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Lawaetz AC, Cowley LA, Denham EL. Genome-wide annotation of transcript boundaries using bacterial Rend-seq datasets. Microb Genom 2024; 10. [PMID: 38668652 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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Accurate annotation to single-nucleotide resolution of the transcribed regions in genomes is key to optimally analyse RNA-seq data, understand regulatory events and for the design of experiments. However, currently most genome annotations provided by GenBank generally lack information about untranslated regions. Additionally, information regarding genomic locations of non-coding RNAs, such as sRNAs, or anti-sense RNAs is frequently missing. To provide such information, diverse RNA-seq technologies, such as Rend-seq, have been developed and applied to many bacterial species. However, incorporating this vast amount of information into annotation files has been limited and is bioinformatically challenging, resulting in UTRs and other non-coding elements being overlooked or misrepresented. To overcome this problem, we present pyRAP (python Rend-seq Annotation Pipeline), a software package that analyses Rend-seq datasets to accurately resolve transcript boundaries genome-wide. We report the use of pyRAP to find novel transcripts, transcript isoforms, and RNase-dependent sRNA processing events. In Bacillus subtilis we uncovered 63 novel transcripts and provide genomic coordinates with single-nucleotide resolution for 2218 5'UTRs, 1864 3'UTRs and 161 non-coding RNAs. In Escherichia coli, we report 117 novel transcripts, 2429 5'UTRs, 1619 3'UTRs and 91 non-coding RNAs, and in Staphylococcus aureus, 16 novel transcripts, 664 5'UTRs, 696 3'UTRs, and 81 non-coding RNAs. Finally, we use pyRAP to produce updated annotation files for B. subtilis 168, E. coli K-12 MG1655, and S. aureus 8325 for use in the wider microbial genomics research community.
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- Andreas C Lawaetz
- Life Sciences Department, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
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- Life Sciences Department, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
- Milner Centre for Evolution, Life Sciences Department, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
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- Life Sciences Department, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
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Haq IU, Müller P, Brantl S. A comprehensive study of the interactions in the B. subtilis degradosome with special emphasis on the role of the small proteins SR1P and SR7P. Mol Microbiol 2024; 121:40-52. [PMID: 37994189 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.15195] [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: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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Here, we employ coelution experiments and far-western blotting to identify stable interactions between the main components of the B. subtilis degradosome and the small proteins SR1P and SR7P. Our data indicate that B. subtilis has a degradosome comprising at least RNases Y and PnpA, enolase, phosphofructokinase, glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase GapA, and helicase CshA that can be co-purified without cross-linking. All interactions were corroborated by far-western blotting with proteins purified from E. coli. Previously, we discovered that stress-induced SR7P binds enolase to enhance its interaction with and activity of enolase-bound RNase Y (RnY), while SR1P transcribed under gluconeogenic conditions interacts with GapA to stimulate its interaction with and the activity of RnjA (RnjA). We show that SR1P can directly bind RnjA, RnY, and PnpA independently of GapA, whereas SR7P only interacts with enolase. Northern blotting suggests that the degradation of individual RNAs in B. subtilis under gluconeogenic or stress conditions depends on either RnjA or RnY alone or on RnjA-SR1P, RnY-SR1P, or RnY-Eno. In vitro degradation assays with RnY or RnjA substrates corroborate the in vivo role of SR1P. Currently, it is unknown which substrate property is decisive for the utilization of one of the complexes.
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- Inam Ul Haq
- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Matthias-Schleiden-Institut, AG Bakteriengenetik, Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Matthias-Schleiden-Institut, AG Bakteriengenetik, Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Matthias-Schleiden-Institut, AG Bakteriengenetik, Jena, 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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Pivard M, Caldelari I, Brun V, Croisier D, Jaquinod M, Anzala N, Gilquin B, Teixeira C, Benito Y, Couzon F, Romby P, Moreau K, Vandenesch F. Complex Regulation of Gamma-Hemolysin Expression Impacts Staphylococcus aureus Virulence. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0107323. [PMID: 37347186 PMCID: PMC10434192 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01073-23] [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: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus gamma-hemolysin CB (HlgCB) is a core-genome-encoded pore-forming toxin that targets the C5a receptor, similar to the phage-encoded Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL). Absolute quantification by mass spectrometry of HlgCB in 39 community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) isolates showed considerable variations in the HlgC and HlgB yields between isolates. Moreover, although HlgC and HlgB are encoded on a single operon, their levels were dissociated in 10% of the clinical strains studied. To decipher the molecular basis for the variation in hlgCB expression and protein production among strains, different regulation levels were analyzed in representative clinical isolates and reference strains. Both the HlgCB level and the HlgC/HlgB ratio were found to depend on hlgC promoter activity and mRNA processing and translation. Strikingly, only one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the 5' untranslated region (UTR) of hlgCB mRNA strongly impaired hlgC translation in the USA300 strain, leading to a strong decrease in the level of HlgC but not in HlgB. Finally, we found that high levels of HlgCB synthesis led to mortality in a rabbit model of pneumonia, correlated with the implication of the role of HlgCB in severe S. aureus CAP. Taken together, this work illustrates the complexity of virulence factor expression in clinical strains and demonstrates a butterfly effect where subtle genomic variations have a major impact on phenotype and virulence. IMPORTANCE S. aureus virulence in pneumonia results in its ability to produce several virulence factors, including the leucocidin PVL. Here, we demonstrate that HlgCB, another leucocidin, which targets the same receptors as PVL, highly contributes to S. aureus virulence in pvl-negative strains. In addition, considerable variations in HlgCB quantities are observed among clinical isolates from patients with CAP. Biomolecular analyses have revealed that a few SNPs in the promoter sequences and only one SNP in the 5' UTR of hlgCB mRNA induce the differential expression of hlgCB, drastically impacting hlgC mRNA translation. This work illustrates the subtlety of regulatory mechanisms in bacteria, especially the sometimes major effects on phenotypes of single nucleotide variation in noncoding regions.
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- Mariane Pivard
- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC, Strasbourg, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, CEA, UMR BioSanté U1292, CNRS, CEA, Grenoble, France
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LETI, Clinatec, Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, CEA, UMR BioSanté U1292, CNRS, CEA, Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, CEA, UMR BioSanté U1292, CNRS, CEA, Grenoble, France
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LETI, Clinatec, Grenoble, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Institut des Agents Infectieux, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
- Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC, Strasbourg, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, Lyon, France
- Institut des Agents Infectieux, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
- Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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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
Abstract
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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Structural Insights into the Dimeric Form of Bacillus subtilis RNase Y Using NMR and AlphaFold. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12121798. [PMID: 36551226 PMCID: PMC9775385 DOI: 10.3390/biom12121798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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RNase Y is a crucial component of genetic translation, acting as the key enzyme initiating mRNA decay in many Gram-positive bacteria. The N-terminal domain of Bacillus subtilis RNase Y (Nter-BsRNaseY) is thought to interact with various protein partners within a degradosome complex. Bioinformatics and biophysical analysis have previously shown that Nter-BsRNaseY, which is in equilibrium between a monomeric and a dimeric form, displays an elongated fold with a high content of α-helices. Using multidimensional heteronuclear NMR and AlphaFold models, here, we show that the Nter-BsRNaseY dimer is constituted of a long N-terminal parallel coiled-coil structure, linked by a turn to a C-terminal region composed of helices that display either a straight or bent conformation. The structural organization of the N-terminal domain is maintained within the AlphaFold model of the full-length RNase Y, with the turn allowing flexibility between the N- and C-terminal domains. The catalytic domain is globular, with two helices linking the KH and HD modules, followed by the C-terminal region. This latter region, with no function assigned up to now, is most likely involved in the dimerization of B. subtilis RNase Y together with the N-terminal coiled-coil structure.
