified function for the enzyme, which is responsible for generating the mature 5’ termini of all 86 E. coli tRNAs. RNase E only plays a very minor role in the processing of all three valine polycistronic transcripts.
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- Ankit Agrawal
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Initiation of mRNA decay in bacteria. Cell Mol Life Sci 2013; 71:1799-828. [PMID: 24064983 PMCID: PMC3997798 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1472-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2013] [Revised: 09/01/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The instability of messenger RNA is fundamental to the control of gene expression. In bacteria, mRNA degradation generally follows an "all-or-none" pattern. This implies that if control is to be efficient, it must occur at the initiating (and presumably rate-limiting) step of the degradation process. Studies of E. coli and B. subtilis, species separated by 3 billion years of evolution, have revealed the principal and very disparate enzymes involved in this process in the two organisms. The early view that mRNA decay in these two model organisms is radically different has given way to new models that can be resumed by "different enzymes-similar strategies". The recent characterization of key ribonucleases sheds light on an impressive case of convergent evolution that illustrates that the surprisingly similar functions of these totally unrelated enzymes are of general importance to RNA metabolism in bacteria. We now know that the major mRNA decay pathways initiate with an endonucleolytic cleavage in E. coli and B. subtilis and probably in many of the currently known bacteria for which these organisms are considered representative. We will discuss here the different pathways of eubacterial mRNA decay, describe the major players and summarize the events that can precede and/or favor nucleolytic inactivation of a mRNA, notably the role of the 5' end and translation initiation. Finally, we will discuss the role of subcellular compartmentalization of transcription, translation, and the RNA degradation machinery.
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Piton J, Larue V, Thillier Y, Dorléans A, Pellegrini O, Li de la Sierra-Gallay I, Vasseur JJ, Debart F, Tisné C, Condon C. Bacillus subtilis RNA deprotection enzyme RppH recognizes guanosine in the second position of its substrates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:8858-63. [PMID: 23610407 PMCID: PMC3670357 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221510110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The initiation of mRNA degradation often requires deprotection of its 5' end. In eukaryotes, the 5'-methylguanosine (cap) structure is principally removed by the Nudix family decapping enzyme Dcp2, yielding a 5'-monophosphorylated RNA that is a substrate for 5' exoribonucleases. In bacteria, the 5'-triphosphate group of primary transcripts is also converted to a 5' monophosphate by a Nudix protein called RNA pyrophosphohydrolase (RppH), allowing access to both endo- and 5' exoribonucleases. Here we present the crystal structures of Bacillus subtilis RppH (BsRppH) bound to GTP and to a triphosphorylated dinucleotide RNA. In contrast to Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus RppH, which recognizes the first nucleotide of its RNA targets, the B. subtilis enzyme has a binding pocket that prefers guanosine residues in the second position of its substrates. The identification of sequence specificity for RppH in an internal position was a highly unexpected result. NMR chemical shift mapping in solution shows that at least three nucleotides are required for unambiguous binding of RNA. Biochemical assays of BsRppH on RNA substrates with single-base-mutation changes in the first four nucleotides confirm the importance of guanosine in position two for optimal enzyme activity. Our experiments highlight important structural and functional differences between BsRppH and the RNA deprotection enzymes of distantly related bacteria.
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- Jérémie Piton
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité Propre de Recherche 9073 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité) Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 8015, CNRS, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006 Paris, France; and
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, UMR 5247, CNRS–Université Montpellier 1–Université Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité Propre de Recherche 9073 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité) Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité Propre de Recherche 9073 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité) Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité Propre de Recherche 9073 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité) Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, UMR 5247, CNRS–Université Montpellier 1–Université Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, UMR 5247, CNRS–Université Montpellier 1–Université Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 8015, CNRS, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006 Paris, France; and
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité Propre de Recherche 9073 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité) Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France
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- David H Bechhofer
- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.
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