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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2023

Three Novel Antisense Overlapping Genes in E. coli O157:H7 EDL933.

Franziska Graf, Barbara Zehentner, Lea Fellner, Siegfried Scherer, Klaus Neuhaus

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Franziska GrafCore Facility Microbiome, ZIEL - Institute for Food & Health, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
Barbara ZehentnerChair for Microbial Ecology, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
Lea FellnerChair for Microbial Ecology, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
Siegfried SchererCore Facility Microbiome, ZIEL - Institute for Food & Health, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
Klaus NeuhausCore Facility Microbiome, ZIEL - Institute for Food & Health, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6020-2814
Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich · DETechnical University of Munich · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The abundance of long overlapping genes in prokaryotic genomes is likely to be significantly underestimated. To date, only a few examples of such genes are fully established. Using RNA sequencing and ribosome profiling, we found expression of novel overlapping open reading frames in Escherichia coli O157:H7 EDL933 (EHEC). Indeed, the overlapping candidate genes are equipped with typical structural elements required for transcription and translation, i.e., promoters, transcription start sites, as well as terminators, all of which were experimentally verified. Translationally arrested mutants, unable to produce the overlapping encoded protein, were found to have a growth disadvantage when grown competitively against the wild type. Thus, the phenotypes found imply biological functionality of the genes at the level of proteins produced. The addition of 3 more examples of prokaryotic overlapping genes to the currently limited, yet constantly growing pool of such genes emphasizes the underestimated coding capacity of bacterial genomes.

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Escherichia coli O157Escherichia coli ProteinsBase SequenceGenes, OverlappingRibosome ProfilingEscherichia coli Proteinscompetitive growth assaysEHEC O157:H7overlapping genesphenotypeprokaryotic genomesproteinribosome footprinting

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PMID36533921
PMCPMC9927249
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