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An RNA pseudoknot is essential for standby-mediated translation of the tisB toxin mRNA in Escherichia coli.


ABSTRACT: In response to DNA damage, Escherichia coli cells activate the expression of the toxin gene tisB of the toxin-antitoxin system tisB-istR1. Of three isoforms, only the processed, highly structured +42 tisB mRNA is active. Translation requires a standby site, composed of two essential elements: a single-stranded region located 100 nucleotides upstream of the sequestered RBS, and a structure near the 5'-end of the active mRNA. Here, we propose that this 5'-structure is an RNA pseudoknot which is required for 30S and protein S1-alone binding to the mRNA. Point mutations that prevent formation of this pseudoknot inhibit formation of translation initiation complexes, impair S1 and 30S binding to the mRNA, and render the tisB mRNA non-toxic in vivo. A set of mutations created in either the left or right arm of stem 2 of the pseudoknot entailed loss of toxicity upon overexpression of the corresponding mRNA variants. Combining the matching right-left arm mutations entirely restored toxicity levels to that of the wild-type, active mRNA. Finally, since many pseudoknots have high affinity for S1, we predicted similar pseudoknots in non-homologous type I toxin-antitoxin systems that exhibit features similar to that of tisB-IstR1, suggesting a shared requirement for standby acting at great distances.

SUBMITTER: Romilly C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7708055 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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An RNA pseudoknot is essential for standby-mediated translation of the tisB toxin mRNA in Escherichia coli.

Romilly Cédric C   Lippegaus Anne A   Wagner E Gerhart H EGH  

Nucleic acids research 20201201 21


In response to DNA damage, Escherichia coli cells activate the expression of the toxin gene tisB of the toxin-antitoxin system tisB-istR1. Of three isoforms, only the processed, highly structured +42 tisB mRNA is active. Translation requires a standby site, composed of two essential elements: a single-stranded region located 100 nucleotides upstream of the sequestered RBS, and a structure near the 5'-end of the active mRNA. Here, we propose that this 5'-structure is an RNA pseudoknot which is re  ...[more]

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