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Komarova ES, Dontsova OA, Pyshnyi DV, Kabilov MR, Sergiev PV. Flow-Seq Method: Features and Application in Bacterial Translation Studies. Acta Naturae 2022; 14:20-37. [PMID: 36694903 PMCID: PMC9844084 DOI: 10.32607/actanaturae.11820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
The Flow-seq method is based on using reporter construct libraries, where a certain element regulating the gene expression of fluorescent reporter proteins is represented in many thousands of variants. Reporter construct libraries are introduced into cells, sorted according to their fluorescence level, and then subjected to next-generation sequencing. Therefore, it turns out to be possible to identify patterns that determine the expression efficiency, based on tens and hundreds of thousands of reporter constructs in one experiment. This method has become common in evaluating the efficiency of protein synthesis simultaneously by multiple mRNA variants. However, its potential is not confined to this area. In the presented review, a comparative analysis of the Flow-seq method and other alternative approaches used for translation efficiency evaluation of mRNA was carried out; the features of its application and the results obtained by Flow-seq were also considered.
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- E. S. Komarova
- Institute of Functional Genomics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234 Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234 Russia
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, 121205 Russia
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234 Russia
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117437 Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia
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- Institute of Functional Genomics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234 Russia
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234 Russia
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, 121205 Russia
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234 Russia
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Jolley EA, Bormes KM, Bevilacqua PC. Upstream Flanking Sequence Assists Folding of an RNA Thermometer. J Mol Biol 2022; 434:167786. [PMID: 35952804 PMCID: PMC9554833 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Many heat shock genes in bacteria are regulated through a class of temperature-sensitive stem-loop (SL) RNAs called RNA thermometers (RNATs). One of the most widely studied RNATs is the Repression Of heat Shock Expression (ROSE) element associated with expression of heat shock proteins. Located in the 5'UTR, the RNAT contains one to three auxiliary hairpins upstream of it. Herein, we address roles of these upstream SLs in the folding and function of an RNAT. Bradyrhizobium japonicum is a nitrogen-fixing bacterium that experiences a wide range of temperatures in the soil and contains ROSE elements, each having multiple upstream SLs. The 5'UTR of the messenger (mRNA) for heat shock protein A (hspA) in B. japonicum has an intricate secondary structure containing three SLs upstream of the RNAT SL. While structure-function studies of the hspA RNAT itself have been reported, it has been unclear if these auxiliary SLs contribute to the temperature-sensing function of the ROSE elements. Herein, we show that the full length (FL) sequence has several melting transitions indicating that the ROSE element unfolds in a non-two-state manner. The upstream SLs are more stable than the RNAT itself, and a variant with disrupted base pairing in the SL immediately upstream of the RNAT has little influence on the melting of the RNAT. On the basis of these results and modeling of the co-transcriptional folding of the ROSE element, we propose that the upstream SLs function to stabilize the transcript and aid proper folding and dynamics of the RNAT.
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- Elizabeth A Jolley
- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States; Center for RNA Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States; Center for RNA Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States.
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Michel CJ, Thompson JD. Identification of a circular code periodicity in the bacterial ribosome: origin of codon periodicity in genes? RNA Biol 2020; 17:571-583. [PMID: 31960748 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2020.1719311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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Three-base periodicity (TBP), where nucleotides and higher order n-tuples are preferentially spaced by 3, 6, 9, etc. bases, is a well-known intrinsic property of protein-coding DNA sequences. However, its origins are still not fully understood. One hypothesis is that the periodicity reflects a primordial coding system that was used before the emergence of the modern standard genetic code (SGC). Recent evidence suggests that the X circular code, a set of 20 trinucleotides allowing the reading frames in genes to be retrieved locally, represents a possible ancestor of the SGC. Motifs from the X circular code have been found in the reading frame of protein-coding regions in extant organisms from bacteria to eukaryotes, in many transfer RNA (tRNA) genes and in important functional regions of the ribosomal RNA (rRNA), notably in the peptidyl transferase centre and the decoding centre. Here, we have used a powerful correlation function to search for periodicity patterns involving the 20 trinucleotides of the X circular code in a large set of bacterial protein-coding genes, as well as in the translation machinery, including rRNA and tRNA sequences. As might be expected, we found a strong circular code periodicity 0 modulo 3 in the protein-coding genes. More surprisingly, we also identified a similar circular code periodicity in a large region of the 16S rRNA. This region includes the 3' major domain corresponding to the primordial proto-ribosome decoding centre and containing numerous sites that interact with the tRNA and messenger RNA (mRNA) during translation. Furthermore, 3D structural analysis shows that the periodicity region surrounds the mRNA channel that lies between the head and the body of the SSU. Our results support the hypothesis that the X circular code may constitute an ancestral translation code involved in reading frame retrieval and maintenance, traces of which persist in modern mRNA, tRNA and rRNA despite their long evolution and adaptation to the SGC.
