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Worthan SB, McCarthy RDP, Delaleau M, Stikeleather R, Bratton BP, Boudvillain M, Behringer MG. Evolution of pH-sensitive transcription termination in Escherichia coli during adaptation to repeated long-term starvation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2405546121. [PMID: 39298488 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2405546121] [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: 03/17/2024] [Accepted: 08/19/2024] [Indexed: 09/21/2024] Open
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Fluctuating environments that consist of regular cycles of co-occurring stress are a common challenge faced by cellular populations. For a population to thrive in constantly changing conditions, an ability to coordinate a rapid cellular response is essential. Here, we identify a mutation conferring an arginine-to-histidine (Arg to His) substitution in the transcription terminator Rho. The rho R109H mutation frequently arose in Escherichia coli populations experimentally evolved under repeated long-term starvation conditions, during which the accumulation of metabolic waste followed by transfer into fresh media results in drastic environmental pH fluctuations associated with feast and famine. Metagenomic sequencing revealed that populations containing the rho mutation also possess putative loss-of-function mutations in ydcI, which encodes a recently characterized transcription factor associated with pH homeostasis. Genetic reconstructions of these mutations show that the rho allele confers plasticity via an alkaline-induced reduction of Rho function that, when found in tandem with a ΔydcI allele, leads to intracellular alkalization and genetic assimilation of Rho mutant function. We further identify Arg to His substitutions at analogous sites in rho alleles from species that regularly experience neutral to alkaline pH fluctuations in their environments. Our results suggest that Arg to His substitutions in Rho may serve to rapidly coordinate complex physiological responses through pH sensing and shed light on how cellular populations use environmental cues to coordinate rapid responses to complex, fluctuating environments.
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- Sarah B Worthan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
- Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, affiliated with Université d'Orléans, Orléans Cedex 2 45071, France
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- Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281
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- Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, Nashville, TN 37232
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, affiliated with Université d'Orléans, Orléans Cedex 2 45071, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
- Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, Nashville, TN 37232
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
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Delaleau M, Figueroa-Bossi N, Do TD, Kerboriou P, Eveno E, Bossi L, Boudvillain M. Rho-dependent transcriptional switches regulate the bacterial response to cold shock. Mol Cell 2024; 84:3482-3496.e7. [PMID: 39178862 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.07.034] [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] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 06/17/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/26/2024]
Abstract
Binding of the bacterial Rho helicase to nascent transcripts triggers Rho-dependent transcription termination (RDTT) in response to cellular signals that modulate mRNA structure and accessibility of Rho utilization (Rut) sites. Despite the impact of temperature on RNA structure, RDTT was never linked to the bacterial response to temperature shifts. We show that Rho is a central player in the cold-shock response (CSR), challenging the current view that CSR is primarily a posttranscriptional program. We identify Rut sites in 5'-untranslated regions of key CSR genes/operons (cspA, cspB, cspG, and nsrR-rnr-yjfHI) that trigger premature RDTT at 37°C but not at 15°C. High concentrations of RNA chaperone CspA or nucleotide changes in the cspA mRNA leader reduce RDTT efficiency, revealing how RNA restructuring directs Rho to activate CSR genes during the cold shock and to silence them during cold acclimation. These findings establish a paradigm for how RNA thermosensors can modulate gene expression.
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- Mildred Delaleau
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, Affiliated with Université d'Orléans, rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans Cedex 2, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, Affiliated with Université d'Orléans, rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans Cedex 2, France; ED 549, Sciences Biologiques & Chimie du Vivant, Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, Affiliated with Université d'Orléans, rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans Cedex 2, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, Affiliated with Université d'Orléans, rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans Cedex 2, France; ED 549, Sciences Biologiques & Chimie du Vivant, Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France.
