生物
分子生物学
基因表达
基因
北方斑点
屎肠球菌
转录调控
四环素
核糖核酸
核糖体RNA
基因表达调控
突变体
作者
Killian Le Neindre,Loren Dejoies,Sophie Reissier,François Guérin,Brice Felden,Vincent Cattoir
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.resmic.2022.103941
摘要
We investigated the role of a novel small RNA expressed in Enterococcus faecium (named Ern0030). We revealed that ern0030 was encoded within the 5'untranslated region of tet(M), a gene conferring tetracycline resistance through ribosomal protection. By RACE mapping, we accurately determined the boundaries of ern0030, which corresponded to Ptet. This upstream sequence of tet(M), Ptet, was previously described within transcriptional attenuation mechanism. Here, Northern blot analyses revealed three transcripts of different lengths (ca. 230, 150 and 100 nucleotides) expressed from Ptet. Phenotypically, the total deletion of ern0030 conferred a decrease in tetracycline MICs that was consistent with gene expression data showing no significant tet(M) induction under tetracycline SIC in ern0030-deleted mutant as opposed to a 10-fold increase of tet(M) expression in the wild-type strain. We investigated the transcriptional attenuation mechanism by toeprint assay. Whereas the expected tet(M) ribosome-binding site (RBS) was detected, the RBS of the putative leader peptide was not highlighted by toeprint assay, suggesting the transcriptional attenuation was unlikely. Here, we demonstrate that Ern0030 has a role in regulation of tet(M) expression and propose a novel model of tet(M) regulation alternative or complementary to transcriptional attenuation.
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