R-DeeP/TripepSVM identifies the RNA-binding OB-fold-like protein PatR as regulator of heterocyst patterning
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ABSTRACT: RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are central components of gene regulatory networks. The differentiation of heterocysts in filamentous cyanobacteria is an example of cell differentiation in prokaryotes. Although multiple non-coding transcripts are involved in this process, no RBPs have been implicated thus far. Here we used quantitative mass spectrometry to analyze the differential fractionation of RNA-protein complexes after RNase treatment in density gradients yielding 333 RNA-associated proteins, while a bioinformatic prediction yielded 311 RBP candidates in Nostoc sp. PCC 7120. We validated in vivo the RNA-binding capacity of 6 RBP candidates. Alr1700 is an RBP with two OB-fold domains that is differentially expressed in heterocysts and interacts with non-coding regulatory RNAs. Deletion of alr1700 led to complete deregulation of the cell differentiation process, a striking increase in the number of heterocyst-like cells, and was ultimately lethal in the absence of combined nitrogen. These observations characterize this RBP as a master regulator of the heterocyst patterning and differentiation process, leading us to rename Alr1700 to PatR.
ORGANISM(S): Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 = FACHB-418
PROVIDER: GSE280056 | GEO | 2024/12/20
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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