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Regmi R, Penton CR, Anderson J, Gupta VVSR. Do small RNAs unlock the below ground microbiome-plant interaction mystery? Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:1017392. [PMID: 36406267 PMCID: PMC9670543 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1017392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Over the past few decades, regulatory RNAs, such as small RNAs (sRNAs), have received increasing attention in the context of host-microbe interactions due to their diverse roles in controlling various biological processes in eukaryotes. In addition, studies have identified an increasing number of sRNAs with novel functions across a wide range of bacteria. What is not well understood is why cells regulate gene expression through post-transcriptional mechanisms rather than at the initiation of transcription. The finding of a multitude of sRNAs and their identified associated targets has allowed further investigation into the role of sRNAs in mediating gene regulation. These foundational data allow for further development of hypotheses concerning how a precise control of gene activity is accomplished through the combination of transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation. Recently, sRNAs have been reported to participate in interkingdom communication and signalling where sRNAs originating from one kingdom are able to target or control gene expression in another kingdom. For example, small RNAs of fungal pathogens that silence plant genes and vice-versa plant sRNAs that mediate bacterial gene expression. However, there is currently a lack of evidence regarding sRNA-based inter-kingdom signalling across more than two interacting organisms. A habitat that provides an excellent opportunity to investigate interconnectivity is the plant rhizosphere, a multifaceted ecosystem where plants and associated soil microbes are known to interact. In this paper, we discuss how the interconnectivity of bacteria, fungi, and plants within the rhizosphere may be mediated by bacterial sRNAs with a particular focus on disease suppressive and non-suppressive soils. We discuss the potential roles sRNAs may play in the below-ground world and identify potential areas of future research, particularly in reference to the regulation of plant immunity genes by bacterial and fungal communities in disease-suppressive and non-disease-suppressive soils.
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- Roshan Regmi
- CSIRO Microbiomes for One Systems Health, Waite Campus, Canberra, SA, Australia
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Waite Campus, Canberra, SA, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Waite Campus, Canberra, SA, Australia
- College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ, United States
- Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
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- CSIRO Microbiomes for One Systems Health, Waite Campus, Canberra, SA, Australia
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, SA, Australia
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- CSIRO Microbiomes for One Systems Health, Waite Campus, Canberra, SA, Australia
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Waite Campus, Canberra, SA, Australia
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McKellar SW, Ivanova I, Arede P, Zapf RL, Mercier N, Chu LC, Mediati DG, Pickering AC, Briaud P, Foster RG, Kudla G, Fitzgerald JR, Caldelari I, Carroll RK, Tree JJ, Granneman S. RNase III CLASH in MRSA uncovers sRNA regulatory networks coupling metabolism to toxin expression. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3560. [PMID: 35732654 PMCID: PMC9217828 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31173-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial pathogen responsible for significant human morbidity and mortality. Post-transcriptional regulation by small RNAs (sRNAs) has emerged as an important mechanism for controlling virulence. However, the functionality of the majority of sRNAs during infection is unknown. To address this, we performed UV cross-linking, ligation, and sequencing of hybrids (CLASH) in MRSA to identify sRNA-RNA interactions under conditions that mimic the host environment. Using a double-stranded endoribonuclease III as bait, we uncovered hundreds of novel sRNA-RNA pairs. Strikingly, our results suggest that the production of small membrane-permeabilizing toxins is under extensive sRNA-mediated regulation and that their expression is intimately connected to metabolism. Additionally, we also uncover an sRNA sponging interaction between RsaE and RsaI. Taken together, we present a comprehensive analysis of sRNA-target interactions in MRSA and provide details on how these contribute to the control of virulence in response to changes in metabolism.
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- Stuart W McKellar
- Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, UPR9002, F-67000, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, NSW, Australia
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- The Roslin Institute and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, UPR9002, F-67000, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
- The Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.
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Menendez-Gil P, Catalan-Moreno A, Caballero CJ, Toledo-Arana A. Staphylococcus aureus ftnA 3'-Untranslated Region Modulates Ferritin Production Facilitating Growth Under Iron Starvation Conditions. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:838042. [PMID: 35572681 PMCID: PMC9093591 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.838042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Iron acquisition and modulation of its intracellular concentration are critical for the development of all living organisms. So far, several proteins have been described to be involved in iron homeostasis. Among them, ferritins act as the major iron storage proteins, sequestering internalized iron and modulating its concentration inside bacterial cells. We previously described that the deletion of the 3’-untranslated region (3’UTR) of the ftnA gene, which codes for ferritin in Staphylococcus aureus, increased the ftnA mRNA and ferritin levels. Here, we show that the ferritin levels are affected by RNase III and PNPase, which target the ftnA 3’UTR. Rifampicin mRNA stability experiments revealed that the half-life of the ftnA mRNA is affected by both RNase III and the ftnA 3’UTR. A transcriptional fusion of the ftnA 3’UTR to the gfp reporter gene decreased green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression, indicating that the ftnA 3’UTR could work as an independent module. Additionally, a chromosomal deletion of the ftnA 3’UTR impaired S. aureus growth under conditions of iron starvation. Overall, this work highlights the biological relevance of the ftnA 3’UTR for iron homeostasis in S. aureus.
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- Pilar Menendez-Gil
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (IdAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Gobierno de Navarra, Navarra, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (IdAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Gobierno de Navarra, Navarra, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (IdAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Gobierno de Navarra, Navarra, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (IdAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Gobierno de Navarra, Navarra, Spain
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Griego A, Douché T, Gianetto QG, Matondo M, Manina G. RNase E and HupB dynamics foster mycobacterial cell homeostasis and fitness. iScience 2022; 25:104233. [PMID: 35521527 PMCID: PMC9062218 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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RNA turnover is a primary source of gene expression variation, in turn promoting cellular adaptation. Mycobacteria leverage reversible mRNA stabilization to endure hostile conditions. Although RNase E is essential for RNA turnover in several species, its role in mycobacterial single-cell physiology and functional phenotypic diversification remains unexplored. Here, by integrating live-single-cell and quantitative-mass-spectrometry approaches, we show that RNase E forms dynamic foci, which are associated with cellular homeostasis and fate, and we discover a versatile molecular interactome. We show a likely interaction between RNase E and the nucleoid-associated protein HupB, which is particularly pronounced during drug treatment and infection, where phenotypic diversity increases. Disruption of RNase E expression affects HupB levels, impairing Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth homeostasis during treatment, intracellular replication, and host spread. Our work lays the foundation for targeting the RNase E and its partner HupB, aiming to undermine M. tuberculosis cellular balance, diversification capacity, and persistence. Single mycobacterial cells exhibit phenotypic variation in RNase E expression RNase E is implicated in the maintenance of mycobacterial cell growth homeostasis RNase E and HupB show a functional interplay in single mycobacterial cells RNase E-HupB disruption impairs Mycobacterium tuberculosis fate under drug and in macrophages
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Benda M, Woelfel S, Faßhauer P, Gunka K, Klumpp S, Poehlein A, Kálalová D, Šanderová H, Daniel R, Krásný L, Stülke J. Quasi-essentiality of RNase Y in Bacillus subtilis is caused by its critical role in the control of mRNA homeostasis. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:7088-7102. [PMID: 34157109 PMCID: PMC8266666 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
RNA turnover is essential in all domains of life. The endonuclease RNase Y (rny) is one of the key components involved in RNA metabolism of the model organism Bacillus subtilis. Essentiality of RNase Y has been a matter of discussion, since deletion of the rny gene is possible, but leads to severe phenotypic effects. In this work, we demonstrate that the rny mutant strain rapidly evolves suppressor mutations to at least partially alleviate these defects. All suppressor mutants had acquired a duplication of an about 60 kb long genomic region encompassing genes for all three core subunits of the RNA polymerase—α, β, β′. When the duplication of the RNA polymerase genes was prevented by relocation of the rpoA gene in the B. subtilis genome, all suppressor mutants carried distinct single point mutations in evolutionary conserved regions of genes coding either for the β or β’ subunits of the RNA polymerase that were not tolerated by wild type bacteria. In vitro transcription assays with the mutated polymerase variants showed a severe decrease in transcription efficiency. Altogether, our results suggest a tight cooperation between RNase Y and the RNA polymerase to establish an optimal RNA homeostasis in B. subtilis cells.
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- Martin Benda
- Department of General Microbiology, GZMB, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of General Microbiology, GZMB, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of General Microbiology, GZMB, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of General Microbiology, GZMB, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for the Dynamics of Complex Systems, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, GZMB, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Microbial Genetics and Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Microbial Genetics and Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, GZMB, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Microbial Genetics and Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of General Microbiology, GZMB, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Barrientos L, Mercier N, Lalaouna D, Caldelari I. Assembling the Current Pieces: The Puzzle of RNA-Mediated Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:706690. [PMID: 34367109 PMCID: PMC8334554 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.706690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The success of the major opportunistic human Staphylococcus aureus relies on the production of numerous virulence factors, which allow rapid colonization and dissemination in any tissues. Indeed, regulation of its virulence is multifactorial, and based on the production of transcriptional factors, two-component systems (TCS) and small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs). Advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies have unveiled the existence of hundreds of potential RNAs with regulatory functions, but only a fraction of which have been validated in vivo. These discoveries have modified our thinking and understanding of bacterial physiology and virulence fitness by placing sRNAs, alongside transcriptional regulators, at the center of complex and intertwined regulatory networks that allow S. aureus to rapidly adapt to the environmental cues present at infection sites. In this review, we describe the recently acquired knowledge of characterized regulatory RNAs in S. aureus that are associated with metal starvation, nutrient availability, stress responses and virulence. These findings highlight the importance of sRNAs for the comprehension of S. aureus infection processes while raising questions about the interplay between these key regulators and the pathways they control.
