在大肠杆菌中转录终止的sRNA介导控制
Nadezda Sedlyarova1, Ilya Shamovsky2, Binod K Bharati3
1Department of Biochemistry and Cellbiology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohrgasse 9/5, 1030 Vienna, Austria; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Cell
|September 24, 2016
概括
细菌小RNAs通过防止过早的转录终止来调节基因表达. 这种已被证明是rpoS基因的机制增强了细菌对环境变化的适应性.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学
- 细菌遗传学
- 基因调控
背景情况:
- 细菌小RNAs (sRNAs) 是已知的转录后基因表达的调节者.
- rpoS基因编码了总压力西格玛因子σ(S),这对细菌适应至关重要.
- 赖于Rho的转录终结是控制基因表达的一个关键过程.
研究的目的:
- 研究sRNAs在细菌转录终止中的作用.
- 确定sRNA是否可以调节Rho依赖终结.
- 了解sRNA介导终止控制对rpoS基因表达的影响.
主要方法:
- 在体外和体内测试以研究sRNA- RpoS相互作用.
- 使用rpoS基因作为模型的转录终止分析.
- 下一代RNA测序和Rho功能的生物信息分析.
主要成果:
- sRNAs DsrA,ArcZ和RprA与rpoS 5'UTR结合并抑制过早的Rho依赖终结.
- 在静止阶段,sRNA介导的抗终结显著增加了rpoS转录.
- 在许多细菌基因的5'UTR中,Rho作为全球转录减弱剂.
结论:
- sRNA 是细菌转录终止的新型调节剂.
- 通过sRNA抑制Rho依赖终结是一种广泛的调节机制.
- 这种调节途径有助于细菌迅速适应新陈代谢和环境变化.
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