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ArticleNature communications2016

The CsrA-FliW network controls polar localization of the dual-function flagellin mRNA in Campylobacter jejuni.

Gaurav Dugar, Sarah L Svensson, Thorsten Bischler, Sina Wäldchen, Richard Reinhardt, Markus Sauer, Cynthia M Sharma

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Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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61 citing papers in PubMed, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gaurav DugarResearch Centre for Infectious Diseases (ZINF), University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2/D15, Würzburg D-97080, Germany.
Sarah L SvenssonResearch Centre for Infectious Diseases (ZINF), University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2/D15, Würzburg D-97080, Germany.
Thorsten BischlerResearch Centre for Infectious Diseases (ZINF), University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2/D15, Würzburg D-97080, Germany.
Sina WäldchenDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg D-97074, Germany.
Richard ReinhardtMax Planck Genome Centre Cologne, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, Cologne D-50829, Germany.
Markus SauerDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg D-97074, Germany.
Cynthia M SharmaResearch Centre for Infectious Diseases (ZINF), University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2/D15, Würzburg D-97080, Germany.
University of Würzburg · DEMax Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The widespread CsrA/RsmA protein regulators repress translation by binding GGA motifs in bacterial mRNAs. CsrA activity is primarily controlled through sequestration by multiple small regulatory RNAs. Here we investigate CsrA activity control in the absence of antagonizing small RNAs by examining the CsrA regulon in the human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni. We use genome-wide co-immunoprecipitation combined with RNA sequencing to show that CsrA primarily binds flagellar mRNAs and identify the major flagellin mRNA (flaA) as the main CsrA target. The flaA mRNA is translationally repressed by CsrA, but it can also titrate CsrA activity. Together with the main C. jejuni CsrA antagonist, the FliW protein, flaA mRNA controls CsrA-mediated post-transcriptional regulation of other flagellar genes. RNA-FISH reveals that flaA mRNA is expressed and localized at the poles of elongating cells. Polar flaA mRNA localization is translation dependent and is post-transcriptionally regulated by the CsrA-FliW network. Overall, our results suggest a role for CsrA-FliW in spatiotemporal control of flagella assembly and localization of a dual-function mRNA.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceCampylobacter InfectionsCampylobacter jejuniFlagellaFlagellinHumansModels, GeneticProtein BindingRNA, MessengerBacterial ProteinsflaA protein, bacteriaFlagellinRNA, Messenger

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