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Li Y, Hu S, Wang J, Lv L, Zhao X, Li H, Ma W, Hua H, Zhu Z. A streamlined cloning and toxicity evaluation strategy of toxin-antitoxin systems in insect cells. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2025; 208:106261. [PMID: 40015852 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2024.106261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2024] [Revised: 12/11/2024] [Accepted: 12/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/01/2025]
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Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems, which are prevalent in bacteria and archaea, have significant potential applications in eukaryotic cells due to their characteristic ability to inhibit cell growth. In particular, type II TA systems, where both the toxin and antitoxin are proteins, can serve as lethal and rescue genes in genetic pest management. However, traditional methods of cloning these systems often encounter difficulties due to cryptic promoter driven expression of toxins during the cloning process. To address this issue, we have developed a novel cloning method that incorporates an additional prokaryotic promoter to express the antitoxin, thus preventing the deleterious effects of toxin expression in bacterial cells. This method allows for efficient and straightforward construction of toxin vectors and the rapid screening of effective TA systems in insect cells. Our study focused on evaluating the toxicity of various type II TA systems in Sf9 insect cells. We cloned and tested toxins and antitoxins from Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Rickettsia rickettsii. The toxicity of each system was assessed by the number of red fluorescent cells post-transfection. Our results demonstrated that toxins such as MazF (E. coli-2782), RelE (Spn-1223), and RelE (Spn-1104) exhibited high levels of toxicity in Sf9 cells, while other toxins showed varying degrees of effectiveness. The corresponding antitoxins were able to neutralize the toxins in a dose-dependent manner, although some antitoxins, like MnT (R. felis-0357) and MazE (E. coli-4224), were ineffective in insect cells. This study highlights the potential for applying type II TA systems in genetic pest management and other eukaryotic applications. Our novel cloning approach provides a robust platform for the rapid and efficient evaluation of TA systems, paving the way for future research and application in pest control and beyond.
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- Yunfei Li
- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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Enabling stop codon read-through translation in bacteria as a probe for amyloid aggregation. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11908. [PMID: 28928456 PMCID: PMC5605706 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12174-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Amyloid aggregation of the eukaryotic translation terminator eRF3/Sup35p, the [PSI+] prion, empowers yeast ribosomes to read-through UGA stop codons. No similar functional prion, skipping a stop codon, has been found in Escherichia coli, a fact possibly due to the efficient back-up systems found in bacteria to rescue non-stop complexes. Here we report that engineering hydrophobic amyloidogenic repeats from a synthetic bacterial prion-like protein (RepA-WH1) into the E. coli releasing factor RF1 promotes its aggregation and enables ribosomes to continue with translation through a premature UAG stop codon located in a β-galactosidase reporter. To our knowledge, intended aggregation of a termination factor is a way to overcome the bacterial translation quality checkpoint that had not been reported so far. We also show the feasibility of using the amyloidogenic RF1 chimeras as a reliable, rapid and cost-effective system to screen for molecules inhibiting intracellular protein amyloidogenesis in vivo, by testing the effect on the chimeras of natural polyphenols with known anti-amyloidogenic properties. Resveratrol exhibits a clear amyloid-solubilizing effect in this assay, showing no toxicity to bacteria or interference with the enzymatic activity of β-galactosidase.
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Blower TR, Salmond GPC, Luisi BF. Balancing at survival's edge: the structure and adaptive benefits of prokaryotic toxin-antitoxin partners. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2011; 21:109-18. [PMID: 21315267 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2010.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2010] [Accepted: 10/31/2010] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Many prokaryotes express toxin-antitoxin (TA) pairs that are harmful to their hosts if not maintained in delicate balance. The maintenance of potentially lethal toxin-antitoxin pairs could be viewed as a high-risk strategy. However, accumulating evidence suggests that toxin-antitoxin pairs can confer selective evolutionary benefits such as adaptive stress responses, starvation recovery and herd immunity to predation. Many of the known TA pairs interact as proteins, but recent work has identified a new class of antitoxins that are RNA cleavage products. Structural studies have revealed common folds for diverse toxins, highlighting unexpected evolutionary relationships within different toxin classes. TA pairs appear to have diverged in function considerably, to meet the specialised requirements of their varied prokaryotic hosts.
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- Tim R Blower
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW, United Kingdom.
