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Rihtman B, Torcello-Requena A, Mikhaylina A, Puxty RJ, Clokie MRJ, Millard AD, Scanlan DJ. Coordinated transcriptional response to environmental stress by a Synechococcus virus. THE ISME JOURNAL 2024; 18:wrae032. [PMID: 38431846 PMCID: PMC10976474 DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Viruses are a major control on populations of microbes. Often, their virulence is examined in controlled laboratory conditions. Yet, in nature, environmental conditions lead to changes in host physiology and fitness that may impart both costs and benefits on viral success. Phosphorus (P) is a major abiotic control on the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus. Some viruses infecting Synechococcus have acquired, from their host, a gene encoding a P substrate binding protein (PstS), thought to improve virus replication under phosphate starvation. Yet, pstS is uncommon among cyanobacterial viruses. Thus, we asked how infections with viruses lacking PstS are affected by P scarcity. We show that the production of infectious virus particles of such viruses is reduced in low P conditions. However, this reduction in progeny is not caused by impaired phage genome replication, thought to be a major sink for cellular phosphate. Instead, transcriptomic analysis showed that under low P conditions, a PstS-lacking cyanophage increased the expression of a specific gene set that included mazG, hli2, and gp43 encoding a pyrophosphatase, a high-light inducible protein and DNA polymerase, respectively. Moreover, several of the upregulated genes were controlled by the host's phoBR two-component system. We hypothesize that recycling and polymerization of nucleotides liberates free phosphate and thus allows viral morphogenesis, albeit at lower rates than when phosphate is replete or when phages encode pstS. Altogether, our data show how phage genomes, lacking obvious P-stress-related genes, have evolved to exploit their host's environmental sensing mechanisms to coordinate their own gene expression in response to resource limitation.
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- Branko Rihtman
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Leicester Centre for Phage Research, Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Leicester Centre for Phage Research, Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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Hoffmann UA, Lichtenberg E, Rogh SN, Bilger R, Reimann V, Heyl F, Backofen R, Steglich C, Hess WR, Wilde A. The role of the 5' sensing function of ribonuclease E in cyanobacteria. RNA Biol 2024; 21:1-18. [PMID: 38469716 PMCID: PMC10939160 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2024.2328438] [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] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024] Open
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RNA degradation is critical for synchronising gene expression with changing conditions in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. In bacteria, the preference of the central ribonucleases RNase E, RNase J and RNase Y for 5'-monophosphorylated RNAs is considered important for RNA degradation. For RNase E, the underlying mechanism is termed 5' sensing, contrasting to the alternative 'direct entry' mode, which is independent of monophosphorylated 5' ends. Cyanobacteria, such as Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (Synechocystis), encode RNase E and RNase J homologues. Here, we constructed a Synechocystis strain lacking the 5' sensing function of RNase E and mapped on a transcriptome-wide level 283 5'-sensing-dependent cleavage sites. These included so far unknown targets such as mRNAs encoding proteins related to energy metabolism and carbon fixation. The 5' sensing function of cyanobacterial RNase E is important for the maturation of rRNA and several tRNAs, including tRNAGluUUC. This tRNA activates glutamate for tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in plant chloroplasts and in most prokaryotes. Furthermore, we found that increased RNase activities lead to a higher copy number of the major Synechocystis plasmids pSYSA and pSYSM. These results provide a first step towards understanding the importance of the different target mechanisms of RNase E outside Escherichia coli.
