Hfq protein and GcvB small RNA tailoring of oppA target mRNA to levels allowing translation activation by MicF small RNA in Escherichia coli

Traffic of molecules across the bacterial membrane mainly relies on porins and transporters, whose expression must adapt to environmental conditions. To ensure bacterial fitness, synthesis and assembly of functional porins and transporters are regulated through a plethora of mechanisms. Among them, small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) are known to be powerful post-transcriptional regulators. In Escherichia coli, the MicF sRNA is known to regulate only four targets, a very narrow targetome for a sRNA responding to various stresses, such as membrane stress, osmotic shock, or thermal shock. Using an in vivo pull-down assay combined with high-throughput RNA sequencing, we sought to identify new targets of MicF to better understand its role in the maintenance of cellular homoeostasis. Here, we report the first positively regulated target of MicF, the oppA mRNA. The OppA protein is the periplasmic component of the Opp ATP-binding cassette (ABC) oligopeptide transporter and regulates the import of short peptides, some of them bactericides. Mechanistic studies suggest that oppA translation is activated by MicF through a mechanism of action involving facilitated access to a translation-enhancing region in oppA 5'UTR. Intriguingly, MicF activation of oppA translation depends on cross-regulation by negative trans-acting effectors, the GcvB sRNA and the RNA chaperone protein Hfq.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

RNA biology - 20(2023), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 59-76

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Carrier, Marie-Claude [VerfasserIn]
Lalaouna, David [VerfasserIn]
Massé, Eric [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

5' Untranslated Regions
ABC transporter
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
Escherichia coli Proteins
Hfq protein, E coli
Host Factor 1 Protein
Journal Article
Mechanism of action
Membrane Transport Proteins
RNA, Messenger
RNA, Small Untranslated
RNA affinity purification
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SRNA chaperone
SRNA interactome
Translation enhancer

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Date Completed 03.03.2023

Date Revised 31.03.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/15476286.2023.2179582

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35366071X