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Moreira S, Chyou TY, Wade J, Brown C. Diversification of the Rho transcription termination factor in bacteria. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:8979-8997. [PMID: 38966992 PMCID: PMC11347177 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 06/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024] Open
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Correct termination of transcription is essential for gene expression. In bacteria, factor-dependent termination relies on the Rho factor, that classically has three conserved domains. Some bacteria also have a functional insertion region. However, the variation in Rho structure among bacteria has not been analyzed in detail. This study determines the distribution, sequence conservation, and predicted features of Rho factors with diverse domain architectures by analyzing 2730 bacterial genomes. About half (49.8%) of the species analyzed have the typical Escherichia coli like Rho while most of the other species (39.8%) have diverse, atypical forms of Rho. Besides conservation of the main domains, we describe a duplicated RNA-binding domain present in specific species and novel variations in the bicyclomycin binding pocket. The additional regions observed in Rho proteins exhibit remarkable diversity. Commonly, however, they have exceptional amino acid compositions and are predicted to be intrinsically disordered, to undergo phase separation, or have prion-like behavior. Phase separation has recently been shown to play roles in Rho function and bacterial fitness during harsh conditions in one species and this study suggests a more widespread role. In conclusion, diverse atypical Rho factors are broadly distributed among bacteria, suggesting additional cellular roles.
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- Sofia M Moreira
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago 9054, New Zealand
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201, USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago 9054, New Zealand
- Genetics Otago, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago 9054, New Zealand
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Worthan SB, McCarthy RDP, Delaleau M, Stikeleather R, Bratton BP, Boudvillain M, Behringer MG. Evolution of pH-sensitive transcription termination during adaptation to repeated long-term starvation. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.03.01.582989. [PMID: 38464051 PMCID: PMC10925284 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.01.582989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Fluctuating environments that consist of regular cycles of co-occurring stress are a common challenge faced by cellular populations. For a population to thrive in constantly changing conditions, an ability to coordinate a rapid cellular response is essential. Here, we identify a mutation conferring an arginine-to-histidine (Arg to His) substitution in the transcription terminator Rho. The rho R109H mutation frequently arose in E. coli populations experimentally evolved under repeated long-term starvation conditions, during which feast and famine result in drastic environmental pH fluctuations. Metagenomic sequencing revealed that populations containing the rho mutation also possess putative loss-of-function mutations in ydcI, which encodes a recently characterized transcription factor associated with pH homeostasis. Genetic reconstructions of these mutations show that the rho allele confers a plastic alkaline-induced reduction of Rho function that, when found in tandem with a ΔydcI allele, leads to intracellular alkalinization and genetic assimilation of Rho mutant function. We further identify Arg to His substitutions at analogous sites in rho alleles from species originating from fluctuating alkaline environments. Our results suggest that Arg to His substitutions in global regulators of gene expression can serve to rapidly coordinate complex responses through pH sensing and shed light on how cellular populations across the tree of life use environmental cues to coordinate rapid responses to complex, fluctuating environments.
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- Sarah B Worthan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, Nashville, TN
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, affiliated with Université d'Orléans, rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France
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- Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
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- Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, Nashville, TN
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, affiliated with Université d'Orléans, rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, Nashville, TN
- Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
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Kumar S, Sau S, Agnivesh PK, Roy A, Kalia NP. Role of transcription termination factor Rho in anti-tuberculosis drug discovery. Drug Discov Today 2023; 28:103490. [PMID: 36638880 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2023.103490] [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] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Mycobacterial infections, including multidrug and extreme drug-resistant (MDR and XDR) infections, are a severe challenge and create a virtual antibiotic-deficient era. Bacterial transcription is an established antimicrobial drug target. In mycobacteria, efficient transcription termination relies on the ATP-dependent RNA helicase factor Rho. Rho factor is essential for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) survival, and is a valid antibacterial drug target with no homolog in eukaryotes. Rho maintains genomic stability and virulence and prevents pervasive transcription in Mtb. In this review, we provide an overview of the essentiality of Rho in Mtb, which makes it an attractive drug target for inhibitor discovery.
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- Sunil Kumar
- Department of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana 500 037, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana 500 037, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana 500 037, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana 500 037, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana 500 037, India.