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- Ute A. Hoffmann
- Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes, Institute of Biology III, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes, Institute of Biology III, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes, Institute of Biology III, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Genetics and Experimental Bioinformatics, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Genetics and Experimental Bioinformatics, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Genetics and Experimental Bioinformatics, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Genetics and Experimental Bioinformatics, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes, Institute of Biology III, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Watanabe S, Stazic D, Georg J, Ohtake S, Sakamaki Y, Numakura M, Asayama M, Chibazakura T, Wilde A, Steglich C, Hess WR. Regulation of RNase E during the UV stress response in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. MLIFE 2023; 2:43-57. [PMID: 38818332 PMCID: PMC10989929 DOI: 10.1002/mlf2.12056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Endoribonucleases govern the maturation and degradation of RNA and are indispensable in the posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression. A key endoribonuclease in Gram-negative bacteria is RNase E. To ensure an appropriate supply of RNase E, some bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, feedback-regulate RNase E expression via the rne 5'-untranslated region (5' UTR) in cis. However, the mechanisms involved in the control of RNase E in other bacteria largely remain unknown. Cyanobacteria rely on solar light as an energy source for photosynthesis, despite the inherent ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. In this study, we first investigated globally the changes in gene expression in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 after a brief exposure to UV. Among the 407 responding genes 2 h after UV exposure was a prominent upregulation of rne mRNA level. Moreover, the enzymatic activity of RNase E rapidly increased as well, although the protein stability decreased. This unique response was underpinned by the increased accumulation of full-length rne mRNA caused by the stabilization of its 5' UTR and suppression of premature transcriptional termination, but not by an increased transcription rate. Mapping of RNA 3' ends and in vitro cleavage assays revealed that RNase E cleaves within a stretch of six consecutive uridine residues within the rne 5' UTR, indicating autoregulation. These observations suggest that RNase E in cyanobacteria contributes to reshaping the transcriptome during the UV stress response and that its required activity level is secured at the RNA level despite the enhanced turnover of the protein.
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- Satoru Watanabe
- Faculty of Biology, Genetics and Experimental BioinformaticsUniversity of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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- Department of BioscienceTokyo University of AgricultureSetagaya‐kuTokyoJapan
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NexxiotPrime Tower (Hardstrasse 201)ZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of BioscienceTokyo University of AgricultureSetagaya‐kuTokyoJapan
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- Faculty of Biology, Genetics and Experimental BioinformaticsUniversity of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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- Faculty of Biology, Genetics and Experimental BioinformaticsUniversity of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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- Faculty of Biology, Genetics and Experimental BioinformaticsUniversity of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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- School of Agriculture, Molecular GeneticsIbaraki UniversityIbarakiJapan
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- Faculty of Biology, Genetics and Experimental BioinformaticsUniversity of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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- Faculty of Biology, Molecular GeneticsUniversity of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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- Department of BioscienceTokyo University of AgricultureSetagaya‐kuTokyoJapan
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- Department of BioscienceTokyo University of AgricultureSetagaya‐kuTokyoJapan
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Lambrecht SJ, Stappert N, Sommer F, Schroda M, Steglich C. A Cyanophage MarR-Type Transcription Factor Regulates Host RNase E Expression during Infection. Microorganisms 2022; 10:2245. [PMID: 36422315 PMCID: PMC9692554 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10112245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/30/2024] Open
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The marine picocyanobacterium Prochlorococcus contributes significantly to global primary production, and its abundance and diversity is shaped in part by viral infection. Here, we identified a cyanophage-encoded MarR-type transcription factor that induces the gene expression of host Prochlorococcus MED4 endoribonuclease (RNase) E during phage infection. The increase in rne transcript levels relies on the phage (p)MarR-mediated activation of an alternative promoter that gives rise to a truncated yet enzymatically fully functional RNase E isoform. In this study, we demonstrate that pMarR binds to an atypical activator site downstream of the transcriptional start site and that binding is enhanced in the presence of Ca2+ ions. Furthermore, we show that dimeric pMarR interacts with the α subunit of RNA polymerase, and we identified amino acid residues S66, R67, and G106, which are important for Ca2+ binding, DNA binding, and dimerization of pMarR, respectively.
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- S. Joke Lambrecht
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Medical Faculty, Medical Center, Institute for Surgical Pathology, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Biotechnology & Systems Biology, TU Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molecular Biotechnology & Systems Biology, TU Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Yang X, Zhang Y, Liu Q, Guo J, Zhou Q. Progress in the interaction of dissolved organic matter and microbes (1991-2020): a bibliometric review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:16817-16829. [PMID: 34997929 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18540-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) and microbes are key in the planetary carbon cycle, and research on them can lead to a better understanding of the global carbon cycle and an improved ability to cope with environmental challenges. Several papers have reviewed one or several aspects of the interaction of DOM and microbes, but no overall review has been performed. Here, we bibliometrically analyzed all publications from the Web of Science on DOM and microbes (1991-2020). The results showed that studies on DOM and microbes grew exponentially during this period; the USA contributed the most to the total publications, and China has had the fastest increasing rate since 2010. Moreover, we used the Latent Dirichlet Allocation model to identify topics and determine their (cold or hot) trends by analyzing the abstracts of 9851 publications related to DOM and microbes. A total of 96 topics were extracted, and these topics that are related to the source, composition, and removal path of DOM and the temporal-spatial patterns of DOM and microbes consistently rose from 1991 to 2020. Most studies have used accurate and rapid methods combined with microbiological genetic approaches to study the interaction of DOM and microbes in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The results also showed that the impacts of climate change and land use on the interaction of DOM and microbes, and topics related to human health have received considerable attention. In the future, the interaction mechanism of DOM and microbes and its response to environmental change should be further elucidated.
