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Riboswitches that sense S-adenosylhomocysteine and activate genes involved in coenzyme recycling.


ABSTRACT: We have identified a highly conserved RNA motif that occurs upstream of genes involved in S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) recycling in many Gram-positive and Gram-negative species of bacteria. The phylogenetic distribution and the conserved structural features of representatives of this motif are indicative of riboswitch function. Riboswitches are widespread metabolite-sensing gene control elements that are typically found in the 5' untranslated regions (UTRs) of bacterial mRNAs. We experimentally verified that examples of this RNA motif specifically recognize S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) in protein-free in vitro assays, and confirmed that these RNAs strongly discriminate against SAM and other closely related analogs. A representative SAH motif was found to activate expression of a downstream gene in vivo when the metabolite is bound. These observations confirm that SAH motif RNAs are distinct ligand-binding aptamers for a riboswitch class that selectively binds SAH and controls genes essential for recycling expended SAM coenzymes.

SUBMITTER: Wang JX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2712820 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Riboswitches that sense S-adenosylhomocysteine and activate genes involved in coenzyme recycling.

Wang Joy Xin JX   Lee Elaine R ER   Morales Dianali Rivera DR   Lim Jinsoo J   Breaker Ronald R RR  

Molecular cell 20080301 6


We have identified a highly conserved RNA motif that occurs upstream of genes involved in S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) recycling in many Gram-positive and Gram-negative species of bacteria. The phylogenetic distribution and the conserved structural features of representatives of this motif are indicative of riboswitch function. Riboswitches are widespread metabolite-sensing gene control elements that are typically found in the 5' untranslated regions (UTRs) of bacterial mRNAs. We experimentally  ...[more]

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