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Ahmad E, Mitra A, Ahmed W, Mahapatra V, Hegde SR, Sala C, Cole ST, Nagaraja V. Rho-dependent transcription termination is the dominant mechanism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2023; 1866:194923. [PMID: 36822574 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2023.194923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Intrinsic and Rho-dependent transcription termination mechanisms regulate gene expression and recycle RNA polymerase in bacteria. Both the modes are well studied in Escherichia coli, and a few other organisms. The understanding of Rho function is limited in most other bacteria including mycobacteria. Here, we highlight the dominance of Rho-dependent termination in mycobacteria and validate Rho as a key regulatory factor. The lower abundance of intrinsic terminators, high cellular levels of Rho, and its genome-wide association with a majority of transcriptionally active genes indicate the pronounced role of Rho-mediated termination in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Rho modulates the termination of RNA synthesis for both protein-coding and stable RNA genes in Mtb. Concordantly, the depletion of Rho in mycobacteria impact its growth and enhances the transcription read-through at 3' ends of the transcription units. We demonstrate that MtbRho is catalytically active in the presence of RNA with varied secondary structures. These properties suggest an evolutionary adaptation of Rho as the efficient and preponderant mode of transcription termination in mycobacteria.
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- Ezaz Ahmad
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bengaluru 560100, India
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- Monoclonal Antibody Discovery Laboratory, Fondazione Toscana Life Sciences, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India; Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru 560064, India.
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Termination factor Rho mediates transcriptional reprogramming of Bacillus subtilis stationary phase. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010618. [PMID: 36735730 PMCID: PMC9931155 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Transcription termination factor Rho is known for its ubiquitous role in suppression of pervasive, mostly antisense, transcription. In the model Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis, de-repression of pervasive transcription by inactivation of rho revealed the role of Rho in the regulation of post-exponential differentiation programs. To identify other aspects of the regulatory role of Rho during adaptation to starvation, we have constructed a B. subtilis strain (Rho+) that expresses rho at a relatively stable high level in order to compensate for its decrease in the wild-type cells entering stationary phase. The RNAseq analysis of Rho+, WT and Δrho strains (expression profiles can be visualized at http://genoscapist.migale.inrae.fr/seb_rho/) shows that Rho over-production enhances the termination efficiency of Rho-sensitive terminators, thus reducing transcriptional read-through and antisense transcription genome-wide. Moreover, the Rho+ strain exhibits global alterations of sense transcription with the most significant changes observed for the AbrB, CodY, and stringent response regulons, forming the pathways governing the transition to stationary phase. Subsequent physiological analyses demonstrated that maintaining rho expression at a stable elevated level modifies stationary phase-specific physiology of B. subtilis cells, weakens stringent response, and thereby negatively affects the cellular adaptation to nutrient limitations and other stresses, and blocks the development of genetic competence and sporulation. These results highlight the Rho-specific termination of transcription as a novel element controlling stationary phase. The release of this control by decreasing Rho levels during the transition to stationary phase appears crucial for the functionality of complex gene networks ensuring B. subtilis survival in stationary phase.
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Parize E, Gerhardt EC, Oliveira AC, Pedrosa FO, Souza EM, Huergo LF, Steffens MB. Expression, purification and characterization of the transcription termination factor Rho from Azospirillum brasilense. Protein Expr Purif 2022; 198:106114. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2022.106114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cryo-EM structure of transcription termination factor Rho from Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals bicyclomycin resistance mechanism. Commun Biol 2022; 5:120. [PMID: 35140348 PMCID: PMC8828861 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03069-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The bacterial Rho factor is a ring-shaped motor triggering genome-wide transcription termination and R-loop dissociation. Rho is essential in many species, including in Mycobacterium tuberculosis where rho gene inactivation leads to rapid death. Yet, the M. tuberculosis Rho [MtbRho] factor displays poor NTPase and helicase activities, and resistance to the natural Rho inhibitor bicyclomycin [BCM] that remain unexplained. To address these issues, we solved the cryo-EM structure of MtbRho at 3.3 Å resolution. The MtbRho hexamer is poised into a pre-catalytic, open-ring state wherein specific contacts stabilize ATP in intersubunit ATPase pockets, thereby explaining the cofactor preference of MtbRho. We reveal a leucine-to-methionine substitution that creates a steric bulk in BCM binding cavities near the positions of ATP γ-phosphates, and confers resistance to BCM at the expense of motor efficiency. Our work contributes to explain the unusual features of MtbRho and provides a framework for future antibiotic development. Cryo-EM shows that M. tuberculosis Rho-factor adopts an open, ring-shaped hexamer conformation and a steric bulk in the cavity for bicyclomycin binding, which explains resistance to the antibiotic.