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- Xuan Yang
- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
- Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China.
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Pollution Process and Management of Plateau Lake-Watershed, Yunnan Research Academy of Eco-Environmental Sciences, Kunming, 650034, China.
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Zhang J, Hess WR, Zhang C. "Life is short, and art is long": RNA degradation in cyanobacteria and model bacteria. MLIFE 2022; 1:21-39. [PMID: 38818322 PMCID: PMC10989914 DOI: 10.1002/mlf2.12015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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RNA turnover plays critical roles in the regulation of gene expression and allows cells to respond rapidly to environmental changes. In bacteria, the mechanisms of RNA turnover have been extensively studied in the models Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, but not much is known in other bacteria. Cyanobacteria are a diverse group of photosynthetic organisms that have great potential for the sustainable production of valuable products using CO2 and solar energy. A better understanding of the regulation of RNA decay is important for both basic and applied studies of cyanobacteria. Genomic analysis shows that cyanobacteria have more than 10 ribonucleases and related proteins in common with E. coli and B. subtilis, and only a limited number of them have been experimentally investigated. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about these RNA-turnover-related proteins in cyanobacteria. Although many of them are biochemically similar to their counterparts in E. coli and B. subtilis, they appear to have distinct cellular functions, suggesting a different mechanism of RNA turnover regulation in cyanobacteria. The identification of new players involved in the regulation of RNA turnover and the elucidation of their biological functions are among the future challenges in this field.
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- Ju‐Yuan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of HydrobiologyChinese Academy of SciencesWuhanChina
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- Genetics and Experimental Bioinformatics, Faculty of BiologyUniversity of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of HydrobiologyChinese Academy of SciencesWuhanChina
- Institut WUT‐AMUAix‐Marseille University and Wuhan University of TechnologyWuhanChina
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Hoffmann UA, Heyl F, Rogh SN, Wallner T, Backofen R, Hess WR, Steglich C, Wilde A. Transcriptome-wide in vivo mapping of cleavage sites for the compact cyanobacterial ribonuclease E reveals insights into its function and substrate recognition. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:13075-13091. [PMID: 34871439 PMCID: PMC8682795 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab1161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Ribonucleases are crucial enzymes in RNA metabolism and post-transcriptional regulatory processes in bacteria. Cyanobacteria encode the two essential ribonucleases RNase E and RNase J. Cyanobacterial RNase E is shorter than homologues in other groups of bacteria and lacks both the chloroplast-specific N-terminal extension as well as the C-terminal domain typical for RNase E of enterobacteria. In order to investigate the function of RNase E in the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, we engineered a temperature-sensitive RNase E mutant by introducing two site-specific mutations, I65F and the spontaneously occurred V94A. This enabled us to perform RNA-seq after the transient inactivation of RNase E by a temperature shift (TIER-seq) and to map 1472 RNase-E-dependent cleavage sites. We inferred a dominating cleavage signature consisting of an adenine at the -3 and a uridine at the +2 position within a single-stranded segment of the RNA. The data identified mRNAs likely regulated jointly by RNase E and an sRNA and potential 3' end-derived sRNAs. Our findings substantiate the pivotal role of RNase E in post-transcriptional regulation and suggest the redundant or concerted action of RNase E and RNase J in cyanobacteria.