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- Christian J Michel
- Department of Computer Science, ICube, CNRS, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Computer Science, ICube, CNRS, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Symonová R. Integrative rDNAomics-Importance of the Oldest Repetitive Fraction of the Eukaryote Genome. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:genes10050345. [PMID: 31067804 PMCID: PMC6562748 DOI: 10.3390/genes10050345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Nuclear ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes represent the oldest repetitive fraction universal to all eukaryotic genomes. Their deeply anchored universality and omnipresence during eukaryotic evolution reflects in multiple roles and functions reaching far beyond ribosomal synthesis. Merely the copy number of non-transcribed rRNA genes is involved in mechanisms governing e.g., maintenance of genome integrity and control of cellular aging. Their copy number can vary in response to environmental cues, in cellular stress sensing, in development of cancer and other diseases. While reaching hundreds of copies in humans, there are records of up to 20,000 copies in fish and frogs and even 400,000 copies in ciliates forming thus a literal subgenome or an rDNAome within the genome. From the compositional and evolutionary dynamics viewpoint, the precursor 45S rDNA represents universally GC-enriched, highly recombining and homogenized regions. Hence, it is not accidental that both rDNA sequence and the corresponding rRNA secondary structure belong to established phylogenetic markers broadly used to infer phylogeny on multiple taxonomical levels including species delimitation. However, these multiple roles of rDNAs have been treated and discussed as being separate and independent from each other. Here, I aim to address nuclear rDNAs in an integrative approach to better assess the complexity of rDNA importance in the evolutionary context.
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- Radka Symonová
- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, University of Hradec Králové, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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Parker MS, Balasubramaniam A, Sallee FR, Parker SL. The Expansion Segments of 28S Ribosomal RNA Extensively Match Human Messenger RNAs. Front Genet 2018; 9:66. [PMID: 29563925 PMCID: PMC5850279 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Eukaryote ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) have expanded in the course of phylogeny by addition of nucleotides in specific insertion areas, the expansion segments. These number about 40 in the larger (25–28S) rRNA (up to 2,400 nucleotides), and about 12 in the smaller (18S) rRNA (<700 nucleotides). Expansion of the larger rRNA shows a clear phylogenetic increase, with a dramatic rise in mammals and especially in hominids. Substantial portions of expansion segments in this RNA are not bound to ribosomal proteins, and may engage extraneous interactants, including messenger RNAs (mRNAs). Studies on the ribosome-mRNA interaction have focused on proteins of the smaller ribosomal subunit, with some examination of 18S rRNA. However, the expansion segments of human 28S rRNA show much higher density and numbers of mRNA matches than those of 18S rRNA, and also a higher density and match numbers than its own core parts. We have studied that with frequent and potentially stable matches containing 7–15 nucleotides. The expansion segments of 28S rRNA average more than 50 matches per mRNA even assuming only 5% of their sequence as available for such interaction. Large expansion segments 7, 15, and 27 of 28S rRNA also have copious long (≥10-nucleotide) matches to most human mRNAs, with frequencies much higher than in other 28S rRNA parts. Expansion segments 7 and 27 and especially segment 15 of 28S rRNA show large size increase in mammals compared to other metazoans, which could reflect a gain of function related to interaction with non-ribosomal partners. The 28S rRNA expansion segment 15 shows very high increments in size, guanosine, and cytidine nucleotide content and mRNA matching in mammals, and especially in hominids. With these segments (but not with other 28S rRNA or any 18S rRNA expansion segments) the density and number of matches are much higher in 5′-terminal than in 3′-terminal untranslated mRNA regions, which may relate to mRNA mobilization via 5′ termini. Matches in the expansion segments 7, 15, and 27 of human 28S rRNA appear as candidates for general interaction with mRNAs, especially those associated with intracellular matrices such as the endoplasmic reticulum.
