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莱姆病原体Borrelia burgdorferi的转录组映射揭示了RNA终结和调节的广泛多样性

Emily Petroni¹, Caroline Esnault², Daniel Tetreault¹

¹Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.

Nature communications

|July 4, 2023

概括

莱姆病病原体Borrelia burgdorferi的转录终结揭示了复杂的RNA模式. 精子胺影响截断的mRNA,表明这种螺旋体中的新型RNA调节者.

科学领域:

微生物学微生物学
分子生物学分子生物学
基因组学就是基因组学.

背景情况:

转录终结调节基因表达,但在像Borrelia burgdorferi这样的螺旋体中了解得很少.
以前的研究主要集中在模型细菌系统上.

研究的目的:

绘制RNA 3'末端的地图,并研究Borrelia burgdorferi中的转录终止机制.
识别潜在的RNA调节体,了解它们在基因表达中的作用.

主要方法:

利用多种RNA测序 (RNA-seq) 方法来对Borrelia burgdorferi转录组进行分析.
预测的内在终结器和实验验证的Rho-依赖终结.
分析了与开放式读取框架 (ORF) 相对的RNA 3'端映射.

主要成果:

确定了复杂的基因安排,操作子,未翻译区域和小RNA.
发现63%的RNA 3'末端在上游或ORF内映射,表明过早终止或处理.
证明精子胺在全球范围内影响截断的mRNAs的产生.

结论:

在B. burgdorferi中转录终止是复杂的,并且与模型细菌有很大的不同.
相当一部分的转录可以通过过早终止,处理或 cis 作用元素来调节.
精子胺和许多潜在的RNA调节剂在B. burgdorferi基因表达及其传染周期中发挥作用.

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