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Simon I, Delaleau M, Schwartz A, Boudvillain M. A Large Insertion Domain in the Rho Factor From a Low G + C, Gram-negative Bacterium is Critical for RNA Binding and Transcription Termination Activity. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:167060. [PMID: 34023400 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/16/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Rho-dependent termination of transcription (RDTT) is a critical regulatory mechanism specific to bacteria. In a subset of species including most Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes, the Rho factor contains a large, poorly conserved N-terminal insertion domain (NID) of cryptic function. To date, only two NID-bearing Rho factors from high G + C Actinobacteria have been thoroughly characterized. Both can trigger RDTT at promoter-proximal sites or with structurally constrained transcripts that are unsuitable for the archetypal, NID-less Rho factor of Escherichia coli (EcRho). Here, we provide the first biochemical characterization of a NID-bearing Rho factor from a low G + C bacterium. We show that Bacteroides fragilis Rho (BfRho) is a bona fide RNA-dependent NTPase motor able to unwind long RNA:DNA duplexes and to disrupt transcription complexes. The large NID (~40% of total mass) strongly increases BfRho affinity for RNA, is strictly required for RDTT, but does not promote RDTT at promoter-proximal sites or with a structurally constrained transcript. Furthermore, the NID does not preclude modulation of RDTT by transcription factors NusA and NusG or by the Rho inhibitor bicyclomycin. Although the NID contains a prion-like Q/N-rich motif, it does not spontaneously trigger formation of β-amyloids. Thus, despite its unusually large RNA binding domain, BfRho behaves more like the NID-less EcRho than NID-bearing counterparts from high G + C Actinobacteria. Our data highlight the evolutionary plasticity of Rho's N-terminal region and illustrate how RDTT is adapted to distinct genomic contents.
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- Isabelle Simon
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, Rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France; ED 549, Santé, Sciences Biologiques & Chimie du Vivant, Université d'Orléans, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, Rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, Rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, Rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France.
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Thermal Shift Assay for Characterizing the Stability of RNA Helicases and Their Interaction with Ligands. Methods Mol Biol 2020. [PMID: 33201463 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0935-4_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
Abstract
Thermofluor or thermal shift assay is an easily implementable, high-throughput method for assessing the thermostability of proteins and the influence of various ligands on that stability. It is particularly useful for the assaying of ligands that may stabilize oligomeric helicases, which rely on both substrates (oligonucleotides) and nucleotide cofactors (ATP analogues) for their stability in a functional state. In this chapter, we describe the rationale and present a basic protocol for the use of this technique. Multi-ligand screening is also discussed via a worked example of the stabilization of a hexameric RNA helicase, a target protein for structural studies in our laboratories.
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A Simple Fluorescence Microplate Assay to Monitor RNA-DNA Hybrid Unwinding by the Bacterial Transcription Termination Factor Rho. Methods Mol Biol 2020. [PMID: 33201468 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0935-4_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Transcription termination factor Rho contributes to shape the transcriptomes of many bacteria and is essential in a large subset of them. Although the transcription termination function of Rho is not always easy to reconstitute and to study in vitro, assays based on the ATP-dependent RNA-DNA hybrid unwinding activity of the factor can prove useful to dissect Rho mechanisms or to seek new antibiotics targeting Rho. However, current in vitro assays of Rho helicase activity are time-consuming, as they usually require radiolabeling of the hybrid substrates and analysis of reaction products by gel electrophoresis. Here, we describe a fluorescence-based microplate assay that informs on Rho helicase activity in a matter of minutes and allows the multiplexed analysis of conditions required for primary biochemical characterization or for drug screening.
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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: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [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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Nadiras C, Eveno E, Schwartz A, Figueroa-Bossi N, Boudvillain M. A multivariate prediction model for Rho-dependent termination of transcription. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:8245-8260. [PMID: 29931073 PMCID: PMC6144790 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bacterial transcription termination proceeds via two main mechanisms triggered either by simple, well-conserved (intrinsic) nucleic acid motifs or by the motor protein Rho. Although bacterial genomes can harbor hundreds of termination signals of either type, only intrinsic terminators are reliably predicted. Computational tools to detect the more complex and diversiform Rho-dependent terminators are lacking. To tackle this issue, we devised a prediction method based on Orthogonal Projections to Latent Structures Discriminant Analysis [OPLS-DA] of a large set of in vitro termination data. Using previously uncharacterized genomic sequences for biochemical evaluation and OPLS-DA, we identified new Rho-dependent signals and quantitative sequence descriptors with significant predictive value. Most relevant descriptors specify features of transcript C>G skewness, secondary structure, and richness in regularly-spaced 5'CC/UC dinucleotides that are consistent with known principles for Rho-RNA interaction. Descriptors collectively warrant OPLS-DA predictions of Rho-dependent termination with a ∼85% success rate. Scanning of the Escherichia coli genome with the OPLS-DA model identifies significantly more termination-competent regions than anticipated from transcriptomics and predicts that regions intrinsically refractory to Rho are primarily located in open reading frames. Altogether, this work delineates features important for Rho activity and describes the first method able to predict Rho-dependent terminators in bacterial genomes.