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- Michael S Parker
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States
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Hockenberry AJ, Stern AJ, Amaral LAN, Jewett MC. Diversity of Translation Initiation Mechanisms across Bacterial Species Is Driven by Environmental Conditions and Growth Demands. Mol Biol Evol 2017; 35:582-592. [PMID: 29220489 PMCID: PMC5850609 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence motif is frequently found upstream of protein coding genes and is thought to be the dominant mechanism of translation initiation used by bacteria. Experimental studies have shown that the SD sequence facilitates start codon recognition and enhances translation initiation by directly interacting with the highly conserved anti-SD sequence on the 30S ribosomal subunit. However, the proportion of SD-led genes within a genome varies across species and the factors governing this variation in translation initiation mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here, we conduct a phylogenetically informed analysis and find that species capable of rapid growth contain a higher proportion of SD-led genes throughout their genomes. We show that SD sequence utilization covaries with a suite of genomic features that are important for efficient translation initiation and elongation. In addition to these endogenous genomic factors, we further show that exogenous environmental factors may influence the evolution of translation initiation mechanisms by finding that thermophilic species contain significantly more SD-led genes than mesophiles. Our results demonstrate that variation in translation initiation mechanisms across bacterial species is predictable and is a consequence of differential life-history strategies related to maximum growth rate and environmental-specific constraints.
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- Adam J Hockenberry
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Interdisciplinary Program in Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Northwestern Institute for Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Corresponding authors: E-mails: ;
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Northwestern Institute for Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Corresponding authors: E-mails: ;
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Wen J, Harp JR, Fozo EM. The 5΄ UTR of the type I toxin ZorO can both inhibit and enhance translation. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:4006-4020. [PMID: 27903909 PMCID: PMC5397157 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw1172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Many bacterial type I toxin mRNAs possess a long 5΄ untranslated region (UTR) that serves as the target site of the corresponding antitoxin sRNA. This is the case for the zorO-orzO type I system where the OrzO antitoxin base pairs to the 174-nucleotide zorO 5΄ UTR. Here, we demonstrate that the full-length 5΄ UTR of the zorO type I toxin hinders its own translation independent of the sRNA whereas a processed 5΄ UTR (zorO Δ28) promotes translation. The full-length zorO 5΄ UTR folds into an extensive secondary structure sequestering the ribosome binding site (RBS). Processing of the 5΄ UTR does not alter the RBS structure, but opens a large region (EAP region) located upstream of the RBS. Truncation of this EAP region impairs zorO translation, but this defect can be rescued upon exposing the RBS. Additionally, the region spanning +35 to +50 of the zorO mRNA is needed for optimal translation of zorO. Importantly, the positive and negative effects on translation imparted by the 5΄ UTR can be transferred onto a reporter gene, indicative that the 5΄ UTR can solely drive regulation. Moreover, we show that the OrzO sRNA can inhibit zorO translation via base pairing to the of the EAP region.
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- Jia Wen
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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Evfratov SA, Osterman IA, Komarova ES, Pogorelskaya AM, Rubtsova MP, Zatsepin TS, Semashko TA, Kostryukova ES, Mironov AA, Burnaev E, Krymova E, Gelfand MS, Govorun VM, Bogdanov AA, Sergiev PV, Dontsova OA. Application of sorting and next generation sequencing to study 5΄-UTR influence on translation efficiency in Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:3487-3502. [PMID: 27899632 PMCID: PMC5389652 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw1141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Yield of protein per translated mRNA may vary by four orders of magnitude. Many studies analyzed the influence of mRNA features on the translation yield. However, a detailed understanding of how mRNA sequence determines its propensity to be translated is still missing. Here, we constructed a set of reporter plasmid libraries encoding CER fluorescent protein preceded by randomized 5΄ untranslated regions (5΄-UTR) and Red fluorescent protein (RFP) used as an internal control. Each library was transformed into Escherchia coli cells, separated by efficiency of CER mRNA translation by a cell sorter and subjected to next generation sequencing. We tested efficiency of translation of the CER gene preceded by each of 48 natural 5΄-UTR sequences and introduced random and designed mutations into natural and artificially selected 5΄-UTRs. Several distinct properties could be ascribed to a group of 5΄-UTRs most efficient in translation. In addition to known ones, several previously unrecognized features that contribute to the translation enhancement were found, such as low proportion of cytidine residues, multiple SD sequences and AG repeats. The latter could be identified as translation enhancer, albeit less efficient than SD sequence in several natural 5΄-UTRs.
