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    Annual Reviews ; 2018
    In:  Annual Review of Microbiology Vol. 72, No. 1 ( 2018-09-08), p. 111-139
    In: Annual Review of Microbiology, Annual Reviews, Vol. 72, No. 1 ( 2018-09-08), p. 111-139
    Abstract: RcsB, a response regulator of the FixJ/NarL family, is at the center of a complex network of regulatory inputs and outputs. Cell surface stress is sensed by an outer membrane lipoprotein, RcsF, which regulates interactions of the inner membrane protein IgaA, lifting negative regulation of a phosphorelay. In vivo evidence supports a pathway in which histidine kinase RcsC transfers phosphate to phosphotransfer protein RcsD, resulting in phosphorylation of RcsB. RcsB acts either alone or in combination with RcsA to positively regulate capsule synthesis and synthesis of small RNA (sRNA) RprA as well as other genes, and to negatively regulate motility. RcsB in combination with other FixJ/NarL auxiliary proteins regulates yet other functions, independent of RcsB phosphorylation. Proper expression of Rcs and its targets is critical for success of Escherichia coli commensal strains, for proper development of biofilm, and for virulence in some pathogens. New understanding of how the Rcs phosphorelay works provides insight into the flexibility of the two-component system paradigm.
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    Publication Date: 2018
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    Annual Reviews ; 2011
    In:  Annual Review of Microbiology Vol. 65, No. 1 ( 2011-10-13), p. 189-213
    In: Annual Review of Microbiology, Annual Reviews, Vol. 65, No. 1 ( 2011-10-13), p. 189-213
    Abstract: Under conditions of nutrient deprivation or stress, or as cells enter stationary phase, Escherichia coli and related bacteria increase the accumulation of RpoS, a specialized sigma factor. RpoS-dependent gene expression leads to general stress resistance of cells. During rapid growth, RpoS translation is inhibited and any RpoS protein that is synthesized is rapidly degraded. The complex transition from exponential growth to stationary phase has been partially dissected by analyzing the induction of RpoS after specific stress treatments. Different stress conditions lead to induction of specific sRNAs that stimulate RpoS translation or to induction of small-protein antiadaptors that stabilize the protein. Recent progress has led to a better, but still far from complete, understanding of how stresses lead to RpoS induction and what RpoS-dependent genes help the cell deal with the stress.
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    Oxford University Press (OUP) ; 2022
    In:  Nucleic Acids Research Vol. 50, No. 3 ( 2022-02-22), p. 1718-1733
    In: Nucleic Acids Research, Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 50, No. 3 ( 2022-02-22), p. 1718-1733
    Abstract: Hfq, a bacterial RNA chaperone, stabilizes small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) and facilitates sRNA base-pairing with target mRNAs. Hfq has a conserved N-terminal domain and a poorly conserved disordered C-terminal domain (CTD). In a transcriptome-wide examination of the effects of a chromosomal CTD deletion (Hfq1-65), the Escherichia coli mutant was most defective for the accumulation of sRNAs that bind the proximal and distal faces of Hfq (Class II sRNAs), but other sRNAs also were affected. There were only modest effects on the levels of mRNAs, suggesting little disruption of sRNA-dependent regulation. However, cells expressing Hfq lacking the CTD in combination with a weak distal face mutation were defective for the function of the Class II sRNA ChiX and repression of mutS, both dependent upon distal face RNA binding. Loss of the region between amino acids 66–72 was critical for this defect. The CTD region beyond amino acid 72 was not necessary for distal face-dependent regulation, but was needed for functions associated with the Hfq rim, seen most clearly in combination with a rim mutant. Our results suggest that the C-terminus collaborates in various ways with different binding faces of Hfq, leading to distinct outcomes for individual sRNAs.