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- Laura Barrientos
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, UPR 9002, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, UPR 9002, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, UPR 9002, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, UPR 9002, Strasbourg, France
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Mehta D, Ramesh A. Diversity and prevalence of ANTAR RNAs across actinobacteria. BMC Microbiol 2021; 21:159. [PMID: 34051745 PMCID: PMC8164766 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-021-02234-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Computational approaches are often used to predict regulatory RNAs in bacteria, but their success is limited to RNAs that are highly conserved across phyla, in sequence and structure. The ANTAR regulatory system consists of a family of RNAs (the ANTAR-target RNAs) that selectively recruit ANTAR proteins. This protein-RNA complex together regulates genes at the level of translation or transcriptional elongation. Despite the widespread distribution of ANTAR proteins in bacteria, their target RNAs haven’t been identified in certain bacterial phyla such as actinobacteria. Results Here, by using a computational search model that is tuned to actinobacterial genomes, we comprehensively identify ANTAR-target RNAs in actinobacteria. These RNA motifs lie in select transcripts, often overlapping with the ribosome binding site or start codon, to regulate translation. Transcripts harboring ANTAR-target RNAs majorly encode proteins involved in the transport and metabolism of cellular metabolites like sugars, amino acids and ions; or encode transcription factors that in turn regulate diverse genes. Conclusion In this report, we substantially diversify and expand the family of ANTAR RNAs across bacteria. These findings now provide a starting point to investigate the actinobacterial processes that are regulated by ANTAR. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12866-021-02234-x.
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- Dolly Mehta
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore, 560065, India.,SASTRA University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, 613401, India
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore, 560065, India.
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Moonlighting in Bacillus subtilis: The Small Proteins SR1P and SR7P Regulate the Moonlighting Activity of Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase A (GapA) and Enolase in RNA Degradation. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9051046. [PMID: 34066298 PMCID: PMC8152036 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9051046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Moonlighting proteins are proteins with more than one function. During the past 25 years, they have been found to be rather widespread in bacteria. In Bacillus subtilis, moonlighting has been disclosed to occur via DNA, protein or RNA binding or protein phosphorylation. In addition, two metabolic enzymes, enolase and phosphofructokinase, were localized in the degradosome-like network (DLN) where they were thought to be scaffolding components. The DLN comprises the major endoribonuclease RNase Y, 3'-5' exoribonuclease PnpA, endo/5'-3' exoribonucleases J1/J2 and helicase CshA. We have ascertained that the metabolic enzyme GapA is an additional component of the DLN. In addition, we identified two small proteins that bind scaffolding components of the degradosome: SR1P encoded by the dual-function sRNA SR1 binds GapA, promotes the GapA-RNase J1 interaction and increases the RNase J1 activity. SR7P encoded by the dual-function antisense RNA SR7 binds to enolase thereby enhancing the enzymatic activity of enolase bound RNase Y. We discuss the role of small proteins in modulating the activity of two moonlighting proteins.
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Guimarães VA, Le Scornet A, Khemici V, Hausmann S, Armitano J, Prados J, Jousselin A, Manzano C, Linder P, Redder P. RNase J1 and J2 Are Host-Encoded Factors for Plasmid Replication. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:586886. [PMID: 34017314 PMCID: PMC8129170 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.586886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Plasmids need to ensure their transmission to both daughter-cells when their host divides, but should at the same time avoid overtaxing their hosts by directing excessive host-resources toward production of plasmid factors. Naturally occurring plasmids have therefore evolved regulatory mechanisms to restrict their copy-number in response to the volume of the cytoplasm. In many plasmid families, copy-number control is mediated by a small plasmid-specified RNA, which is continuously produced and rapidly degraded, to ensure that its concentration is proportional to the current plasmid copy-number. We show here that pSA564 from the RepA_N-family is regulated by a small antisense RNA (RNA1), which, when over-expressed in trans, blocks plasmid replication and cures the bacterial host. The 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) of the plasmid replication initiation gene (repA) potentially forms two mutually exclusive secondary structures, ON and OFF, where the latter both sequesters the repA ribosome binding site and acts as a rho-independent transcriptional terminator. Duplex formation between RNA1 and the 5'UTR shifts the equilibrium to favor the putative OFF-structure, enabling a single small RNA to down-regulate repA expression at both transcriptional and translational levels. We further examine which sequence elements on the antisense RNA and on its 5'UTR target are needed for this regulation. Finally, we identify the host-encoded exoribonucleases RNase J1 and J2 as the enzymes responsible for rapidly degrading the replication-inhibiting section of RNA1. This region accumulates and blocks RepA expression in the absence of either RNase J1 or J2, which are therefore essential host factors for pSA564 replication in Staphylococcus aureus.
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- Vanessa Andrade Guimarães
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Centre de Biologie Integrative, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Centre de Biologie Integrative, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Centre de Biologie Integrative, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
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An mRNA-mRNA Interaction Couples Expression of a Virulence Factor and Its Chaperone in Listeria monocytogenes. Cell Rep 2021; 30:4027-4040.e7. [PMID: 32209466 PMCID: PMC8722363 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Bacterial pathogens often employ RNA regulatory elements located in the 5' untranslated regions (UTRs) to control gene expression. Using a comparative structural analysis, we examine the structure of 5' UTRs at a global scale in the pathogenic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes under different conditions. In addition to discovering an RNA thermoswitch and detecting simultaneous interaction of ribosomes and small RNAs with mRNA, we identify structural changes in the 5' UTR of an mRNA encoding the post-translocation chaperone PrsA2 during infection conditions. We demonstrate that the 5' UTR of the prsA2 mRNA base pairs with the 3' UTR of the full-length hly mRNA encoding listeriolysin O, thus preventing RNase J1-mediated degradation of the prsA2 transcript. Mutants lacking the hly-prsA2 interaction exhibit reduced virulence properties. This work highlights an additional level of RNA regulation, where the mRNA encoding a chaperone is stabilized by the mRNA encoding its substrate.
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Christopoulou N, Granneman S. The role of RNA-binding proteins in mediating adaptive responses in Gram-positive bacteria. FEBS J 2021; 289:1746-1764. [PMID: 33690958 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Bacteria are constantly subjected to stressful conditions, such as antibiotic exposure, nutrient limitation and oxidative stress. For pathogenic bacteria, adapting to the host environment, escaping defence mechanisms and coping with antibiotic stress are crucial for their survival and the establishment of a successful infection. Stress adaptation relies heavily on the rate at which the organism can remodel its gene expression programme to counteract the stress. RNA-binding proteins mediating co- and post-transcriptional regulation have recently emerged as important players in regulating gene expression during adaptive responses. Most of the research on these layers of gene expression regulation has been done in Gram-negative model organisms where, thanks to a wide variety of global studies, large post-transcriptional regulatory networks have been uncovered. Unfortunately, our understanding of post-transcriptional regulation in Gram-positive bacteria is lagging behind. One possible explanation for this is that many proteins employed by Gram-negative bacteria are not well conserved in Gram-positives. And even if they are conserved, they do not always play similar roles as in Gram-negative bacteria. This raises the important question whether Gram-positive bacteria regulate gene expression in a significantly different way. The goal of this review was to discuss this in more detail by reviewing the role of well-known RNA-binding proteins in Gram-positive bacteria and by highlighting their different behaviours with respect to some of their Gram-negative counterparts. Finally, the second part of this review introduces several unusual RNA-binding proteins of Gram-positive species that we believe could also play an important role in adaptive responses.
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- Niki Christopoulou
- Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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Bossi L, Figueroa-Bossi N, Bouloc P, Boudvillain M. Regulatory interplay between small RNAs and transcription termination factor Rho. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2020; 1863:194546. [PMID: 32217107 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The largest and best studied group of regulatory small RNAs (sRNAs) in bacteria act by modulating translation or turnover of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) through base-pairing interactions that typically take place near the 5' end of the mRNA. This allows the sRNA to bind the complementary target sequence while the remainder of the mRNA is still being made, creating conditions whereby the action of the sRNA can extend to transcriptional steps, most notably transcription termination. Increasing evidence corroborates the existence of a functional interplay between sRNAs and termination factor Rho. Two general mechanisms have emerged. One mechanism operates in translated regions subjected to sRNA repression. By inhibiting ribosome binding co-transcriptionally, the sRNA uncouples translation from transcription, allowing Rho to bind the nascent RNA and promote termination. In the second mechanism, which functions in 5' untranslated regions, the sRNA antagonizes termination directly by interfering with Rho binding to the RNA or the subsequent translocation along the RNA. Here, we review the above literature in the context of other mechanisms that underlie the participation of Rho-dependent transcription termination in gene regulation. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: RNA and gene control in bacteria edited by Dr. M. Guillier and F. Repoila.
