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ArticleScientific reports2018

mRNA-specific translation regulation by a ribosome-associated ncRNA in Haloferax volcanii.

Leander Wyss, Melanie Waser, Jennifer Gebetsberger, Marek Zywicki, Norbert Polacek

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  11. The role of micropeptides in biology.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2021
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  12. Transcriptome-Wide Analysis of Stationary Phase Small ncRNAs inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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5 authors.

Leander WyssDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Melanie WaserDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Jennifer GebetsbergerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
Marek ZywickiDepartment of Computational Biology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznan, Poland.
Norbert PolacekDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012, Bern, Switzerland. norbert.polacek@dcb.unibe.ch.

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 31003A_166527
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulation of gene expression at the translational level allows rapid adaptation of cellular proteomes to quickly changing environmental conditions and is thus central for prokaryotic organisms. Small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs) have been reported to effectively orchestrate translation control in bacteria and archaea mainly by targeting mRNAs by partial base complementarity. Here we report an unprecedented mechanism how sRNAs are capable of modulating protein biosynthesis in the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii. By analyzing the ribosome-associated ncRNAs (rancRNAs) under different stress conditions we identified an intergenic sRNA, termed rancRNA_s194, that is primarily expressed during exponential growth under all tested conditions. By interaction with the ribosome rancRNA_s194 inhibits peptide bond formation and protein synthesis in vitro but appears to target a specific mRNA in vivo. The respective knock-out strain shows a reduced lag phase in media containing xylose as sole carbon source and outcompetes the wildtype cells under these conditions. Mass spectrometry, polysome profiling and mRNA binding competition experiments suggest that rancRNA_s194 prevents the cstA mRNA from being efficiently translated by H. volcanii ribosomes. These findings enlarge the regulatory repertoire of archaeal sRNAs in modulating post-transcriptional gene expression.

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Archaeal ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, ArchaealHaloferax volcaniiMass SpectrometryProtein BiosynthesisRibosomesRNA, ArchaealRNA, UntranslatedXyloseArchaeal ProteinsRNA, ArchaealRNA, UntranslatedXylose

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PMID30131517
PMCPMC6104027

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