The primary transcriptome of Neisseria meningitidis and its interaction with the RNA chaperone Hfq
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- Neisseria meningitidis is a human commensal that can also cause life-threatening meningitis and septicemia. Despite growing evidence for RNA-based regulation in meningococci, their transcriptome structure and output of regulatory small RNAs (sRNAs) are incompletely understood. Using dRNA-seq, we have mapped at single-nucleotide resolution the primary transcriptome of N. meningitidis strain 8013. Annotation of 1625 transcriptional start sites defines transcription units for most protein-coding genes but also reveals a paucity of classicalNeisseria meningitidis is a human commensal that can also cause life-threatening meningitis and septicemia. Despite growing evidence for RNA-based regulation in meningococci, their transcriptome structure and output of regulatory small RNAs (sRNAs) are incompletely understood. Using dRNA-seq, we have mapped at single-nucleotide resolution the primary transcriptome of N. meningitidis strain 8013. Annotation of 1625 transcriptional start sites defines transcription units for most protein-coding genes but also reveals a paucity of classical σ70-type promoters, suggesting the existence of activators that compensate for the lack of −35 consensus sequences in N. meningitidis. The transcriptome maps also reveal 65 candidate sRNAs, a third of which were validated by northern blot analysis. Immunoprecipitation with the RNA chaperone Hfq drafts an unexpectedly large post-transcriptional regulatory network in this organism, comprising 23 sRNAs and hundreds of potential mRNA targets. Based on this data, using a newly developed gfp reporter system we validate an Hfq-dependent mRNA repression of the putative colonization factor PrpB by the two trans-acting sRNAs RcoF1/2. Our genome-wide RNA compendium will allow for a better understanding of meningococcal transcriptome organization and riboregulation with implications for colonization of the human nasopharynx.…
Author: | Nadja Heidrich, Saskia Bauriedl, Lars Barquist, Lei Li, Christoph Schoen, Jörg Vogel |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-170828 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie |
Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie | |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | Nucleic Acids Research |
Year of Completion: | 2017 |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 10 |
Pagenumber: | 6147-6167 |
Source: | Nucleic Acids Research, 2017, Vol. 45, No. 10, 6147-6167. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx168 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx168 |
Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28334889 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Tag: | Neisseria meningitidis; RNA; RNA chaperone Hfq; dRNA-seq; transcriptome |
Release Date: | 2019/10/11 |
Licence (German): | CC BY-NC: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung, Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International |