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- Cédric Nadiras
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France.,ED 549, Sciences Biologiques & Chimie du Vivant, Université d'Orléans, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR4301, rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, University of Paris-Sud, University of Paris-Saclay, 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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Bacteriophage gene products as potential antimicrobials against tuberculosis. Biochem Soc Trans 2019; 47:847-860. [PMID: 31085613 DOI: 10.1042/bst20180506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Tuberculosis (TB) is recognised as one of the most pressing global health threats among infectious diseases. Bacteriophages are adapted for killing of their host, and they were exploited in antibacterial therapy already before the discovery of antibiotics. Antibiotics as broadly active drugs overshadowed phage therapy for a long time. However, owing to the rapid spread of antibiotic resistance and the increasing complexity of treatment of drug-resistant TB, mycobacteriophages are being studied for their antimicrobial potential. Besides phage therapy, which is the administration of live phages to infected patients, the development of drugs of phage origin is gaining interest. This path of medical research might provide us with a new pool of previously undiscovered inhibition mechanisms and molecular interactions which are also of interest in basic research of cellular processes, such as transcription. The current state of research on mycobacteriophage-derived anti-TB treatment is reviewed in comparison with inhibitors from other phages, and with focus on transcription as the host target process.
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Nadiras C, Delaleau M, Schwartz A, Margeat E, Boudvillain M. A Fluorogenic Assay To Monitor Rho-Dependent Termination of Transcription. Biochemistry 2019; 58:865-874. [PMID: 30624903 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Transcription termination mediated by the ring-shaped, ATP-dependent Rho motor is a multipurpose regulatory mechanism specific to bacteria and constitutes an interesting target for the development of new antibiotics. Although Rho-dependent termination can punctuate gene expression or contribute to the protection of the genome at hundreds of sites within a given bacterium, its exact perimeter and site- or species-specific features remain insufficiently characterized. New advanced approaches are required to explore thoroughly the diversity of Rho-dependent terminators and the complexity of associated mechanisms. Current in vitro analyses of Rho-dependent termination rely on radiolabeling, gel electrophoresis, and phosphorimaging of transcription reaction products and are thus hazardous, inconvenient, and low-throughput. To address these limitations, we have developed the first in vitro assay using a fluorescence detection modality to study Rho-dependent transcription termination. This powerful experimental tool accurately estimates terminator strengths in a matter of minutes and is optimized for a microplate reader format allowing multiplexed characterization of putative terminator sequences and mechanisms or high-throughput screening of new drugs targeting Rho-dependent termination.