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- Ute A Hoffmann
- Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes, Institute of Biology III, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes, Institute of Biology III, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes, Institute of Biology III, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.,Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Genetics and Experimental Bioinformatics, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Genetics and Experimental Bioinformatics, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes, Institute of Biology III, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Evguenieva-Hackenberg E. Riboregulation in bacteria: From general principles to novel mechanisms of the trp attenuator and its sRNA and peptide products. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2021; 13:e1696. [PMID: 34651439 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Gene expression strategies ensuring bacterial survival and competitiveness rely on cis- and trans-acting RNA-regulators (riboregulators). Among the cis-acting riboregulators are transcriptional and translational attenuators, and antisense RNAs (asRNAs). The trans-acting riboregulators are small RNAs (sRNAs) that bind proteins or base pairs with other RNAs. This classification is artificial since some regulatory RNAs act both in cis and in trans, or function in addition as small mRNAs. A prominent example is the archetypical, ribosome-dependent attenuator of tryptophan (Trp) biosynthesis genes. It responds by transcription attenuation to two signals, Trp availability and inhibition of translation, and gives rise to two trans-acting products, the attenuator sRNA rnTrpL and the leader peptide peTrpL. In Escherichia coli, rnTrpL links Trp availability to initiation of chromosome replication and in Sinorhizobium meliloti, it coordinates regulation of split tryptophan biosynthesis operons. Furthermore, in S. meliloti, peTrpL is involved in mRNA destabilization in response to antibiotic exposure. It forms two types of asRNA-containing, antibiotic-dependent ribonucleoprotein complexes (ARNPs), one of them changing the target specificity of rnTrpL. The posttranscriptional role of peTrpL indicates two emerging paradigms: (1) sRNA reprograming by small molecules and (2) direct involvement of antibiotics in regulatory RNPs. They broaden our view on RNA-based mechanisms and may inspire new approaches for studying, detecting, and using antibacterial compounds. This article is categorized under: RNA Interactions with Proteins and Other Molecules > Small Molecule-RNA Interactions RNA Interactions with Proteins and Other Molecules > RNA-Protein Complexes Regulatory RNAs/RNAi/Riboswitches > Regulatory RNAs.
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A Grad-seq View of RNA and Protein Complexes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa under Standard and Bacteriophage Predation Conditions. mBio 2021; 12:mBio.03454-20. [PMID: 33563827 PMCID: PMC8545117 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03454-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa is not only a major cause of nosocomial infections but also serves as a model species of bacterial RNA biology. While its transcriptome architecture and posttranscriptional regulation through the RNA-binding proteins Hfq, RsmA, and RsmN have been studied in detail, global information about stable RNA-protein complexes in this human pathogen is currently lacking. Here, we implement gradient profiling by sequencing (Grad-seq) in exponentially growing P. aeruginosa cells to comprehensively predict RNA and protein complexes, based on glycerol gradient sedimentation profiles of >73% of all transcripts and ∼40% of all proteins. As to benchmarking, our global profiles readily reported complexes of stable RNAs of P. aeruginosa, including 6S RNA with RNA polymerase and associated product RNAs (pRNAs). We observe specific clusters of noncoding RNAs, which correlate with Hfq and RsmA/N, and provide a first hint that P. aeruginosa expresses a ProQ-like FinO domain-containing RNA-binding protein. To understand how biological stress may perturb cellular RNA/protein complexes, we performed Grad-seq after infection by the bacteriophage ΦKZ. This model phage, which has a well-defined transcription profile during host takeover, displayed efficient translational utilization of phage mRNAs and tRNAs, as evident from their increased cosedimentation with ribosomal subunits. Additionally, Grad-seq experimentally determines previously overlooked phage-encoded noncoding RNAs. Taken together, the Pseudomonas protein and RNA complex data provided here will pave the way to a better understanding of RNA-protein interactions during viral predation of the bacterial cell.
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Guyet U, Nguyen NA, Doré H, Haguait J, Pittera J, Conan M, Ratin M, Corre E, Le Corguillé G, Brillet-Guéguen L, Hoebeke M, Six C, Steglich C, Siegel A, Eveillard D, Partensky F, Garczarek L. Synergic Effects of Temperature and Irradiance on the Physiology of the Marine Synechococcus Strain WH7803. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1707. [PMID: 32793165 PMCID: PMC7393227 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Understanding how microorganisms adjust their metabolism to maintain their ability to cope with short-term environmental variations constitutes one of the major current challenges in microbial ecology. Here, the best physiologically characterized marine Synechococcus strain, WH7803, was exposed to modulated light/dark cycles or acclimated to continuous high-light (HL) or low-light (LL), then shifted to various stress conditions, including low (LT) or high temperature (HT), HL and ultraviolet (UV) radiations. Physiological responses were analyzed by measuring time courses of photosystem (PS) II quantum yield, PSII repair rate, pigment ratios and global changes in gene expression. Previously published membrane lipid composition were also used for correlation analyses. These data revealed that cells previously acclimated to HL are better prepared than LL-acclimated cells to sustain an additional light or UV stress, but not a LT stress. Indeed, LT seems to induce a synergic effect with the HL treatment, as previously observed with oxidative stress. While all tested shift conditions induced the downregulation of many photosynthetic genes, notably those encoding PSI, cytochrome b6/f and phycobilisomes, UV stress proved to be more deleterious for PSII than the other treatments, and full recovery of damaged PSII from UV stress seemed to involve the neo-synthesis of a fairly large number of PSII subunits and not just the reassembly of pre-existing subunits after D1 replacement. In contrast, genes involved in glycogen degradation and carotenoid biosynthesis pathways were more particularly upregulated in response to LT. Altogether, these experiments allowed us to identify responses common to all stresses and those more specific to a given stress, thus highlighting genes potentially involved in niche acclimation of a key member of marine ecosystems. Our data also revealed important specific features of the stress responses compared to model freshwater cyanobacteria.