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Recent advancements in toxin and antitoxin systems involved in bacterial programmed cell death. Int J Microbiol 2010; 2010:781430. [PMID: 21253538 PMCID: PMC3021852 DOI: 10.1155/2010/781430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2010] [Revised: 10/14/2010] [Accepted: 11/21/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Programmed cell death (PCD) systems have been extensively studied for their significant role in a variety of biological processes in eukaryotic organisms. Recently, more and more researches have revealed the existence of similar systems employed by bacteria in response to various environmental stresses. This paper summarized the recent researching advancements in toxin/antitoxin systems located on plasmids or chromosomes and their regulatory roles in bacterial PCD. The most studied yet disputed mazEF system was discussed in depth, and possible roles and status of such a special bacterial death and TA systems were also reviewed from the ecological and evolutionary perspectives.
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Lee MW, Rogers EE, Stenger DC. Functional characterization of replication and stability factors of an incompatibility group P-1 plasmid from Xylella fastidiosa. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:7734-40. [PMID: 20935126 PMCID: PMC2988606 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01921-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2010] [Accepted: 10/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Xylella fastidiosa strain riv11 harbors a 25-kbp plasmid (pXF-RIV11) belonging to the IncP-1 incompatibility group. Replication and stability factors of pXF-RIV11 were identified and used to construct plasmids able to replicate in X. fastidiosa and Escherichia coli. Replication in X. fastidiosa required a 1.4-kbp region from pXF-RIV11 containing a replication initiation gene (trfA) and the adjacent origin of DNA replication (oriV). Constructs containing trfA and oriV from pVEIS01, a related IncP-1 plasmid of the earthworm symbiont Verminephrobacter eiseniae, also were competent for replication in X. fastidiosa. Constructs derived from pXF-RIV11 but not pVEIS01 replicated in Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Xanthomonas campestris, and Pseudomonas syringae. Although plasmids bearing replication elements from pXF-RIV11 or pVEIS01 could be maintained in X. fastidiosa under antibiotic selection, removal of selection resulted in plasmid extinction after 3 weekly passages. Addition of a toxin-antitoxin addiction system (pemI/pemK) from pXF-RIV11 improved plasmid stability such that >80 to 90% of X. fastidiosa cells retained plasmid after 5 weekly passages in the absence of antibiotic selection. Expression of PemK in E. coli was toxic for cell growth, but toxicity was nullified by coexpression of PemI antitoxin. Deletion of N-terminal sequences of PemK containing the conserved motif RGD abolished toxicity. In vitro assays revealed a direct interaction of PemI with PemK, suggesting that antitoxin activity of PemI is mediated by toxin sequestration. IncP-1 plasmid replication and stability factors were added to an E. coli cloning vector to constitute a stable 6.0-kbp shuttle vector (pXF20-PEMIK) suitable for use in X. fastidiosa.
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- Min Woo Lee
- Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Parlier, California 93648
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- Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Parlier, California 93648
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- Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Parlier, California 93648
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Diago-Navarro E, Hernandez-Arriaga AM, López-Villarejo J, Muñoz-Gómez AJ, Kamphuis MB, Boelens R, Lemonnier M, Díaz-Orejas R. parD toxin-antitoxin system of plasmid R1 - basic contributions, biotechnological applications and relationships with closely-related toxin-antitoxin systems. FEBS J 2010; 277:3097-117. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07722.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Diago-Navarro E, Kamphuis MB, Boelens R, Barendregt A, Heck AJ, van den Heuvel RH, Díaz-Orejas R. A mutagenic analysis of the RNase mechanism of the bacterial Kid toxin by mass spectrometry. FEBS J 2009; 276:4973-86. [PMID: 19694809 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07199.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Kid, the toxin of the parD (kis, kid) maintenance system of plasmid R1, is an endoribonuclease that preferentially cleaves RNA at the 5' of A in the core sequence 5'-UA(A/C)-3'. A model of the Kid toxin interacting with the uncleavable mimetic 5'-AdUACA-3' is available. To evaluate this model, a significant collection of mutants in some of the key residues proposed to be involved in RNA binding (T46, A55, T69 and R85) or RNA cleavage (R73, D75 and H17) were analysed by mass spectrometry in RNA binding and cleavage assays. A pair of substrates, 5'-AUACA-3', and its uncleavable mimetic 5'-AdUACA-3', used to establish the model and structure of the Kid-RNA complex, were used in both the RNA cleavage and binding assays. A second RNA substrate, 5'-UUACU-3' efficiently cleaved by Kid both in vivo and in vitro, was also used in the cleavage assays. Compared with the wild-type protein, mutations in the residues of the catalytic site abolished RNA cleavage without substantially altering RNA binding. Mutations in residues proposed to be involved in RNA binding show reduced binding efficiency and a corresponding decrease in RNA cleavage efficiency. The cleavage profiles of the different mutants were similar with the two substrates used, but RNA cleavage required much lower protein concentrations when the 5'-UUACU-3' substrate was used. Protein synthesis and growth assays are consistent with there being a correlation between the RNase activity of Kid and its inhibitory potential. These results give important support to the available models of Kid RNase and the Kid-RNA complex.
