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ArticlePloS one2015

RNase HI Is Essential for Survival of Mycobacterium smegmatis.

Alina E Minias, Anna M Brzostek, Malgorzata Korycka-Machala, Bozena Dziadek, Piotr Minias, Malini Rajagopalan, Murty Madiraju, Jaroslaw Dziadek

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alina E MiniasInstitute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland.
Anna M BrzostekInstitute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland.
Malgorzata Korycka-MachalaInstitute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland.
Bozena DziadekDepartment of Immunoparasitology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Piotr MiniasDepartment of Teacher Training and Biodiversity Studies, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Malini RajagopalanDepartment of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America.
Murty MadirajuDepartment of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America.
Jaroslaw DziadekInstitute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland.
Polish Academy of Sciences · PLThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler · USUniversity of Łódź · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNases H are involved in the removal of RNA from RNA/DNA hybrids. Type I RNases H are thought to recognize and cleave the RNA/DNA duplex when at least four ribonucleotides are present. Here we investigated the importance of RNase H type I encoding genes for model organism Mycobacterium smegmatis. By performing gene replacement through homologous recombination, we demonstrate that each of the two presumable RNase H type I encoding genes, rnhA and MSMEG4305, can be removed from M. smegmatis genome without affecting the growth rate of the mutant. Further, we demonstrate that deletion of both RNases H type I encoding genes in M. smegmatis leads to synthetic lethality. Finally, we question the possibility of existence of RNase HI related alternative mode of initiation of DNA replication in M. smegmatis, the process initially discovered in Escherichia coli. We suspect that synthetic lethality of double mutant lacking RNases H type I is caused by formation of R-loops leading to collapse of replication forks. We report Mycobacterium smegmatis as the first bacterial species, where function of RNase H type I has been found essential.

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Genome, BacterialAmino Acid SequenceDNA ReplicationEscherichia coliHomologous RecombinationMycobacterium smegmatisRibonuclease HRibonuclease Hribonuclease HI

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PMID25965344
PMCPMC4429107
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