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- Cédric Nadiras
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire , CNRS UPR4301 , rue Charles Sadron , 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France.,ED 549, Sciences Biologiques & Chimie du Vivant , Université d'Orléans , 45100 Orléans , France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire , CNRS UPR4301 , rue Charles Sadron , 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire , CNRS UPR4301 , rue Charles Sadron , 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, INSERM U 1054, CNRS UMR 5048, Université de Montpellier , 29 rue de Navacelles , 34090 Montpellier , France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire , CNRS UPR4301 , rue Charles Sadron , 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France.,ED 549, Sciences Biologiques & Chimie du Vivant , Université d'Orléans , 45100 Orléans , France
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Nagel A, Michalik S, Debarbouille M, Hertlein T, Gesell Salazar M, Rath H, Msadek T, Ohlsen K, van Dijl JM, Völker U, Mäder U. Inhibition of Rho Activity Increases Expression of SaeRS-Dependent Virulence Factor Genes in Staphylococcus aureus, Showing a Link between Transcription Termination, Antibiotic Action, and Virulence. mBio 2018; 9:e01332-18. [PMID: 30228237 PMCID: PMC6143737 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01332-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus causes various diseases ranging from skin and soft tissue infections to life-threatening infections. Adaptation to the different host niches is controlled by a complex network of transcriptional regulators. Global profiling of condition-dependent transcription revealed adaptation of S. aureus HG001 at the levels of transcription initiation and termination. In particular, deletion of the gene encoding the Rho transcription termination factor triggered a remarkable overall increase in antisense transcription and gene expression changes attributable to indirect regulatory effects. The goal of the present study was a detailed comparative analysis of S. aureus HG001 and its isogenic rho deletion mutant. Proteome analysis revealed significant differences in cellular and extracellular protein profiles, most notably increased amounts of the proteins belonging to the SaeR regulon in the Rho-deficient strain. The SaeRS two-component system acts as a major regulator of virulence gene expression in staphylococci. Higher levels of SaeRS-dependent virulence factors such as adhesins, toxins, and immune evasion proteins in the rho mutant resulted in higher virulence in a murine bacteremia model, which was alleviated in a rho complemented strain. Inhibition of Rho activity by bicyclomycin, a specific inhibitor of Rho activity, also induced the expression of SaeRS-dependent genes, at both the mRNA and protein levels, to the same extent as observed in the rho mutant. Taken together, these findings indicate that activation of the Sae system in the absence of Rho is directly linked to Rho's transcription termination activity and establish a new link between antibiotic action and virulence gene expression in S. aureusIMPORTANCE The major human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is a widespread commensal bacterium but also the most common cause of nosocomial infections. It adapts to the different host niches through a complex gene regulatory network. We show here that the Rho transcription termination factor, which represses pervasive antisense transcription in various bacteria, including S. aureus, plays a role in controlling SaeRS-dependent virulence gene expression. A Rho-deficient strain produces larger amounts of secreted virulence factors in vitro and shows increased virulence in mice. We also show that treatment of S. aureus with the antibiotic bicyclomycin, which inhibits Rho activity and is effective against Gram-negative bacteria, induces the same changes in the proteome as observed in the Rho-deficient strain. Our results reveal for the first time a link between transcription termination and virulence regulation in S. aureus, which implies a novel mechanism by which an antibiotic can modulate the expression of virulence factors.
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- Anna Nagel
- Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Biology of Gram-Positive Pathogens, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur and CNRS ERL 3526, Paris, France
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- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Biology of Gram-Positive Pathogens, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur and CNRS ERL 3526, Paris, France
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- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Habib Z, Xu W, Jamal M, Rehman K, Dai J, Fu ZF, Chen X, Cao G. Adaptive gene profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during sub-lethal kanamycin exposure. Microb Pathog 2017; 112:243-253. [PMID: 28966063 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2017.09.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2017] [Revised: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs is a formidable obstacle to effective tuberculosis (TB) treatment and prevention globally. New forms of multidrug, extensive drug and total drug resistance Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) causing a serious threat to human as well as animal's population. Mtb shows diverse adaptability under stress conditions especially antibiotic treatment, however underlying physiological mechanism remained elusive. In present study, we investigated Mtb's response and adaptation with reference to gene expression during sub-lethal kanamycin exposure. Mtb were cultured under sub-lethal drug and control conditions, where half were sub-cultured every 3-days to observe serial adaptation under same conditions and the remaining were subjected to RNA-seq. We identified 98 up-regulated and 198 down-regulated responsive genes compared to control through differential analysis, of which Ra1750 and Ra3160 were the most responsive genes. In adaptive analysis, we found Ra1750, Ra3160, Ra3161, Ra3893 and Ra2492 up-regulation at early stage and gradually showed low expression levels at the later stages of drug exposure. The adaptive expression of Ra1750, Ra3160 and Ra3161 were further confirmed by real time qPCR. These results suggested that these genes contributed in Mtb's physiological adaptation during sub-lethal kanamycin exposure. Our findings may aid to edify these potential targets for drug development against drug resistance tuberculosis.
