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ArticleNucleic acids research2015

Structural insights into the recognition of the internal A-rich linker from OxyS sRNA by Escherichia coli Hfq.

Lijun Wang, Weiwei Wang, Fudong Li, Jiahai Zhang, Jihui Wu, Qingguo Gong, Yunyu Shi

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lijun WangHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China.
Weiwei WangHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China.
Fudong LiHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China.
Jiahai ZhangHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China.
Jihui WuHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China.
Qingguo GongHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China.
Yunyu ShiHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China yyshi@ustc.edu.cn.
Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale · CNUniversity of Science and Technology of China · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small RNA OxyS is induced during oxidative stress in Escherichia coli and it is an Hfq-dependent negative regulator of mRNA translation. OxyS represses the translation of fhlA and rpoS mRNA, which encode the transcriptional activator and σ(s) subunit of RNA polymerase, respectively. However, little is known regarding how Hfq, an RNA chaperone, interacts with OxyS at the atomic level. Here, using fluorescence polarization and tryptophan fluorescence quenching assays, we verified that the A-rich linker region of OxyS sRNA binds Hfq at its distal side. We also report two crystal structures of Hfq in complex with A-rich RNA fragments from this linker region. Both of these RNA fragments bind to the distal side of Hfq and adopt a different conformation compared with those previously reported for the (A-R-N)n tripartite recognition motif. Furthermore, using fluorescence polarization, electrophoresis mobility shift assays and in vivo translation assays, we found that an Hfq mutant, N48A, increases the binding affinity of OxyS for Hfq in vitro but is defective in the negative regulation of fhlA translation in vivo, suggesting that the normal function of OxyS depends on the details of the interaction with Hfq that may be related to the rapid recycling of Hfq in the cell.

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AdenineEscherichia coli ProteinsHost Factor 1 ProteinModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein BiosynthesisRNA, Small UntranslatedAdenineEscherichia coli ProteinsHfq protein, E coliHost Factor 1 ProteinRNA, Small Untranslated

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PMID25670676
PMCPMC4344510
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