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Mol. Cells 2013; 36(3): 227-234

Published online July 16, 2013

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10059-013-0082-1

© The Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology

Regulation of Transcription from Two ssrS Promoters in 6S RNA Biogenesis

Ji Young Lee, Hongmarn Park, Geunu Bak, Kwang-sun Kim, and Younghoon Lee

Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, Korea, 1Superbacteria Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 305-806, Korea

Received: March 11, 2013; Revised: June 24, 2013; Accepted: June 24, 2013

Abstract

ssrS-encoded 6S RNA is an abundant noncoding RNA that binds σ70-RNA polymerase and regulates expression at a subset of promoters in Escherichia coli. It is transcribed from two tandem promoters, ssrS P1 and ssrS P2. Regulation of transcription from two ssrS promoters in 6S RNA biogenesis was examined. Both P1 and P2 were growth phase-dependently regulated. Depletion of 6S RNA had no effect on growth-phase-dependent transcription from either promoter, whereas overexpression of 6S RNA increased P1 transcription and decreased P2 transcription,
suggesting that transcription from P1 and P2 is subject to feedback activation and feedback inhibition, respectively. This feedback regulation disappeared in Δfis strains, supporting involvement of Fis in this process. The differential feedback regulation may provide a means for maintaining appropriate cellular concentrations of 6S RNA.

Keywords 6S RNA, feedback regulation, Fis, promoter, sigma factor

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Mol. Cells 2013; 36(3): 227-234

Published online September 30, 2013 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10059-013-0082-1

Copyright © The Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology.

Regulation of Transcription from Two ssrS Promoters in 6S RNA Biogenesis

Ji Young Lee, Hongmarn Park, Geunu Bak, Kwang-sun Kim, and Younghoon Lee

Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, Korea, 1Superbacteria Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 305-806, Korea

Received: March 11, 2013; Revised: June 24, 2013; Accepted: June 24, 2013

Abstract

ssrS-encoded 6S RNA is an abundant noncoding RNA that binds σ70-RNA polymerase and regulates expression at a subset of promoters in Escherichia coli. It is transcribed from two tandem promoters, ssrS P1 and ssrS P2. Regulation of transcription from two ssrS promoters in 6S RNA biogenesis was examined. Both P1 and P2 were growth phase-dependently regulated. Depletion of 6S RNA had no effect on growth-phase-dependent transcription from either promoter, whereas overexpression of 6S RNA increased P1 transcription and decreased P2 transcription,
suggesting that transcription from P1 and P2 is subject to feedback activation and feedback inhibition, respectively. This feedback regulation disappeared in Δfis strains, supporting involvement of Fis in this process. The differential feedback regulation may provide a means for maintaining appropriate cellular concentrations of 6S RNA.

Keywords: 6S RNA, feedback regulation, Fis, promoter, sigma factor

Mol. Cells
May 31, 2023 Vol.46 No.5, pp. 259~328
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The alpha-helices in the lamin filaments are depicted as coils, with different subdomains distinguished by various colors. Coil 1a is represented by magenta, coil 1b by yellow, L2 by green, coil 2a by white, coil 2b by brown, stutter by cyan, coil 2c by dark blue, and the lamin Ig-like domain by grey. In the background, cells are displayed, with the cytosol depicted in green and the nucleus in blue (Ahn et al., pp. 309-318).

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