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- Elizabeth Diago-Navarro
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Madrid, Spain
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Kamphuis MB, Monti MC, van den Heuvel RHH, Santos-Sierra S, Folkers GE, Lemonnier M, Díaz-Orejas R, Heck AJR, Boelens R. Interactions between the toxin Kid of the bacterial parD system and the antitoxins Kis and MazE. Proteins 2007; 67:219-31. [PMID: 17206710 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The proteins Kid and Kis are the toxin and antitoxin, respectively, encoded by the parD operon of Escherichia coli plasmid R1. Kis prevents the inhibition of E. coli cell growth caused by the RNA cleavage activity of Kid. Overproduction of MazE, the chromosome-encoded homologue of Kis, has been demonstrated to neutralize Kid toxicity to a certain extent in the absence of native Kis. Here, we show that a high structural similarity exists between these antitoxins, using NMR spectroscopy. We report about the interactions between Kid and Kis that are responsible for neutralization of Kid toxicity and enhance autoregulation of parD transcription. Native macromolecular mass spectrometry data demonstrate that Kid and Kis form multiple complexes. At Kis:Kid ratios equal to or exceeding 1:1, as found in vivo in a plasmid-containing cell, various complexes are present, ranging from Kid(2)-Kis(2) tetramer up to Kis(2)-Kid(2)-Kis(2)-Kid(2)-Kis(2) decamer. When Kid is in excess of Kis, corresponding to an in vivo situation immediately after loss of the plasmid, the Kid(2)-Kis(2)-Kid(2) heterohexamer is the most abundant species. NMR chemical shift and intensity perturbations in the (1)H (15)N HSQC spectra of Kid and Kis, observed when titrating the partner protein, show that the interaction sites of Kid and Kis resemble those within the previously reported MazF(2)-MazE(2)-MazF(2) complex. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Kid(2)-MazE(2) tetramers can be formed via weak interactions involving a limited part of the Kis-binding residues of Kid. The functional roles of the identified Kid-Kis and Kid-MazE interaction sites and complexes in toxin neutralization and repression of transcription are discussed.
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- Monique B Kamphuis
- Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of NMR Spectroscopy, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Kamphuis MB, Bonvin AMJJ, Monti MC, Lemonnier M, Muñoz-Gómez A, van den Heuvel RHH, Díaz-Orejas R, Boelens R. Model for RNA Binding and the Catalytic Site of the RNase Kid of the Bacterial parD Toxin–Antitoxin System. J Mol Biol 2006; 357:115-26. [PMID: 16413033 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.12.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2005] [Revised: 12/01/2005] [Accepted: 12/08/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The toxin Kid and antitoxin Kis are encoded by the parD operon of Escherichia coli plasmid R1. Kid and its chromosomal homologues MazF and ChpBK have been shown to inhibit protein synthesis in cell extracts and to act as ribosome-independent endoribonucleases in vitro. Kid cleaves RNA preferentially at the 5' side of the A residue in the nucleotide sequence 5'-UA(A/C)-3' of single-stranded regions. Here, we show that RNA cleavage by Kid yields two fragments with a 2':3'-cyclic phosphate group and a free 5'-OH group, respectively. The cleavage mechanism is similar to that of RNases A and T1, involving the uracil 2'-OH group. Via NMR titration studies with an uncleavable RNA mimic, we demonstrate that residues of both monomers of the Kid dimer together form a concatenated RNA-binding surface. Docking calculations based on the NMR chemical shifts, the cleavage mechanism and previously reported mutagenesis data provide a detailed picture of the position of the AUACA fragment within the binding pocket. We propose that residues D75, R73 and H17 form the active site of the Kid toxin, where D75 and R73 are the catalytic base and acid, respectively. The RNA sequence specificity is defined by residues T46, S47, A55, F57, T69, V71 and R73. Our data show the importance of these residues for Kid function, and the implications of our results for related toxins, such as MazF, CcdB and RelE, are discussed.
