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ArticlePloS one2014

Reduced heme levels underlie the exponential growth defect of the Shewanella oneidensis hfq mutant.

Christopher M Brennan, Nicholas Q Mazzucca, Taylor Mezoian, Taylor M Hunt, Meaghan L Keane, Jessica N Leonard, Shelby E Scola, Emma N Beer, Sarah Perdue, Brett J Pellock

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christopher M BrennanDepartment of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Nicholas Q MazzuccaDepartment of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Taylor MezoianDepartment of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Taylor M HuntDepartment of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Meaghan L KeaneDepartment of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Jessica N LeonardDepartment of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Shelby E ScolaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Emma N BeerDepartment of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Sarah PerdueDepartment of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Brett J PellockDepartment of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Providence College · US

Funding

Training CoreP20GM103430 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND · PI Bongsup P Cho · 2012 to 2026
$63.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS 2 P20 GM103430NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103430
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The RNA chaperone Hfq fulfills important roles in small regulatory RNA (sRNA) function in many bacteria. Loss of Hfq in the dissimilatory metal reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 results in slow exponential phase growth and a reduced terminal cell density at stationary phase. We have found that the exponential phase growth defect of the hfq mutant in LB is the result of reduced heme levels. Both heme levels and exponential phase growth of the hfq mutant can be completely restored by supplementing LB medium with 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), the first committed intermediate synthesized during heme synthesis. Increasing expression of gtrA, which encodes the enzyme that catalyzes the first step in heme biosynthesis, also restores heme levels and exponential phase growth of the hfq mutant. Taken together, our data indicate that reduced heme levels are responsible for the exponential growth defect of the S. oneidensis hfq mutant in LB medium and suggest that the S. oneidensis hfq mutant is deficient in heme production at the 5-ALA synthesis step.

Indexed as

Aminolevulinic AcidHemeHost Factor 1 ProteinMutationShewanellaAminolevulinic AcidHemeHost Factor 1 Protein

Identifiers

PMID25356668
PMCPMC4214671
OpenAlexW2034052964

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