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    ISSN: 0305-1048 , 1362-4962
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    Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
    Publication Date: 2022
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    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ; 1998
    In:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 95, No. 21 ( 1998-10-13), p. 12462-12467
    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 95, No. 21 ( 1998-10-13), p. 12462-12467
    Abstract: DsrA RNA regulates both transcription, by overcoming transcriptional silencing by the nucleoid-associated H-NS protein, and translation, by promoting efficient translation of the stress σ factor, RpoS. These two activities of DsrA can be separated by mutation: the first of three stem-loops of the 85 nucleotide RNA is necessary for RpoS translation but not for anti-H-NS action, while the second stem-loop is essential for antisilencing and less critical for RpoS translation. The third stem-loop, which behaves as a transcription terminator, can be substituted by the trp transcription terminator without loss of either DsrA function. The sequence of the first stem-loop of DsrA is complementary with the upstream leader portion of rpoS messenger RNA, suggesting that pairing of DsrA with the rpoS message might be important for translational regulation. Mutations in the Rpos leader and compensating mutations in DsrA confirm that this predicted pairing is necessary for DsrA stimulation of RpoS translation. We propose that DsrA pairing stimulates RpoS translation by acting as an anti-antisense RNA, freeing the translation initiation region from the cis-acting antisense RNA and allowing increased translation.
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    ISSN: 0027-8424 , 1091-6490
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    Publication Date: 1998
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    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ; 2021
    In:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 118, No. 27 ( 2021-07-06)
    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 118, No. 27 ( 2021-07-06)
    Abstract: As key players of gene regulation in many bacteria, small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) associated with the RNA chaperone Hfq shape numerous phenotypic traits, including metabolism, stress response and adaptation, as well as virulence. sRNAs can alter target messenger RNA (mRNA) translation and stability via base pairing. sRNA synthesis is generally under tight transcriptional regulation, but other levels of regulation of sRNA signaling are less well understood. Here we used a fluorescence-based functional screen to identify regulators that can quench sRNA signaling of the iron-responsive sRNA RyhB in Escherichia coli . The identified regulators fell into two classes, general regulators (affecting signaling by many sRNAs) and RyhB-specific regulators; we focused on the specific ones here. General regulators include three Hfq-interacting sRNAs, CyaR, ChiX, and McaS, previously found to act through Hfq competition, RNase T, a 3′ to 5′ exonuclease not previously implicated in sRNA degradation, and YhbS, a putative GCN5-related N -acetyltransferase (GNAT). Two specific regulators were identified. AspX, a 3′end-derived small RNA, specifically represses RyhB signaling via an RNA sponging mechanism. YicC, a previously uncharacterized but widely conserved protein, triggers rapid RyhB degradation via collaboration with the exoribonuclease PNPase. These findings greatly expand our knowledge of regulation of bacterial sRNA signaling and suggest complex regulatory networks for controlling iron homeostasis in bacteria. The fluorescence-based genetic screen system described here is a powerful tool expected to accelerate the discovery of novel regulators of sRNA signaling in many bacteria.
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    Publication Date: 2021
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    Annual Reviews ; 2005
    In:  Annual Review of Microbiology Vol. 59, No. 1 ( 2005-10-01), p. 379-405
    In: Annual Review of Microbiology, Annual Reviews, Vol. 59, No. 1 ( 2005-10-01), p. 379-405
    Abstract: RcsC, RcsB, and RcsA were first identified as a sensor kinase, a response regulator, and an auxiliary regulatory protein, respectively, regulating the genes of capsular polysaccharide synthesis. Recent advances have demonstrated that these proteins are part of a complex phosphorelay, in which phosphate travels from the histidine kinase domain in RcsC to a response regulator domain in the same protein; from there to a phosphotransfer protein, RcsD; and from there to RcsB. In addition to capsule synthesis, which requires the unstable regulatory protein RcsA, RcsB also stimulates transcription of a small RNA, RprA; the cell division gene ftsZ; and genes encoding membrane and periplasmic proteins, including the osmotically inducible genes osmB and osmC. The Rcs system appears to play an important role in the later stages of biofilm development; induction of Rcs signaling by surfaces is consistent with this role.
