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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
The structure of full-length host factor Qbeta (Hfq) from Escherichia coli obtained from a crystal belonging to space group P1, with unit-cell parameters a = 61.91, b = 62.15, c = 81.26 A, alpha = 78.6, beta = 86.2, gamma = 59.9 degrees , was solved by molecular replacement to a resolution of 2.85 A and refined to R(work) and R(free) values of 20.7% and 25.0%, respectively. Hfq from E. coli has previously been crystallized and the structure has been solved for the N-terminal 72 amino acids, which cover approximately 65% of the full-length sequence. Here, the purification, crystallization and structural data of the full 102-amino-acid protein are presented. These data revealed that the presence of the C-terminus changes the crystal packing of E. coli Hfq. The crystal structure is discussed in the context of the recently published solution structure of Hfq from E. coli.
Structural analysis of full-length Hfq from Escherichia coli.,Beich-Frandsen M, Vecerek B, Sjoblom B, Blasi U, Djinovic-Carugo K Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2011 May 1;67(Pt, 5):536-40. Epub 2011 Apr 20. PMID:21543856[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
- ↑ Beich-Frandsen M, Vecerek B, Sjoblom B, Blasi U, Djinovic-Carugo K. Structural analysis of full-length Hfq from Escherichia coli. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2011 May 1;67(Pt, 5):536-40. Epub 2011 Apr 20. PMID:21543856 doi:10.1107/S174430911100786X
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