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- Ulysse Guyet
- CNRS, UMR 7144 Adaptation and Diversity in the Marine Environment, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7144 Adaptation and Diversity in the Marine Environment, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7144 Adaptation and Diversity in the Marine Environment, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- LS2N, UMR CNRS 6004, IMT Atlantique, ECN, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7144 Adaptation and Diversity in the Marine Environment, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- DYLISS (INRIA-IRISA)-INRIA, CNRS UMR 6074, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7144 Adaptation and Diversity in the Marine Environment, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, FR2424, ABiMS, Station Biologique, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, FR2424, ABiMS, Station Biologique, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, FR2424, ABiMS, Station Biologique, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France.,CNRS, UMR 8227 Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, FR2424, ABiMS, Station Biologique, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7144 Adaptation and Diversity in the Marine Environment, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- DYLISS (INRIA-IRISA)-INRIA, CNRS UMR 6074, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
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- LS2N, UMR CNRS 6004, IMT Atlantique, ECN, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7144 Adaptation and Diversity in the Marine Environment, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7144 Adaptation and Diversity in the Marine Environment, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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Lejars M, Hajnsdorf E. The world of asRNAs in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2020; 1863:194489. [PMID: 31935527 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Bacteria exhibit an amazing diversity of mechanisms controlling gene expression to both maintain essential functions and modulate accessory functions in response to environmental cues. Over the years, it has become clear that bacterial regulation of gene expression is still far from fully understood. This review focuses on antisense RNAs (asRNAs), a class of RNA regulators defined by their location in cis and their perfect complementarity with their targets, as opposed to small RNAs (sRNAs) which act in trans with only short regions of complementarity. For a long time, only few functional asRNAs in bacteria were known and were almost exclusively found on mobile genetic elements (MGEs), thus, their importance among the other regulators was underestimated. However, the extensive application of transcriptomic approaches has revealed the ubiquity of asRNAs in bacteria. This review aims to present the landscape of studied asRNAs in bacteria by comparing 67 characterized asRNAs from both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. First we describe the inherent ambiguity in the existence of asRNAs in bacteria, second, we highlight their diversity and their involvement in all aspects of bacterial life. Finally we compare their location and potential mode of action toward their target between Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and present tendencies and exceptions that could lead to a better understanding of asRNA functions.
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- Maxence Lejars
- UMR8261, CNRS, Université de Paris, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France.
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- UMR8261, CNRS, Université de Paris, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France.
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Bacterial RNA Degradosomes: Molecular Machines under Tight Control. Trends Biochem Sci 2019; 45:42-57. [PMID: 31679841 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2019.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Bacterial RNA degradosomes are multienzyme molecular machines that act as hubs for post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. The ribonuclease activities of these complexes require tight regulation, as they are usually essential for cell survival while potentially destructive. Recent studies have unveiled a wide variety of regulatory mechanisms including autoregulation, post-translational modifications, and protein compartmentalization. Recently, the subcellular organization of bacterial RNA degradosomes was found to present similarities with eukaryotic messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) granules, membraneless compartments that are also involved in mRNA and protein storage and/or mRNA degradation. In this review, we present the current knowledge on the composition and targets of RNA degradosomes, the most recent developments regarding the regulation of these machineries, and their similarities with the eukaryotic mRNP granules.
