Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Antagonistic functions between the RNA chaperone Hfq and an sRNA regulate sensitivity to the antibiotic colicin.


ABSTRACT: The RNA chaperone Hfq is a key regulator of the function of small RNAs (sRNAs). Hfq has been shown to facilitate sRNAs binding to target mRNAs and to directly regulate translation through the action of sRNAs. Here, we present evidence that Hfq acts as the repressor of cirA mRNA translation in the absence of sRNA. Hfq binding to cirA prevents translation initiation, which correlates with cirA mRNA instability. In contrast, RyhB pairing to cirA mRNA promotes changes in RNA structure that displace Hfq, thereby allowing efficient translation as well as mRNA stabilization. Because CirA is a receptor for the antibiotic colicin Ia, in addition to acting as an Fur (Ferric Uptake Regulator)-regulated siderophore transporter, translational activation of cirA mRNA by RyhB promotes colicin sensitivity under conditions of iron starvation. Altogether, these results indicate that Fur and RyhB modulate an unexpected feed-forward loop mechanism related to iron physiology and colicin sensitivity.

SUBMITTER: Salvail H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3801439 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

Antagonistic functions between the RNA chaperone Hfq and an sRNA regulate sensitivity to the antibiotic colicin.

Salvail Hubert H   Caron Marie-Pier MP   Bélanger Justine J   Massé Eric E  

The EMBO journal 20130924 20


The RNA chaperone Hfq is a key regulator of the function of small RNAs (sRNAs). Hfq has been shown to facilitate sRNAs binding to target mRNAs and to directly regulate translation through the action of sRNAs. Here, we present evidence that Hfq acts as the repressor of cirA mRNA translation in the absence of sRNA. Hfq binding to cirA prevents translation initiation, which correlates with cirA mRNA instability. In contrast, RyhB pairing to cirA mRNA promotes changes in RNA structure that displace  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC10044511 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3347214 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8615722 | biostudies-literature
2021-09-22 | GSE113593 | GEO
| S-EPMC4624489 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5606850 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC1356530 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5663733 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4609186 | biostudies-other
| S-EPMC3691723 | biostudies-literature