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- Lionello Bossi
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France
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Wang C, Chao Y, Matera G, Gao Q, Vogel J. The conserved 3' UTR-derived small RNA NarS mediates mRNA crossregulation during nitrate respiration. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:2126-2143. [PMID: 31863581 PMCID: PMC7038943 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz1168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Small noncoding RNAs (sRNAs) from mRNA 3′ UTRs seem to present a previously unrecognized layer of bacterial post-transcriptional control whereby mRNAs influence each other's expression, independently of transcriptional control. Studies in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica showed that such sRNAs are natural products of RNase E-mediated mRNA decay and associate with major RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) such as Hfq and ProQ. If so, there must be additional sRNAs from mRNAs that accumulate only under specific physiological conditions. We test this prediction by characterizing candidate NarS that represents the 3′ UTR of nitrate transporter NarK whose gene is silent during standard aerobic growth. We find that NarS acts by Hfq-dependent base pairing to repress the synthesis of the nitrite transporter, NirC, resulting in mRNA cross-regulation of nitrate and nitrite transporter genes. Interestingly, the NarS-mediated repression selectively targets the nirC cistron of the long nirBDC-cysG operon, an observation that we rationalize as a mechanism to protect the bacterial cytoplasm from excessive nitrite toxicity during anaerobic respiration with abundant nitrate. Our successful functional assignment of a 3′ UTR sRNA from a non-standard growth condition supports the notion that mRNA crossregulation is more pervasive than currently appreciated.
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- Chuan Wang
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200033, PR China.,Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200033, PR China
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- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.,Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI), D-97080 Würzburg, Germany
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Planson AG, Sauveplane V, Dervyn E, Jules M. Bacterial growth physiology and RNA metabolism. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2020; 1863:194502. [PMID: 32044462 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Bacteria are sophisticated systems with high capacity and flexibility to adapt to various environmental conditions. Each prokaryote however possesses a defined metabolic network, which sets its overall metabolic capacity, and therefore the maximal growth rate that can be reached. To achieve optimal growth, bacteria adopt various molecular strategies to optimally adjust gene expression and optimize resource allocation according to the nutrient availability. The resulting physiological changes are often accompanied by changes in the growth rate, and by global regulation of gene expression. The growth-rate-dependent variation of the abundances in the cellular machineries, together with condition-specific regulatory mechanisms, affect RNA metabolism and fate and pose a challenge for rational gene expression reengineering of synthetic circuits. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: RNA and gene control in bacteria, edited by Dr. M. Guillier and F. Repoila.
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- Anne-Gaëlle Planson
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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Thairu MW, Hansen AK. It's a small, small world: unravelling the role and evolution of small RNAs in organelle and endosymbiont genomes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 366:5371121. [PMID: 30844054 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnz049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Organelles and host-restricted bacterial symbionts are characterized by having highly reduced genomes that lack many key regulatory genes and elements. Thus, it has been hypothesized that the eukaryotic nuclear genome is primarily responsible for regulating these symbioses. However, with the discovery of organelle- and symbiont-expressed small RNAs (sRNAs) there is emerging evidence that these sRNAs may play a role in gene regulation as well. Here, we compare the diversity of organelle and bacterial symbiont sRNAs recently identified using genome-enabled '-omic' technologies and discuss their potential role in gene regulation. We also discuss how the genome architecture of small genomes may influence the evolution of these sRNAs and their potential function. Additionally, these new studies suggest that some sRNAs are conserved within organelle and symbiont taxa and respond to changes in the environment and/or their hosts. In summary, these results suggest that organelle and symbiont sRNAs may play a role in gene regulation in addition to nuclear-encoded host mechanisms.
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- Margaret W Thairu
- Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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Reprogramming bacteria with RNA regulators. Biochem Soc Trans 2019; 47:1279-1289. [DOI: 10.1042/bst20190173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Revised: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The revolution of genomics and growth of systems biology urged the creation of synthetic biology, an engineering discipline aiming at recreating and reprogramming cellular functions for industrial needs. There has been a huge effort in synthetic biology to develop versatile and programmable genetic regulators that would enable the precise control of gene expression. Synthetic RNA components have emerged as a solution, offering a diverse range of programmable functions, including signal sensing, gene regulation and the modulation of molecular interactions. Owing to their compactness, structure and way of action, several types of RNA devices that act on DNA, RNA and protein have been characterized and applied in synthetic biology. RNA-based approaches are more ‘economical' for the cell, since they are generally not translated. These RNA-based strategies act on a much shorter time scale than transcription-based ones and can be more efficient than protein-based mechanisms. In this review, we explore these RNA components as building blocks in the RNA synthetic biology field, first by explaining their natural mode of action and secondly discussing how these RNA components have been exploited to rewire bacterial regulatory circuitry.
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Val-Calvo J, Luque-Ortega JR, Crespo I, Miguel-Arribas A, Abia D, Sánchez-Hevia DL, Serrano E, Gago-Córdoba C, Ares S, Alfonso C, Rojo F, Wu LJ, Boer DR, Meijer WJJ. Novel regulatory mechanism of establishment genes of conjugative plasmids. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:11910-11926. [PMID: 30380104 PMCID: PMC6294495 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The principal route for dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes is conjugation by which a conjugative DNA element is transferred from a donor to a recipient cell. Conjugative elements contain genes that are important for their establishment in the new host, for instance by counteracting the host defense mechanisms acting against incoming foreign DNA. Little is known about these establishment genes and how they are regulated. Here, we deciphered the regulation mechanism of possible establishment genes of plasmid p576 from the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus pumilus. Unlike the ssDNA promoters described for some conjugative plasmids, the four promoters of these p576 genes are repressed by a repressor protein, which we named Reg576. Reg576 also regulates its own expression. After transfer of the DNA, these genes are de-repressed for a period of time until sufficient Reg576 is synthesized to repress the promoters again. Complementary in vivo and in vitro analyses showed that different operator configurations in the promoter regions of these genes lead to different responses to Reg576. Each operator is bound with extreme cooperativity by two Reg576-dimers. The X-ray structure revealed that Reg576 has a Ribbon-Helix-Helix core and provided important insights into the high cooperativity of DNA recognition.
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- Jorge Val-Calvo
- Department of Virology and Microbiology, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela" (CSIC), C. Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona 08290, Spain
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- Department of Virology and Microbiology, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela" (CSIC), C. Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Bioinformatics Facility, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa"
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- Department of Virology and Microbiology, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela" (CSIC), C. Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Virology and Microbiology, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela" (CSIC), C. Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos (GISC) and Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Leganes, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Richardson Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4AX, UK
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona 08290, Spain
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- Department of Virology and Microbiology, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela" (CSIC), C. Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Regulatory RNAs, present in many bacterial genomes and particularly in pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, control the expression of genes encoding virulence factors or metabolic proteins. They are extremely diverse and include noncoding RNAs (sRNA), antisense RNAs, and some 5' or 3' untranslated regions of messenger RNAs that act as sensors for metabolites, tRNAs, or environmental conditions (e.g., temperature, pH). In this review we focus on specific examples of sRNAs of S. aureus that illustrate how numerous sRNAs and associated proteins are embedded in complex networks of regulation. In addition, we discuss the CRISPR-Cas systems defined as an RNA-interference-like mechanism, which also exist in staphylococcal strains.
