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Public on Nov 16, 2020 |
| Title |
A dual T-box riboswitch in Enterococcus faecium binds two tRNAs |
| Organism |
Enterococcus faecium |
| Experiment type |
Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
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| Summary |
A set of small RNAs was identified in Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium, a leading cause of MDR infections. We described here the function of srn_2050, acting as a T-box riboswitch to regulate expression of downstream genes encoding the HisRS and AspRS aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Comparative RNAseq between Aus0004 and isogenic srn_2050 mutant identified the genes whose expression is impacted by the RNA. srn_2050 structure in its ‘off state’ was deciphered by in-line probing, containing T-box consensus sequences, a pseudoknot, a specifier loop and a terminator. Transcription binding assays between the riboswitch and either tRNAAsp or tRNAHis indicate that each deacylated tRNA interacts with the T-box. Their anticodons bind to a GACAC sequence within the specifier loop (GAC and CAC are Asp and His codons, respectively), whereas tRNATyr (UA/C-U) does not. A pioneering evaluation of E. faecium amino acid auxotrophy, with emphasis on E. faecium strain Aus0004, revealed auxotrophy for Histidine but not for Aspartic acid. Based on comparative growths and RNAseq between Aus004 and Aus004-srn2050, the riboswitch is shown essential for growth under aspartate starvation. This is the first example of a functional riboswitch in E. faecium with two overlapping codons allowing a dual tRNA-dependent regulation at transcriptional level.
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| Overall design |
Transcriptome analysis by RNA-seq to compare the levels of all transcripts in srn2050-deleted E. faecium Aus0004 mutant versus wild-type strain and in trans-complemented srn2050-deleted E. faecium Aus0004 mutant versus srn2050-deleted E. faecium Aus0004 mutant with empty plasmid
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| Contributor(s) |
Le Neindre K, Wencker F, Reissier S, Dejoies L, Ziebuhr W, Cattoir V, Felden B |
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| Submission date |
Nov 15, 2020 |
| Last update date |
Nov 18, 2020 |
| Contact name |
Vincent Cattoir |
| E-mail(s) |
vincent.cattoir@chu-rennes.fr
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| Organization name |
CHU de Rennes
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| Street address |
2 rue Henri Le Guilloux
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| City |
Rennes |
| ZIP/Postal code |
35033 |
| Country |
France |
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| Platforms (1) |
| GPL29418 |
Illumina NextSeq 500 (Enterococcus faecium) |
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| Samples (8)
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| GSM4908797 |
srn2050-deleted Aus0004 mutant - sample 2 |
| GSM4908798 |
srn2050-deleted Aus0004 mutant with empty pAT29 plasmid - sample 1 |
| GSM4908799 |
srn2050-deleted Aus0004 mutant with empty pAT29 plasmid - sample 2 |
| GSM4908800 |
srn2050-deleted Aus0004 mutant with recombinant pAT29Wsrn2050 plasmid - sample 1 |
| GSM4908801 |
srn2050-deleted Aus0004 mutant with recombinant pAT29Wsrn2050 plasmid - sample 2 |
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| Relations |
| BioProject |
PRJNA678524 |
| SRA |
SRP292612 |
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