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- Sergey A Evfratov
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Bioinformatics and Bioengeneering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Bioinformatics and Bioengeneering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.,Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Moscow, 143025, Russia.,A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Bioinformatics and Bioengeneering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Bioinformatics and Bioengeneering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Bioinformatics and Bioengeneering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.,Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Moscow, 143025, Russia.,A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Bioinformatics and Bioengeneering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.,Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Moscow, 143025, Russia.,A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Research Institute for Physical-Chemical Medicine, FMBA, Moscow, 119435, Russia
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- Research Institute for Physical-Chemical Medicine, FMBA, Moscow, 119435, Russia.,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprpudny, Moscow, 141700, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Bioinformatics and Bioengeneering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.,A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Moscow, 143025, Russia.,A.A. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 127051, Russia
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- A.A. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 127051, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Bioinformatics and Bioengeneering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.,Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Moscow, 143025, Russia.,A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.,A.A. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 127051, Russia.,National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 123458, Russia
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- Research Institute for Physical-Chemical Medicine, FMBA, Moscow, 119435, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Bioinformatics and Bioengeneering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.,A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Bioinformatics and Bioengeneering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.,Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Moscow, 143025, Russia.,A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Bioinformatics and Bioengeneering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.,Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Moscow, 143025, Russia.,A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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Schrader JM, Zhou B, Li GW, Lasker K, Childers WS, Williams B, Long T, Crosson S, McAdams HH, Weissman JS, Shapiro L. The coding and noncoding architecture of the Caulobacter crescentus genome. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004463. [PMID: 25078267 PMCID: PMC4117421 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Caulobacter crescentus undergoes an asymmetric cell division controlled by a genetic circuit that cycles in space and time. We provide a universal strategy for defining the coding potential of bacterial genomes by applying ribosome profiling, RNA-seq, global 5′-RACE, and liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS) data to the 4-megabase C. crescentus genome. We mapped transcript units at single base-pair resolution using RNA-seq together with global 5′-RACE. Additionally, using ribosome profiling and LC-MS, we mapped translation start sites and coding regions with near complete coverage. We found most start codons lacked corresponding Shine-Dalgarno sites although ribosomes were observed to pause at internal Shine-Dalgarno sites within the coding DNA sequence (CDS). These data suggest a more prevalent use of the Shine-Dalgarno sequence for ribosome pausing rather than translation initiation in C. crescentus. Overall 19% of the transcribed and translated genomic elements were newly identified or significantly improved by this approach, providing a valuable genomic resource to elucidate the complete C. crescentus genetic circuitry that controls asymmetric cell division. Caulobacter crescentus is a model system for studying asymmetric cell division, a fundamental process that, through differential gene expression in the two daughter cells, enables the generation of cells with different fates. To explore how the genome directs and maintains asymmetry upon cell division, we performed a coordinated analysis of multiple genomic and proteomic datasets to identify the RNA and protein coding features in the C. crescentus genome. Our integrated analysis identifies many new genetic regulatory elements, adding significant regulatory complexity to the C. crescentus genome. Surprisingly, 75.4% of protein coding genes lack a canonical translation initiation sequence motif (the Shine-Dalgarno site) which hybridizes to the 3′ end of the ribosomal RNA allowing translation initiation. We find Shine-Dalgarno sites primarily inside of genes where they cause translating ribosomes to pause, possibly allowing nascent proteins to correctly fold. With our detailed map of genomic transcription and translation elements, a systems view of the genetic network that controls asymmetric cell division is within reach.
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- Jared M. Schrader
- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, California Institute of Quantitative Biology, Center for RNA Systems Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, California Institute of Quantitative Biology, Center for RNA Systems Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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