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Wang D, Li H, Ma X, Tang Y, Tang H, Hu X, Liu Z. Small RNA AvrA Regulates IscR to Increase the Stress Tolerances in SmpB Deficiency of Aeromonas veronii. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 9:142. [PMID: 31192158 PMCID: PMC6517841 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The superbacteria Aeromonas veronii displays not only a strong pathogenicity but also the resistance to nine kinds of antibiotics, resulting in the economic losses and health hazards. Small Protein B (SmpB) plays an important role in protein quality control, virulence, and stress reactions. Transcriptomic data revealed that expressions of the type IV pilus assembly and type VI secretion system (T6SS) proteins were downregulated in SmpB deficiency, indicating that the virulence of A. veronii might be attenuated. Although SmpB deletion decreased colonization in the mouse spleen and liver, LD50 of the smpB mutant was not altered as expected, compared with the wild type. Further, the transcriptomic and quantitative RT-PCR analyses showed that the combination of the downregulated AvrA and the upregulated iron-sulfur protein activator IscR, mediated the oxidative tolerance in smpB deletion. Next a reporter plasmid was constructed in which the promoter of iscR was applied to control the expression of the enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) gene. When the reporter plasmid was co-expressed with the AvrA expression into E. coli, the relative fluorescence intensity was decreased significantly, suggesting that AvrA bound to iscR mRNA by base pairing, which in turn relieved the inhibition of iscR and intensified the downstream iron-sulfur proteins. Collectively, the smpB mutant exhibited an attenuated virulence in mice and enhanced tolerances to oxidative stress. This study demonstrates the complexity of gene regulation networks mediated by sRNA in systems biology, and also reflects the strong adaptability of superbacteria A. veronii in the process of evolution.
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- Dan Wang
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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Ross JA, Thorsing M, Lillebæk EMS, Teixeira Dos Santos P, Kallipolitis BH. The LhrC sRNAs control expression of T cell-stimulating antigen TcsA in Listeria monocytogenes by decreasing tcsA mRNA stability. RNA Biol 2019; 16:270-281. [PMID: 30706751 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2019.1572423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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The bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes encodes seven homologous small regulatory RNAs, named the LhrC family of sRNAs. The LhrCs are highly induced under infection-relevant conditions and are known to inhibit the expression of multiple target mRNAs encoding virulence-associated surface proteins. In all cases studied so far, the LhrCs use their CU-rich regions for base pairing to complementary AG-rich sequences of the ribosomal binding site (RBS) of specific target mRNAs. Consequently, LhrC-mRNA interaction results in inhibition of translation followed by mRNA degradation, corresponding to the canonical model for sRNA-mediated gene regulation in bacteria. Here, we demonstrate that the LhrC sRNAs employ a different regulatory mechanism when acting to down-regulate the expression of tcsA, encoding a T cell-stimulating antigen. In this case, LhrC base pairs to an AG-rich site located well upstream of the RBS in tcsA mRNA. Using an in vitro translation assay, we found that LhrC could not prevent the ribosome from translating the tcsA messenger. Rather, the LhrC sRNAs act to decrease the half-life of tcsA mRNA in vivo. Importantly, LhrC-mediated destabilization of tcsA mRNA relies on an intact LhrC binding site near the 5´-end of the tcsA mRNA and occurs independently of translation. Based on these findings, we propose an alternative mechanism for LhrC-mediated control in L. monocytogenes that relies solely on sRNA-induced degradation of a target mRNA.
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- Joseph A Ross
- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , University of Southern Denmark , Odense , Denmark
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , University of Southern Denmark , Odense , Denmark
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , University of Southern Denmark , Odense , Denmark
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Clouet-d'Orval B, Batista M, Bouvier M, Quentin Y, Fichant G, Marchfelder A, Maier LK. Insights into RNA-processing pathways and associated RNA-degrading enzymes in Archaea. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2018; 42:579-613. [PMID: 29684129 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuy016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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RNA-processing pathways are at the centre of regulation of gene expression. All RNA transcripts undergo multiple maturation steps in addition to covalent chemical modifications to become functional in the cell. This includes destroying unnecessary or defective cellular RNAs. In Archaea, information on mechanisms by which RNA species reach their mature forms and associated RNA-modifying enzymes are still fragmentary. To date, most archaeal actors and pathways have been proposed in light of information gathered from Bacteria and Eukarya. In this context, this review provides a state of the art overview of archaeal endoribonucleases and exoribonucleases that cleave and trim RNA species and also of the key small archaeal proteins that bind RNAs. Furthermore, synthetic up-to-date views of processing and biogenesis pathways of archaeal transfer and ribosomal RNAs as well as of maturation of stable small non-coding RNAs such as CRISPR RNAs, small C/D and H/ACA box guide RNAs, and other emerging classes of small RNAs are described. Finally, prospective post-transcriptional mechanisms to control archaeal messenger RNA quality and quantity are discussed.
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- Béatrice Clouet-d'Orval
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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The bacterial endoribonuclease RNase E occupies a pivotal position in the control of gene expression, as its actions either commit transcripts to an irreversible fate of rapid destruction or unveil their hidden functions through specific processing. Moreover, the enzyme contributes to quality control of rRNAs. The activity of RNase E can be directed and modulated by signals provided through regulatory RNAs that guide the enzyme to specific transcripts that are to be silenced. Early in its evolutionary history, RNase E acquired a natively unfolded appendage that recruits accessory proteins and RNA. These accessory factors facilitate the activity of RNase E and include helicases that remodel RNA and RNA-protein complexes, and polynucleotide phosphorylase, a relative of the archaeal and eukaryotic exosomes. RNase E also associates with enzymes from central metabolism, such as enolase and aconitase. RNase E-based complexes are diverse in composition, but generally bear mechanistic parallels with eukaryotic machinery involved in RNA-induced gene regulation and transcript quality control. That these similar processes arose independently underscores the universality of RNA-based regulation in life. Here we provide a synopsis and perspective of the contributions made by RNase E to sustain robust gene regulation with speed and accuracy.
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Hardouin P, Velours C, Bou-Nader C, Assrir N, Laalami S, Putzer H, Durand D, Golinelli-Pimpaneau B. Dissociation of the Dimer of the Intrinsically Disordered Domain of RNase Y upon Antibody Binding. Biophys J 2018; 115:2102-2113. [PMID: 30447990 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Revised: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Although RNase Y acts as the key enzyme initiating messenger RNA decay in Bacillus subtilis and likely in many other Gram-positive bacteria, its three-dimensional structure remains unknown. An antibody belonging to the rare immunoglobulin G (IgG) 2b λx isotype was raised against a 12-residue conserved peptide from the N-terminal noncatalytic domain of B. subtilis RNase Y (BsRNaseY) that is predicted to be intrinsically disordered. Here, we show that this domain can be produced as a stand-alone protein called Nter-BsRNaseY that undergoes conformational changes between monomeric and dimeric forms. Circular dichroism and size exclusion chromatography coupled with multiangle light scattering or with small angle x-ray scattering indicate that the Nter-BsRNaseY dimer displays an elongated form and a high content of α-helices, in agreement with the existence of a central coiled-coil structure appended with flexible ends, and that the monomeric state of Nter-BsRNaseY is favored upon binding the fragment antigen binding (Fab) of the antibody. The dissociation constants of the IgG/BsRNaseY, IgG/Nter-BsRNaseY, and IgG/peptide complexes indicate that the affinity of the IgG for Nter-BsRNaseY is in the nM range and suggest that the peptide is less accessible in BsRNaseY than in Nter-BsRNaseY. The crystal structure of the Fab in complex with the peptide antigen shows that the peptide adopts an elongated U-shaped conformation in which the unique hydrophobic residue of the peptide, Leu6, is completely buried. The peptide/Fab complex may mimic the interaction of a microdomain of the N-terminal domain of BsRNaseY with one of its cellular partners within the degradosome complex. Altogether, our results suggest that BsRNaseY may become accessible for protein interaction upon dissociation of its N-terminal domain into the monomeric form.
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- Pierre Hardouin
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229 CNRS, Collège de France, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris CEDEX 05, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229 CNRS, Collège de France, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris CEDEX 05, France
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- Structural Chemistry and Biology Team, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CNRS UMR8261-Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR8261-Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229 CNRS, Collège de France, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris CEDEX 05, France.
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Fritsch TE, Siqueira FM, Schrank IS. Global analysis of sRNA target genes in Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:767. [PMID: 30352553 PMCID: PMC6199787 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-5136-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Small RNAs (sRNAs) are noncoding molecules that regulate different cellular activities in several bacteria. The role of sRNAs in gene expression regulation is poorly characterized in the etiological agent of porcine enzootic pneumonia Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. We performed a global analysis of the sRNAs, sRNA target genes and regulatory elements previously identified in their genome and analyzed the expression of some sRNAs and their target genes by quantitative RT-PCR (qPCR) in three different culture conditions. RESULTS Seven of the 145 sRNA target genes are organized as monocistronic genes (mCs) while the other 138 sRNA target genes are organized into transcriptional units (TU). The identification of transcriptional regulatory elements (promoter motif, DNA repeat sequence or intrinsic terminator) was verified in 116 of the 145 sRNA target genes. Moreover, the 29 sRNA target genes without regulatory elements revealed the presence of at least one regulatory element in the boundaries of the TU or in other internal genes of the TU. We verified that 16 sRNAs showed differential expression, seven in heat shock condition and 14 in oxidative stress condition. Analysis of the differential expression of the sRNA target genes showed that the tested sRNAs possibly regulate gene expression. The sRNA target genes were up- or down-regulated possibly in response to sRNA only under oxidative stress condition. Moreover, the sRNA target genes are involved in diverse processes of the cell, some of which could be linked to transcription processes and cell homeostasis. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that bacterial sRNAs could regulate a number of targets with various outcomes, and different correlations between the levels of sRNA transcripts and their target gene mRNAs were found, which suggest that the regulation of gene expression via sRNAs may play an important role in mycoplasma.