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- Zeshan Habib
- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; Bio-Medcial Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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RNA polymerase activity is regulated by nascent RNA sequences, DNA template sequences, and conserved transcription factors. Transcription factors promoting initiation and elongation have been characterized in each domain, but transcription termination factors have been identified only in bacteria and eukarya. Here we describe euryarchaeal termination activity (Eta), the first archaeal termination factor capable of disrupting the transcription elongation complex (TEC), detail the rate of and requirements for Eta-mediated transcription termination, and describe a role for Eta in transcription termination in vivo. Eta-mediated transcription termination is energy-dependent, requires upstream DNA sequences, and disrupts TECs to release the nascent RNA to solution. Deletion of TK0566 (encoding Eta) is possible, but results in slow growth and renders cells sensitive to DNA damaging agents. Our results suggest that the mechanisms used by termination factors in archaea, eukarya, and bacteria to disrupt the TEC may be conserved, and that Eta stimulates release of stalled or arrested TECs.
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Botella L, Vaubourgeix J, Livny J, Schnappinger D. Depleting Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the transcription termination factor Rho causes pervasive transcription and rapid death. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14731. [PMID: 28348398 PMCID: PMC5379054 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Rifampicin, which inhibits bacterial RNA polymerase, provides one of the most effective treatments for tuberculosis. Inhibition of the transcription termination factor Rho is used to treat some bacterial infections, but its importance varies across bacteria. Here we show that Rho of Mycobacterium tuberculosis functions to both define the 3' ends of mRNAs and silence substantial fragments of the genome. Brief inactivation of Rho affects over 500 transcripts enriched for genes of foreign DNA elements and bacterial virulence factors. Prolonged inactivation of Rho causes extensive pervasive transcription, a genome-wide increase in antisense transcripts, and a rapid loss of viability of replicating and non-replicating M. tuberculosis in vitro and during acute and chronic infection in mice. Collectively, these data suggest that inhibition of Rho may provide an alternative strategy to treat tuberculosis with an efficacy similar to inhibition of RNA polymerase.
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- Laure Botella
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 413E 69th Street, New York, New York 10021, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 413E 69th Street, New York, New York 10021, USA
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 413E 69th Street, New York, New York 10021, USA
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The known diversity of metabolic strategies and physiological adaptations of archaeal species to extreme environments is extraordinary. Accurate and responsive mechanisms to ensure that gene expression patterns match the needs of the cell necessitate regulatory strategies that control the activities and output of the archaeal transcription apparatus. Archaea are reliant on a single RNA polymerase for all transcription, and many of the known regulatory mechanisms employed for archaeal transcription mimic strategies also employed for eukaryotic and bacterial species. Novel mechanisms of transcription regulation have become apparent by increasingly sophisticated in vivo and in vitro investigations of archaeal species. This review emphasizes recent progress in understanding archaeal transcription regulatory mechanisms and highlights insights gained from studies of the influence of archaeal chromatin on transcription.
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Ray-Soni A, Bellecourt MJ, Landick R. Mechanisms of Bacterial Transcription Termination: All Good Things Must End. Annu Rev Biochem 2016; 85:319-47. [PMID: 27023849 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-060815-014844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Transcript termination is essential for accurate gene expression and the removal of RNA polymerase (RNAP) at the ends of transcription units. In bacteria, two mechanisms are responsible for proper transcript termination: intrinsic termination and Rho-dependent termination. Intrinsic termination is mediated by signals directly encoded within the DNA template and nascent RNA, whereas Rho-dependent termination relies upon the adenosine triphosphate-dependent RNA translocase Rho, which binds nascent RNA and dissociates the elongation complex. Although significant progress has been made in understanding these pathways, fundamental details remain undetermined. Among those that remain unresolved are the existence of an inactivated intermediate in the intrinsic termination pathway, the role of Rho-RNAP interactions in Rho-dependent termination, and the mechanisms by which accessory factors and nucleoid-associated proteins affect termination. We describe current knowledge, discuss key outstanding questions, and highlight the importance of defining the structural rearrangements of RNAP that are involved in the two mechanisms of transcript termination.
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- Ananya Ray-Soni
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706; ,
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706; ,
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706; , .,Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706;
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Grylak-Mielnicka A, Bidnenko V, Bardowski J, Bidnenko E. Transcription termination factor Rho: a hub linking diverse physiological processes in bacteria. Microbiology (Reading) 2016; 162:433-447. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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- Aleksandra Grylak-Mielnicka
- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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