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Dendooven T, Lavigne R. Dip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah: Bacteriophage-Mediated Rescoring of a Harmoniously Orchestrated RNA Metabolism. Annu Rev Virol 2019; 6:199-213. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-092818-015644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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RNA turnover and processing in bacteria are governed by the structurally divergent but functionally convergent RNA degradosome, and the mechanisms have been researched extensively in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. An emerging research field focuses on how bacterial viruses hijack all aspects of the bacterial metabolism, including the host machinery of RNA metabolism. This review addresses research on phage-based influence on RNA turnover, which can act either indirectly or via dedicated effector molecules that target degradosome assemblies. The structural divergence of host RNA turnover mechanisms likely explains the limited number of phage proteins directly targeting these specialized, host-specific complexes. The unique and nonconserved structure of DIP, a phage-encoded inhibitor of the Pseudomonas degradosome, illustrates this hypothesis. However, the natural occurrence of phage-encoded mechanisms regulating RNA turnover indicates a clear evolutionary benefit for this mode of host manipulation. Further exploration of the viral dark matter of unknown phage proteins may reveal more structurally novel interference strategies that, in turn, could be exploited for biotechnological applications.
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- T. Dendooven
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Lejars M, Kobayashi A, Hajnsdorf E. Physiological roles of antisense RNAs in prokaryotes. Biochimie 2019; 164:3-16. [PMID: 30995539 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2019.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Prokaryotes encounter constant and often brutal modifications to their environment. In order to survive, they need to maintain fitness, which includes adapting their protein expression patterns. Many factors control gene expression but this review focuses on just one, namely antisense RNAs (asRNAs), a class of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) characterized by their location in cis and their perfect complementarity with their targets. asRNAs were considered for a long time to be trivial and only to be found on mobile genetic elements. However, recent advances in methodology have revealed that their abundance and potential activities have been underestimated. This review aims to illustrate the role of asRNA in various physiologically crucial functions in both archaea and bacteria, which can be regrouped in three categories: cell maintenance, horizontal gene transfer and virulence. A literature survey of asRNAs demonstrates the difficulties to characterize and assign a role to asRNAs. With the aim of facilitating this task, we describe recent technological advances that could be of interest to identify new asRNAs and to discover their function.
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- Maxence Lejars
- CNRS UMR8261, IBPC, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005, Paris, France.
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- SABNP, INSERM U1204, Université d'Evry Val-d'Essonne, Bâtiment Maupertuis, Rue du Père Jarlan, 91000, Évry Cedex, France.
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- CNRS UMR8261, IBPC, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005, Paris, France.
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Although bacterial genomes are usually densely protein-coding, genome-wide mapping approaches of transcriptional start sites revealed that a significant fraction of the identified promoters drive the transcription of noncoding RNAs. These can be
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-acting RNAs, mainly originating from intergenic regions and, in many studied examples, possessing regulatory functions. However, a significant fraction of these noncoding RNAs consist of natural antisense transcripts (asRNAs), which overlap other transcriptional units. Naturally occurring asRNAs were first observed to play a role in bacterial plasmid replication and in bacteriophage λ more than 30 years ago. Today’s view is that asRNAs abound in all three domains of life. There are several examples of asRNAs in bacteria with clearly defined functions. Nevertheless, many asRNAs appear to result from pervasive initiation of transcription, and some data point toward global functions of such widespread transcriptional activity, explaining why the search for a specific regulatory role is sometimes futile. In this review, we give an overview about the occurrence of antisense transcription in bacteria, highlight particular examples of functionally characterized asRNAs, and discuss recent evidence pointing at global relevance in RNA processing and transcription-coupled DNA repair.
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Breitbart M, Bonnain C, Malki K, Sawaya NA. Phage puppet masters of the marine microbial realm. Nat Microbiol 2018; 3:754-766. [PMID: 29867096 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-018-0166-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 322] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Viruses numerically dominate our oceans; however, we have only just begun to document the diversity, host range and infection dynamics of marine viruses, as well as the subsequent effects of infection on both host cell metabolism and oceanic biogeochemistry. Bacteriophages (that is, phages: viruses that infect bacteria) are highly abundant and are known to play critical roles in bacterial mortality, biogeochemical cycling and horizontal gene transfer. This Review Article summarizes current knowledge of marine viral ecology and highlights the importance of phage particles to the dissolved organic matter pool, as well as the complex interactions between phages and their bacterial hosts. We emphasize the newly recognized roles of phages as puppet masters of their bacterial hosts, where phages are capable of altering the metabolism of infected bacteria through the expression of auxiliary metabolic genes and the redirection of host gene expression patterns. Finally, we propose the 'royal family model' as a hypothesis to describe successional patterns of bacteria and phages over time in marine systems, where despite high richness and significant seasonal differences, only a small number of phages appear to continually dominate a given marine ecosystem. Although further testing is required, this model provides a framework for assessing the specificity and ecological consequences of phage-host dynamics.
