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Function
HFQ_ECOLI RNA chaperone that binds small regulatory RNA (sRNAs) and mRNAs to facilitate mRNA translational regulation in response to envelope stress, environmental stress and changes in metabolite concentrations. Involved in the regulation of stress responses mediated by the sigma factors RpoS, sigma-E and sigma-32. Binds with high specificity to tRNAs. In vitro, stimulates synthesis of long tails by poly(A) polymerase I. Required for RNA phage Qbeta replication.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Seems to play a role in persister cell formation; upon overexpression decreases persister cell formation while deletion increases persister formation.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Bacterial small RNAs (sRNAs) are key elements of regulatory networks that modulate gene expression. The sRNA RydC of Salmonella sp. and Escherichia coli is an example of this class of riboregulators. Like many other sRNAs, RydC bears a 'seed' region that recognises specific transcripts through base-pairing, and its activities are facilitated by the RNA chaperone Hfq. The crystal structure of RydC in complex with E. coli Hfq at 3.48 A resolution illuminates how the protein interacts with and presents the sRNA for target recognition. Consolidating the protein-RNA complex is a host of distributed interactions mediated by the natively unstructured termini of Hfq. Based on the structure and other data, we propose a model for a dynamic effector complex comprising Hfq, small RNA, and the cognate mRNA target.
Recognition of the small regulatory RNA RydC by the bacterial Hfq protein.,Dimastrogiovanni D, Frohlich KS, Bandyra KJ, Bruce HA, Hohensee S, Vogel J, Luisi BF Elife. 2014 Dec 31;3. doi: 10.7554/eLife.05375. PMID:25551292[11]
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References
- ↑ Carmichael GG, Weber K, Niveleau A, Wahba AJ. The host factor required for RNA phage Qbeta RNA replication in vitro. Intracellular location, quantitation, and purification by polyadenylate-cellulose chromatography. J Biol Chem. 1975 May 25;250(10):3607-612. PMID:805130
- ↑ Hajnsdorf E, Regnier P. Host factor Hfq of Escherichia coli stimulates elongation of poly(A) tails by poly(A) polymerase I. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Feb 15;97(4):1501-5. PMID:10677490 doi:10.1073/pnas.040549897
- ↑ Sledjeski DD, Whitman C, Zhang A. Hfq is necessary for regulation by the untranslated RNA DsrA. J Bacteriol. 2001 Mar;183(6):1997-2005. PMID:11222598 doi:10.1128/JB.183.6.1997-2005.2001
- ↑ Guisbert E, Rhodius VA, Ahuja N, Witkin E, Gross CA. Hfq modulates the sigmaE-mediated envelope stress response and the sigma32-mediated cytoplasmic stress response in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 2007 Mar;189(5):1963-73. Epub 2006 Dec 8. PMID:17158661 doi:10.1128/JB.01243-06
- ↑ Kim Y, Wood TK. Toxins Hha and CspD and small RNA regulator Hfq are involved in persister cell formation through MqsR in Escherichia coli. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Jan 1;391(1):209-13. doi:, 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.11.033. Epub 2009 Nov 10. PMID:19909729 doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.11.033
- ↑ Carmichael GG, Weber K, Niveleau A, Wahba AJ. The host factor required for RNA phage Qbeta RNA replication in vitro. Intracellular location, quantitation, and purification by polyadenylate-cellulose chromatography. J Biol Chem. 1975 May 25;250(10):3607-612. PMID:805130
- ↑ Hajnsdorf E, Regnier P. Host factor Hfq of Escherichia coli stimulates elongation of poly(A) tails by poly(A) polymerase I. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Feb 15;97(4):1501-5. PMID:10677490 doi:10.1073/pnas.040549897
- ↑ Sledjeski DD, Whitman C, Zhang A. Hfq is necessary for regulation by the untranslated RNA DsrA. J Bacteriol. 2001 Mar;183(6):1997-2005. PMID:11222598 doi:10.1128/JB.183.6.1997-2005.2001
- ↑ Guisbert E, Rhodius VA, Ahuja N, Witkin E, Gross CA. Hfq modulates the sigmaE-mediated envelope stress response and the sigma32-mediated cytoplasmic stress response in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 2007 Mar;189(5):1963-73. Epub 2006 Dec 8. PMID:17158661 doi:10.1128/JB.01243-06
- ↑ Kim Y, Wood TK. Toxins Hha and CspD and small RNA regulator Hfq are involved in persister cell formation through MqsR in Escherichia coli. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Jan 1;391(1):209-13. doi:, 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.11.033. Epub 2009 Nov 10. PMID:19909729 doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.11.033
- ↑ Dimastrogiovanni D, Frohlich KS, Bandyra KJ, Bruce HA, Hohensee S, Vogel J, Luisi BF. Recognition of the small regulatory RNA RydC by the bacterial Hfq protein. Elife. 2014 Dec 31;3. doi: 10.7554/eLife.05375. PMID:25551292 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05375
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