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- Monique B Kamphuis
- Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of NMR Spectroscopy, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Muñoz-Gómez AJ, Lemonnier M, Santos-Sierra S, Berzal-Herranz A, Díaz-Orejas R. RNase/anti-RNase activities of the bacterial parD toxin-antitoxin system. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:3151-3157. [PMID: 15838042 PMCID: PMC1082843 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.9.3151-3157.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2004] [Accepted: 01/25/2005] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The bacterial parD toxin-antitoxin system of plasmid R1 encodes two proteins, the Kid toxin and its cognate antitoxin, Kis. Kid cleaves RNA and inhibits protein synthesis and cell growth in Escherichia coli. Here, we show that Kid promotes RNA degradation and inhibition of protein synthesis in rabbit reticulocyte lysates. These new activities of the Kid toxin were counteracted by the Kis antitoxin and were not displayed by the KidR85W variant, which is nontoxic in E. coli. Moreover, while Kid cleaved single- and double-stranded RNA with a preference for UAA or UAC triplets, KidR85W maintained this sequence preference but hardly cleaved double-stranded RNA. Kid was formerly shown to inhibit DNA replication of the ColE1 plasmid. Here we provide in vitro evidence that Kid cleaves the ColE1 RNA II primer, which is required for the initiation of ColE1 replication. In contrast, KidR85W did not affect the stability of RNA II, nor did it inhibit the in vitro replication of ColE1. Thus, the endoribonuclease and the cytotoxic and DNA replication-inhibitory activities of Kid seem tightly correlated. We propose that the spectrum of action of this toxin extends beyond the sole inhibition of protein synthesis to control a broad range of RNA-regulated cellular processes.
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- Ana J Muñoz-Gómez
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Muñoz-Gómez AJ, Santos-Sierra S, Berzal-Herranz A, Lemonnier M, Díaz-Orejas R. Insights into the specificity of RNA cleavage by the Escherichia coli MazF toxin. FEBS Lett 2004; 567:316-320. [PMID: 15178344 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2004] [Revised: 04/29/2004] [Accepted: 05/03/2004] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The mazEF (chpA) toxin-antitoxin system of Escherichia coli is involved in the cell response to nutritional and antibiotic stresses as well as in bacterial-programmed cell death. Valuable information on the MazF toxin was derived from the determination of the crystal structure of the MazE/MazF complex and from in vivo data, suggesting that MazF promoted ribosome-dependent cleavage of messenger RNA. However, it was concluded from recent in vitro analyses using a MazF-(His6) fusion protein that MazF was an endoribonuclease that cleaved messenger RNA specifically at 5'-ACA-3' sites situated in single-stranded regions. In contrast, our work reported here shows that native MazF protein cleaves RNA at the 5' side of residue A in 5'-NAC-3' sequences (where N is preferentially U or A). MazF-dependent cleavage occurred at target sequences situated either in single- or double-stranded RNA regions. These activities were neutralized by a His6-MazE antitoxin. Although essentially consistent with previous in vivo reports on the substrate specificity of MazF, our results strongly suggest that the endoribonuclease activity of MazF may be modulated by additional factors to cleave messenger and other cellular RNAs.
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- Ana J Muñoz-Gómez
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Zhang J, Zhang Y, Zhu L, Suzuki M, Inouye M. Interference of mRNA function by sequence-specific endoribonuclease PemK. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:20678-84. [PMID: 15024022 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m314284200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In Escherichia coli, programmed cell death is mediated through the system called "addiction module," which consists of a pair of genes encoding a stable toxin and a labile antitoxin. The pemI-pemK system is an addiction module present on plasmid R100. It helps to maintain the plasmid by post-segregational killing in E. coli population. Here we demonstrate that purified PemK, the toxin encoded by the pemI-pemK addiction module, inhibits protein synthesis in an E. coli cell-free system, whereas the addition of PemI, the antitoxin against PemK, resumes the protein synthesis. Further studies reveal that PemK is a sequence-specific endoribonuclease that cleaves mRNAs to inhibit protein synthesis, whereas PemI blocks the endoribonuclease activity of PemK. PemK cleaves only single-stranded RNA preferentially at the 5' or 3' side of the A residue in the "UAH" sequences (where H is C, A, or U). Upon induction, PemK cleaves cellular mRNAs to effectively block protein synthesis in E. coli. The pemK homologue genes have been identified on the genomes of a wide range of bacteria. We propose that PemK and its homologues form a novel endoribonuclease family that interferes with mRNA function by cleaving cellular mRNAs in a sequence-specific manner.
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- Junjie Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Lemonnier M, Santos-Sierra S, Pardo-Abarrio C, Díaz-Orejas R. Identification of residues of the kid toxin involved in autoregulation of the parD system. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:240-3. [PMID: 14679244 PMCID: PMC303459 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.1.240-243.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The toxin-antitoxin system parD (kis kid) of plasmid R1 is coregulated by the coordinated action of its two gene products. Here we describe the isolation and the in vivo characterization of three single-amino-acid changes in the Kid toxin, G4E, C74Y, and E91K, that affect the coregulatory activity but preserve the toxicity of the protein.
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- Marc Lemonnier
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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