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- Tiago Ebert Fritsch
- Centro de Biotecnologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia – Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, P. 43421, C.P. 15005, CEP, Porto Alegre, RS 91501-970 Brazil
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Lalaouna D, Desgranges E, Caldelari I, Marzi S. MS2-Affinity Purification Coupled With RNA Sequencing Approach in the Human Pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. Methods Enzymol 2018; 612:393-411. [PMID: 30502950 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2018.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive major human pathogen involved in a wide range of human infectious diseases (from minor skin infections to septicemia, endocarditis or toxic shock syndrome). The treatment of S. aureus infections is very challenging due to the emergence of multiple antibiotic-resistant isolates. The high diversity of clinical symptoms caused by S. aureus depends on the precise expression of numerous virulence factors and stress response pathways, which are tightly regulated at every level (transcriptional, posttranscriptional, translational, and posttranslational). During the last two decades, it has become evident that small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) play a major role in fast adaptive responses, mainly by targeting mRNA translation. sRNAs act as antisense RNAs by forming noncontiguous pairings with their target mRNAs and their mechanisms of action vary according to the interaction site. To obtain a global and detailed view of the regulatory networks involved in the adaptive processes of S. aureus, we have adapted the MAPS approach to get individual sRNA targetomes. We also set up different strategies to validate MAPS results and establish sRNA regulatory activities. As this method has been first developed in Gram-negative bacteria, we provide here a protocol for its application in S. aureus and highlight underlying differences. Finally, we discuss several points that have been and could be further improved and provide a workflow file for the automatic analysis of the sequencing in Galaxy.
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- David Lalaouna
- Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Université de Strasbourg, IBMC-CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Université de Strasbourg, IBMC-CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Université de Strasbourg, IBMC-CNRS, Strasbourg, France.
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Université de Strasbourg, IBMC-CNRS, Strasbourg, France.
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Ma W, Liu Y, Wang Y, Lv X, Li J, Du G, Liu L. Combinatorial Fine-Tuning of GNA1 and GlmS Expression by 5’-Terminus Fusion Engineering Leads to Overproduction of N-Acetylglucosamine inBacillus subtilis. Biotechnol J 2018; 14:e1800264. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201800264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2018] [Revised: 08/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Wenlong Ma
- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University; No. 1800 Lihu Avenue 214122 Wuxi China
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Saramago M, Robledo M, Matos RG, Jiménez-Zurdo JI, Arraiano CM. Sinorhizobium meliloti RNase III: Catalytic Features and Impact on Symbiosis. Front Genet 2018; 9:350. [PMID: 30210532 PMCID: PMC6121014 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Members of the ribonuclease (RNase) III family of enzymes are metal-dependent double-strand specific endoribonucleases. They are ubiquitously found and eukaryotic RNase III-like enzymes include Dicer and Drosha, involved in RNA processing and RNA interference. In this work, we have addressed the primary characterization of RNase III from the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing α-proteobacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti. The S. meliloti rnc gene does encode an RNase III-like protein (SmRNase III), with recognizable catalytic and double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-binding domains that clusters in a branch with its α–proteobacterial counterparts. Purified SmRNase III dimerizes, is active at neutral to alkaline pH and behaves as a strict metal cofactor-dependent double-strand endoribonuclease, with catalytic features distinguishable from those of the prototypical member of the family, the Escherichia coli ortholog (EcRNase III). SmRNase III prefers Mn2+ rather than Mg2+ as metal cofactor, cleaves the generic structured R1.1 substrate at a site atypical for RNase III cleavage, and requires higher cofactor concentrations and longer dsRNA substrates than EcRNase III for optimal activity. Furthermore, the ultraconserved E125 amino acid was shown to play a major role in the metal-dependent catalysis of SmRNase III. SmRNase III degrades endogenous RNA substrates of diverse biogenesis with different efficiency, and is involved in the maturation of the 23S rRNA. SmRNase III loss-of-function neither compromises viability nor alters morphology of S. meliloti cells, but influences growth, nodulation kinetics, the onset of nitrogen fixation and the overall symbiotic efficiency of this bacterium on the roots of its legume host, alfalfa, which ultimately affects plant growth. Our results support an impact of SmRNase III on nodulation and symbiotic nitrogen fixation in plants.
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- Margarida Saramago
- Instituto de Tecnología Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Grupo de Ecología Genética de la Rizosfera, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Grupo de Ecología Genética de la Rizosfera, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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Condon C, Piton J, Braun F. Distribution of the ribosome associated endonuclease Rae1 and the potential role of conserved amino acids in codon recognition. RNA Biol 2018; 15:683-688. [PMID: 29557713 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2018.1454250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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We recently identified a novel ribonuclease in Bacillus subtilis called Rae1 that cleaves mRNAs in a translation-dependent manner. Rae1 is a member of the NYN/PIN family of ribonucleases and is highly conserved in the Firmicutes, the Cyanobacteria and the chloroplasts of photosynthetic algae and plants. We have proposed a model in which Rae1 enters the A-site of ribosomes that are paused following translation of certain sequences that are still ill-defined. In the only case identified thus far, Rae1 cleaves between a conserved glutamate and lysine codon during translation of a short peptide called S1025. Certain other codons are also tolerated on either side of the cleavage site, but these are recognized less efficiently. The model of Rae1 docked in the A-site allows us to make predictions about which conserved residues may be important for recognition of mRNA, the tRNA in the adjacent P-site and binding to the 50S ribosome subunit.
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- Ciarán Condon
- a UMR 8261 (CNRS - Univ. Paris Diderot), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique , 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris , France
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- a UMR 8261 (CNRS - Univ. Paris Diderot), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique , 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris , France
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Schwenk S, Arnvig KB. Regulatory RNA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, back to basics. Pathog Dis 2018; 76:4966984. [PMID: 29796669 PMCID: PMC7615687 DOI: 10.1093/femspd/fty035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Since the turn of the millenium, RNA-based control of gene expression has added an extra dimension to the central dogma of molecular biology. Still, the roles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis regulatory RNAs and the proteins that facilitate their functions remain elusive, although there can be no doubt that RNA biology plays a central role in the baterium's adaptation to its many host environments. In this review, we have presented examples from model organisms and from M. tuberculosis to showcase the abundance and versatility of regulatory RNA, in order to emphasise the importance of these 'fine-tuners' of gene expression.
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MESH Headings
- Aconitate Hydratase/genetics
- Aconitate Hydratase/metabolism
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Humans
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genetics
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/metabolism
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/pathogenicity
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- RNA Stability
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Small Cytoplasmic/genetics
- RNA, Small Cytoplasmic/metabolism
- RNA, Small Nuclear/genetics
- RNA, Small Nuclear/metabolism
- RNA, Small Untranslated/genetics
- RNA, Small Untranslated/metabolism
- Regulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid
- Riboswitch
- Tuberculosis/microbiology
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- Stefan Schwenk
- Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Holmqvist E, Li L, Bischler T, Barquist L, Vogel J. Global Maps of ProQ Binding In Vivo Reveal Target Recognition via RNA Structure and Stability Control at mRNA 3′ Ends. Mol Cell 2018; 70:971-982.e6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Revised: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Le Scornet A, Redder P. Post-transcriptional control of virulence gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2018; 1862:734-741. [PMID: 29705591 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2018.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Opportunistic pathogens have to be ready to change life-style whenever the occasion arises, and therefore need to keep tight control over the expression of their virulence factors. Doubly so for commensal bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus, which should avoid harming their hosts when they are in a state of peaceful co-existence. S. aureus carries very few sigma factors to help define the transcriptional programs, but instead uses a plethora of small RNA molecules and RNA-RNA interactions to regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. The endoribonucleases RNase III and RNase Y contribute to this regulatory diversity, and provide a link to RNA-decay and intra-cellular spatiotemporal control of expression. In this review we describe some of these post-transcriptional mechanisms as well as some of the novel transcriptomic approaches that have been used to find and to study them.