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- Mya Breitbart
- College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA.
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- College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
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- College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
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- College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
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Vibrio Phage KVP40 Encodes a Functional NAD + Salvage Pathway. J Bacteriol 2017; 199:JB.00855-16. [PMID: 28167526 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00855-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The genome of T4-type Vibrio bacteriophage KVP40 has five genes predicted to encode proteins of pyridine nucleotide metabolism, of which two, nadV and natV, would suffice for an NAD+ salvage pathway. NadV is an apparent nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAmPRTase), and NatV is an apparent bifunctional nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase (NMNATase) and nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide pyrophosphatase (Nudix hydrolase). Genes encoding the predicted salvage pathway were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli, the proteins were purified, and their enzymatic properties were examined. KVP40 NadV NAmPRTase is active in vitro, and a clone complements a Salmonella mutant defective in both the bacterial de novo and salvage pathways. Similar to other NAmPRTases, the KVP40 enzyme displayed ATPase activity indicative of energy coupling in the reaction mechanism. The NatV NMNATase activity was measured in a coupled reaction system demonstrating NAD+ biosynthesis from nicotinamide, phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate, and ATP. The NatV Nudix hydrolase domain was also shown to be active, with preferred substrates of ADP-ribose, NAD+, and NADH. Expression analysis using reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) and enzyme assays of infected Vibrio parahaemolyticus cells demonstrated nadV and natV transcription during the early and delayed-early periods of infection when other KVP40 genes of nucleotide precursor metabolism are expressed. The distribution and phylogeny of NadV and NatV proteins among several large double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) myophages, and also those from some very large siphophages, suggest broad relevance of pyridine nucleotide scavenging in virus-infected cells. NAD+ biosynthesis presents another important metabolic resource control point by large, rapidly replicating dsDNA bacteriophages.IMPORTANCE T4-type bacteriophages enhance DNA precursor synthesis through reductive reactions that use NADH/NADPH as the electron donor and NAD+ for ADP-ribosylation of proteins involved in transcribing and translating the phage genome. We show here that phage KVP40 encodes a functional pyridine nucleotide scavenging pathway that is expressed during the metabolic period of the infection cycle. The pathway is conserved in other large, dsDNA phages in which the two genes, nadV and natV, share an evolutionary history in their respective phage-host group.
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Van den Bossche A, Hardwick SW, Ceyssens PJ, Hendrix H, Voet M, Dendooven T, Bandyra KJ, De Maeyer M, Aertsen A, Noben JP, Luisi BF, Lavigne R. Structural elucidation of a novel mechanism for the bacteriophage-based inhibition of the RNA degradosome. eLife 2016; 5:e16413. [PMID: 27447594 PMCID: PMC4980113 DOI: 10.7554/elife.16413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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In all domains of life, the catalysed degradation of RNA facilitates rapid adaptation to changing environmental conditions, while destruction of foreign RNA is an important mechanism to prevent host infection. We have identified a virus-encoded protein termed gp37/Dip, which directly binds and inhibits the RNA degradation machinery of its bacterial host. Encoded by giant phage фKZ, this protein associates with two RNA binding sites of the RNase E component of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa RNA degradosome, occluding them from substrates and resulting in effective inhibition of RNA degradation and processing. The 2.2 Å crystal structure reveals that this novel homo-dimeric protein has no identifiable structural homologues. Our biochemical data indicate that acidic patches on the convex outer surface bind RNase E. Through the activity of Dip, фKZ has evolved a unique mechanism to down regulate a key metabolic process of its host to allow accumulation of viral RNA in infected cells.
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- An Van den Bossche
- Laboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Division of Bacterial diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Division of Bacterial diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology Scetion, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Biomedical Research Institute, University of Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Transnational University Limburg, University of Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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