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    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology, Vol. 84, No. 15 ( 2018-08)
    Abstract: Experimental evolution of Escherichia coli K-12 W3110 by serial dilutions for 2,200 generations at high pH extended the range of sustained growth from pH 9.0 to pH 9.3. pH 9.3-adapted isolates showed mutations in DNA-binding regulators and envelope proteins. One population showed an IS 1 knockout of phoB (encoding the positive regulator of the phosphate regulon). A phoB :: kanR knockout increased growth at high pH. phoB mutants are known to increase production of fermentation acids, which could enhance fitness at high pH. Mutations in pcnB [poly(A) polymerase] also increased growth at high pH. Three out of four populations showed deletions of torI , an inhibitor of TorR, which activates expression of torCAD (trimethylamine N -oxide respiration) at high pH. All populations showed point mutations affecting the stationary-phase sigma factor RpoS, either in the coding gene or in genes for regulators of RpoS expression. RpoS is required for survival at extremely high pH. In our microplate assay, rpoS deletion slightly decreased growth at pH 9.1. RpoS protein accumulated faster at pH 9 than at pH 7. The RpoS accumulation at high pH required the presence of one or more antiadaptors that block degradation (IraM, IraD, and IraP). Other genes with mutations after high-pH evolution encode regulators, such as those encoded by yobG ( mgrB ) (PhoPQ regulator), rpoN (nitrogen starvation sigma factor), malI , and purR , as well as envelope proteins, such as those encoded by ompT and yahO . Overall, E. coli evolution at high pH selects for mutations in key transcriptional regulators, including phoB and the stationary-phase sigma factor RpoS. IMPORTANCE Escherichia coli in its native habitat encounters high-pH stress such as that of pancreatic secretions. Experimental evolution over 2,000 generations showed selection for mutations in regulatory factors, such as deletion of the phosphate regulator PhoB and mutations that alter the function of the global stress regulator RpoS. RpoS is induced at high pH via multiple mechanisms.
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    ISSN: 0099-2240 , 1098-5336
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    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
    Publication Date: 2018
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    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ; 2015
    In:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 112, No. 16 ( 2015-04-21), p. 5159-5164
    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 112, No. 16 ( 2015-04-21), p. 5159-5164
    Abstract: RpoS, the stationary phase/stress sigma factor of Escherichia coli , regulates a large cohort of genes important for the cell to deal with suboptimal conditions. Its level increases quickly in the cell in response to many stresses and returns to low levels when growth resumes. Increased RpoS results from increased translation and decreased RpoS degradation. Translation is positively regulated by small RNAs (sRNAs). Protein stability is positively regulated by anti-adaptors, which prevent the RssB adaptor-mediated degradation of RpoS by the ClpXP protease. Inactivation of aceE , a subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), was found to increase levels of RpoS by affecting both translation and protein degradation. The stabilization of RpoS in aceE mutants is dependent on increased transcription and translation of IraP and IraD, two known anti-adaptors. The aceE mutation also leads to a significant increase in rpoS translation. The sRNAs known to positively regulate RpoS are not responsible for the increased translation; sequences around the start codon are sufficient for the induction of translation. PDH synthesizes acetyl-CoA; acetate supplementation allows the cell to synthesize acetyl-CoA by an alternative, less favored pathway, in part dependent upon RpoS. Acetate addition suppressed the effects of the aceE mutant on induction of the anti-adaptors, RpoS stabilization, and rpoS translation. Thus, the bacterial cell responds to lowered levels of acetyl-CoA by inducing RpoS, allowing reprogramming of E. coli metabolism.
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    Publication Date: 2015
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    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ; 2010
    In:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 107, No. 21 ( 2010-05-25), p. 9602-9607
    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 107, No. 21 ( 2010-05-25), p. 9602-9607
    Abstract: Bacterial small noncoding RNAs carry out both positive and negative regulation of gene expression by pairing with mRNAs; in Escherichia coli , this regulation often requires the RNA chaperone Hfq. Three small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs), DsrA, RprA, and ArcZ, positively regulate translation of the sigma factor RpoS, each pairing with the 5′ leader to open up an inhibitory hairpin. In vitro, rpoS interaction with sRNAs depends upon an (AAN) 4 Hfq-binding site upstream of the pairing region. Here we show that both Hfq and this Hfq binding site are required for RprA or ArcZ to act in vivo and to form a stable complex with rpoS mRNA in vitro; both were partially dispensable for DsrA at 37 °C. ArcZ sRNA is processed from 121 nt to a stable 56 nt species that contains the pairing region; only the 56 nt ArcZ makes a strong Hfq-dependent complex with rpoS . For each of these sRNAs, the stability of the sRNA•mRNA complexes, rather than their rate of formation, best predicted in vivo activity. These studies demonstrate that binding of Hfq to the rpoS mRNA is critical for sRNA regulation under normal conditions, but if the stability of the sRNA•mRNA complex is sufficiently high, the requirement for Hfq can be bypassed.
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    Publication Date: 2010
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