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- Alexandre Le Scornet
- LMGM, Centre de Biologie Integrative, Paul Sabatier University, 118, Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- LMGM, Centre de Biologie Integrative, Paul Sabatier University, 118, Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France.
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Mohanty BK, Kushner SR. Enzymes Involved in Posttranscriptional RNA Metabolism in Gram-Negative Bacteria. Microbiol Spectr 2018; 6:10.1128/microbiolspec.RWR-0011-2017. [PMID: 29676246 PMCID: PMC5912700 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.rwr-0011-2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Gene expression in Gram-negative bacteria is regulated at many levels, including transcription initiation, RNA processing, RNA/RNA interactions, mRNA decay, and translational controls involving enzymes that alter translational efficiency. In this review, we discuss the various enzymes that control transcription, translation, and RNA stability through RNA processing and degradation. RNA processing is essential to generate functional RNAs, while degradation helps control the steady-state level of each individual transcript. For example, all the pre-tRNAs are transcribed with extra nucleotides at both their 5' and 3' termini, which are subsequently processed to produce mature tRNAs that can be aminoacylated. Similarly, rRNAs that are transcribed as part of a 30S polycistronic transcript are matured to individual 16S, 23S, and 5S rRNAs. Decay of mRNAs plays a key role in gene regulation through controlling the steady-state level of each transcript, which is essential for maintaining appropriate protein levels. In addition, degradation of both translated and nontranslated RNAs recycles nucleotides to facilitate new RNA synthesis. To carry out all these reactions, Gram-negative bacteria employ a large number of endonucleases, exonucleases, RNA helicases, and poly(A) polymerase, as well as proteins that regulate the catalytic activity of particular RNases. Under certain stress conditions, an additional group of specialized endonucleases facilitate the cell's ability to adapt and survive. Many of the enzymes, such as RNase E, RNase III, polynucleotide phosphorylase, RNase R, and poly(A) polymerase I, participate in multiple RNA processing and decay pathways.
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- Department of Genetics
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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Gyulev IS, Willson BJ, Hennessy RC, Krabben P, Jenkinson ER, Thomas GH. Part by Part: Synthetic Biology Parts Used in Solventogenic Clostridia. ACS Synth Biol 2018; 7:311-327. [PMID: 29186949 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.7b00327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The solventogenic Clostridia are of interest to the chemical industry because of their natural ability to produce chemicals such as butanol, acetone and ethanol from diverse feedstocks. Their use as whole cell factories presents multiple metabolic engineering targets that could lead to improved sustainability and profitability of Clostridium industrial processes. However, engineering efforts have been held back by the scarcity of genetic and synthetic biology tools. Over the past decade, genetic tools to enable transformation and chromosomal modifications have been developed, but the lack of a broad palette of synthetic biology parts remains one of the last obstacles to the rapid engineered improvement of these species for bioproduction. We have systematically reviewed existing parts that have been used in the modification of solventogenic Clostridia, revealing a narrow range of empirically chosen and nonengineered parts that are in current use. The analysis uncovers elements, such as promoters, transcriptional terminators and ribosome binding sites where increased fundamental knowledge is needed for their reliable use in different applications. Together, the review provides the most comprehensive list of parts used and also presents areas where an improved toolbox is needed for full exploitation of these industrially important bacteria.
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- Ivan S. Gyulev
- Department
of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, 1871, Denmark
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- Green Biologics Limited, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4RU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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Payá G, Bautista V, Camacho M, Castejón-Fernández N, Alcaraz LA, Bonete MJ, Esclapez J. Small RNAs of Haloferax mediterranei: Identification and Potential Involvement in Nitrogen Metabolism. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:genes9020083. [PMID: 29439418 PMCID: PMC5852579 DOI: 10.3390/genes9020083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2017] [Revised: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Small RNAs have been studied in detail in domains Bacteria and Eukarya but, in the case of the domain Archaea, the knowledge is scarce and the physiological function of these small RNAs (sRNAs) is still uncertain. To extend the knowledge of sRNAs in the domain Archaea and their possible role in the regulation of the nitrogen assimilation metabolism in haloarchaea, Haloferax mediterranei has been used as a model microorganism. The bioinformatic approach has allowed for the prediction of 295 putative sRNAs genes in the genome of H. mediterranei, 88 of which have been verified by means of RNA-Sequencing (RNA-Seq). The secondary structure of these sRNAs and their possible targets have been identified. Curiously, some of them present as possible target genes relating to nitrogen assimilation, such as glutamate dehydrogenase and the nitrogen regulatory PII protein. Analysis of RNA-Seq data has also revealed differences in the expression pattern of 16 sRNAs according to the nitrogen source. Consequently, RNomic and bioinformatic approaches used in this work have allowed for the identification of new sRNAs in H. mediterranei, some of which show different expression patterns depending on the nitrogen source. This suggests that these sRNAs could be involved in the regulation of nitrogen assimilation and can constitute an important gene regulatory network.
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- Gloria Payá
- Agrochemistry and Biochemistry Department, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, Faculty of Science, University of Alicante, Ap 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain.
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- Agrochemistry and Biochemistry Department, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, Faculty of Science, University of Alicante, Ap 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain.
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- Agrochemistry and Biochemistry Department, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, Faculty of Science, University of Alicante, Ap 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain.
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- Agrochemistry and Biochemistry Department, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, Faculty of Science, University of Alicante, Ap 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain.
- Bioarray, S.L., 03202 Alicante, Spain.
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- Agrochemistry and Biochemistry Department, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, Faculty of Science, University of Alicante, Ap 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain.
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- Agrochemistry and Biochemistry Department, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, Faculty of Science, University of Alicante, Ap 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain.
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Bruce HA, Du D, Matak-Vinkovic D, Bandyra KJ, Broadhurst RW, Martin E, Sobott F, Shkumatov AV, Luisi BF. Analysis of the natively unstructured RNA/protein-recognition core in the Escherichia coli RNA degradosome and its interactions with regulatory RNA/Hfq complexes. Nucleic Acids Res 2018; 46:387-402. [PMID: 29136196 PMCID: PMC5758883 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The RNA degradosome is a multi-enzyme assembly that plays a central role in the RNA metabolism of Escherichia coli and numerous other bacterial species including pathogens. At the core of the assembly is the endoribonuclease RNase E, one of the largest E. coli proteins and also one that bears the greatest region predicted to be natively unstructured. This extensive unstructured region, situated in the C-terminal half of RNase E, is punctuated with conserved short linear motifs that recruit partner proteins, direct RNA interactions, and enable association with the cytoplasmic membrane. We have structurally characterized a subassembly of the degradosome-comprising a 248-residue segment of the natively unstructured part of RNase E, the DEAD-box helicase RhlB and the glycolytic enzyme enolase, and provide evidence that it serves as a flexible recognition centre that can co-recruit small regulatory RNA and the RNA chaperone Hfq. Our results support a model in which the degradosome captures substrates and regulatory RNAs through the recognition centre, facilitates pairing to cognate transcripts and presents the target to the ribonuclease active sites of the greater assembly for cooperative degradation or processing.
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- Heather A Bruce
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Biomolecular & Analytical Mass Spectrometry group, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Biomolecular & Analytical Mass Spectrometry group, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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Redder P. Molecular and genetic interactions of the RNA degradation machineries in Firmicute bacteria. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2018; 9. [PMID: 29314657 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Revised: 09/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Correct balance between bacterial RNA degradation and synthesis is essential for controlling expression level of all RNAs. The RNA polymerase, which performs the RNA synthesis, is highly conserved across the bacterial domain. However, this is surprisingly not the case for the RNA degradation machinery, which is composed of different subunits and performs different enzymatic reactions, depending on the organism. In Escherichia coli, the RNA decay is performed by the degradosome complex, which forms around the membrane-associated endoribonuclease RNase E, and is stable enough to be purified without falling apart. In contrast, many Firmicutes, for example, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae, do not encode an RNase E homolog, but instead have the endoribonuclease RNase Y and the exo- and endo-ribonuclease RNase J complex. A wide range of experiments have been performed, mainly with B. subtilis and S. aureus, to determine which interactions exist between the various RNA decay enzymes in the Firmicutes, with the goal of understanding how RNA degradation (and thus gene expression homeostasis and regulation) is organized in these organisms. The in vivo and in vitro data is diverse, and does not always concur. This overview gathers the data on interactions between Firmicute RNA degradation factors, to highlight the similarities and differences between experimental data from different experiments and from different organisms. WIREs RNA 2018, 9:e1460. doi: 10.1002/wrna.1460 This article is categorized under: RNA Turnover and Surveillance > Turnover/Surveillance Mechanisms RNA Turnover and Surveillance > Regulation of RNA Stability.
