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Structural mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus Hfq binding to an RNA A-tract.


ABSTRACT: Hfq is a post-transcriptional regulator that plays a key role in bacterial gene expression by binding AU-rich sequences and A-tracts to facilitate the annealing of sRNAs to target mRNAs and to affect RNA stability. To understand how Hfq from the Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (Sa) binds A-tract RNA, we determined the crystal structure of an Sa Hfq-adenine oligoribonucleotide complex. The structure reveals a bipartite RNA-binding motif on the distal face that is composed of a purine nucleotide-specificity site (R-site) and a non-discriminating linker site (L-site). The (R-L)-binding motif, which is also utilized by Bacillus subtilis Hfq to bind (AG)(3)A, differs from the (A-R-N) tripartite poly(A) RNA-binding motif of Escherichia coli Hfq whereby the Sa Hfq R-site strongly prefers adenosine, is more aromatic and permits deeper insertion of the adenine ring. R-site adenine-stacking residue Phe30, which is conserved among Gram-positive bacterial Hfqs, and an altered conformation about ?3 and ?4 eliminate the adenosine-specificity site (A-site) and create the L-site. Binding studies show that Sa Hfq binds (AU)(3)A ? (AG)(3)A ? (AC)(3)A > (AA)(3)A and L-site residue Lys33 plays a significant role. The (R-L) motif is likely utilized by Hfqs from most Gram-positive bacteria to bind alternating (A-N)(n) RNA.

SUBMITTER: Horstmann N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3505971 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus Hfq binding to an RNA A-tract.

Horstmann Nicola N   Orans Jillian J   Valentin-Hansen Poul P   Shelburne Samuel A SA   Brennan Richard G RG  

Nucleic acids research 20120910 21


Hfq is a post-transcriptional regulator that plays a key role in bacterial gene expression by binding AU-rich sequences and A-tracts to facilitate the annealing of sRNAs to target mRNAs and to affect RNA stability. To understand how Hfq from the Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (Sa) binds A-tract RNA, we determined the crystal structure of an Sa Hfq-adenine oligoribonucleotide complex. The structure reveals a bipartite RNA-binding motif on the distal face that is composed of a purin  ...[more]

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