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- Peter Redder
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, UMR5100, Centre de Biologie Integrative, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
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Azuma Y, Edwardson TGW, Terasaka N, Hilvert D. Modular Protein Cages for Size-Selective RNA Packaging in Vivo. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:566-569. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Yusuke Azuma
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Liu N, Chaudhry MT, Xie Z, Kreth J, Merritt J. Identification of New Degrons in Streptococcus mutans Reveals a Novel Strategy for Engineering Targeted, Controllable Proteolysis. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2572. [PMID: 29312250 PMCID: PMC5742171 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Recently, controllable, targeted proteolysis has emerged as one of the most promising new strategies to study essential genes and otherwise toxic mutations. One of the principal limitations preventing the wider adoption of this approach is due to the lack of easily identifiable species-specific degrons that can be used to trigger the degradation of target proteins. Here, we report new advancements in the targeted proteolysis concept by creating the first prokaryotic N-terminal targeted proteolysis system. We demonstrate how proteins from the LexA-like protein superfamily can be exploited as species-specific reservoirs of N- and/or C-degrons, which are easily identifiable due to their proximity to strictly conserved residues found among LexA-like proteins. Using the LexA-like regulator HdiR of Streptococcus mutans, we identified two separate N-degrons derived from HdiR that confer highly efficient constitutive proteolysis upon target proteins when added as N-terminal peptide tags. Both degrons mediate degradation via AAA+ family housekeeping proteases with one degron primarily targeting FtsH and the other targeting the ClpP-dependent proteases. To modulate degron activity, our approach incorporates a hybrid N-terminal protein tag consisting of the ubiquitin-like protein NEDD8 fused to an HdiR degron. The NEDD8 fusion inhibits degron function until the NEDD8-specific endopeptidase NEDP1 is heterologously expressed to expose the N-degron. By fusing the NEDD8-degron tag onto GFP, luciferase, and the pleiotropic regulator RNase J2, we demonstrate that the N-terminal proteolysis approach exhibits far superior performance compared to the classic transcriptional depletion approach and is similarly applicable for the study of highly toxic mutations.
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- Nan Liu
- Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States.,Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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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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Braun F, Durand S, Condon C. Initiating ribosomes and a 5'/3'-UTR interaction control ribonuclease action to tightly couple B. subtilis hbs mRNA stability with translation. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:11386-11400. [PMID: 28977557 PMCID: PMC5737220 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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We previously showed that ribosomes initiating translation of the B. subtilis hbs mRNA at a strong Shine–Dalgarno sequence block the 5′ exoribonuclease RNase J1 from degrading into the coding sequence. Here, we identify new and previously unsuspected features of this mRNA. First, we identify RNase Y as the endoribonuclease that cleaves the highly structured 5′-UTR to give access to RNase J1. Cleavage by RNase Y at this site is modulated by a 14-bp long-range interaction between the 5′- and 3-UTRs that partially overlaps the cleavage site. In addition to this maturation/degradation pathway, we discovered a new and ultimately more important RNase Y cleavage site in the very early coding sequence, masked by the initiating ribosome. Thus, two independent pathways compete with ribosomes to tightly link hbs mRNA stability to translation initiation; in one case the initiating ribosome competes directly with RNase J1 and in the other with RNase Y. This is in contrast to prevailing models in Escherichia coli where ribosome traffic over the ORF is the main source of protection from RNases. Indeed, a second RNase Y cleavage site later in the hbs ORF plays no role in its turnover, confirming that for this mRNA at least, initiation is key.
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- Frédérique Braun
- UMR 8261 (CNRS-Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- UMR 8261 (CNRS-Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- UMR 8261 (CNRS-Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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Marincola G, Wolz C. Downstream element determines RNase Y cleavage of the saePQRS operon in Staphylococcus aureus. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:5980-5994. [PMID: 28453818 PMCID: PMC5449607 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In gram-positive bacteria, RNase J1, RNase J2 and RNase Y are thought to be major contributors to mRNA degradation and maturation. In Staphylococcus aureus, RNase Y activity is restricted to regulating the mRNA decay of only certain transcripts. Here the saePQRS operon was used as a model to analyze RNase Y specificity in living cells. A RNase Y cleavage site is located in an intergenic region between saeP and saeQ. This cleavage resulted in rapid degradation of the upstream fragment and stabilization of the downstream fragment. Thereby, the expression ratio of the different components of the operon was shifted towards saeRS, emphasizing the regulatory role of RNase Y activity. To assess cleavage specificity different regions surrounding the sae CS were cloned upstream of truncated gfp, and processing was analyzed in vivo using probes up- and downstream of CS. RNase Y cleavage was not determined by the cleavage site sequence. Instead a 24-bp double-stranded recognition structure was identified that was required to initiate cleavage 6 nt upstream. The results indicate that RNase Y activity is determined by secondary structure recognition determinants, which guide cleavage from a distance.
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- Gabriella Marincola
- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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RNA search engines empower the bacterial intranet. Biochem Soc Trans 2017; 45:987-997. [PMID: 28710287 PMCID: PMC5652223 DOI: 10.1042/bst20160373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2017] [Revised: 04/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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RNA acts not only as an information bearer in the biogenesis of proteins from genes, but also as a regulator that participates in the control of gene expression. In bacteria, small RNA molecules (sRNAs) play controlling roles in numerous processes and help to orchestrate complex regulatory networks. Such processes include cell growth and development, response to stress and metabolic change, transcription termination, cell-to-cell communication, and the launching of programmes for host invasion. All these processes require recognition of target messenger RNAs by the sRNAs. This review summarizes recent results that have provided insights into how bacterial sRNAs are recruited into effector ribonucleoprotein complexes that can seek out and act upon target transcripts. The results hint at how sRNAs and their protein partners act as pattern-matching search engines that efficaciously regulate gene expression, by performing with specificity and speed while avoiding off-target effects. The requirements for efficient searches of RNA patterns appear to be common to all domains of life.
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Bacterial pathogens must endure or adapt to different environments and stresses during transmission and infection. Posttranscriptional gene expression control by regulatory RNAs, such as small RNAs and riboswitches, is now considered central to adaptation in many bacteria, including pathogens. The study of RNA-based regulation (riboregulation) in pathogenic species has provided novel insight into how these bacteria regulate virulence gene expression. It has also uncovered diverse mechanisms by which bacterial small RNAs, in general, globally control gene expression. Riboregulators as well as their targets may also prove to be alternative targets or provide new strategies for antimicrobials. In this article, we present an overview of the general mechanisms that bacteria use to regulate with RNA, focusing on examples from pathogens. In addition, we also briefly review how deep sequencing approaches have aided in opening new perspectives in small RNA identification and the study of their functions. Finally, we discuss examples of riboregulators in two model pathogens that control virulence factor expression or survival-associated phenotypes, such as stress tolerance, biofilm formation, or cell-cell communication, to illustrate how riboregulation factors into regulatory networks in bacterial pathogens.
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Durand S, Braun F, Helfer AC, Romby P, Condon C. sRNA-mediated activation of gene expression by inhibition of 5'-3' exonucleolytic mRNA degradation. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28436820 PMCID: PMC5419742 DOI: 10.7554/elife.23602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Post-transcriptional control by small regulatory RNA (sRNA) is critical for rapid adaptive processes. sRNAs can directly modulate mRNA degradation in Proteobacteria without interfering with translation. However, Firmicutes have a fundamentally different set of ribonucleases for mRNA degradation and whether sRNAs can regulate the activity of these enzymes is an open question. We show that Bacillus subtilis RoxS, a major trans-acting sRNA shared with Staphylococus aureus, prevents degradation of the yflS mRNA, encoding a malate transporter. In the presence of malate, RoxS transiently escapes from repression by the NADH-sensitive transcription factor Rex and binds to the extreme 5'-end of yflS mRNA. This impairs the 5'-3' exoribonuclease activity of RNase J1, increasing the half-life of the primary transcript and concomitantly enhancing ribosome binding to increase expression of the transporter. Globally, the different targets regulated by RoxS suggest that it helps readjust the cellular NAD+/NADH balance when perturbed by different stimuli.
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- Sylvain Durand
- UMR8261 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot (Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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- UMR8261 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot (Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Strasbourg, France
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- UMR8261 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot (Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France.,Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Strasbourg, France
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- UMR8261 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot (Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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