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ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2024

How do bacteria tune transcription termination efficiency?

Kathryn Julia Dierksheide, Robert A Battaglia, Gene-Wei Li

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Review in Current opinion in microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kathryn Julia DierksheideDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Robert A BattagliaDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Gene-Wei LiDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. Electronic address: gwli@mit.edu.

Funding

Evolution and Regulation of Bacterial Proteome CompositionR35GM124732 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Gene-Wei Li · 2017 to 2026
$3.8M
Determinants of elongation rate differences between B. subtilis and E. coli RNA polymerasesF32GM143898 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BATTAGLIA, ROBERT A · 2021 to 2024
$208k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM143898NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM124732
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial operons often contain intergenic transcription terminators that terminate some, but not all, RNA polymerase molecules. In these operons, the level of terminator readthrough determines downstream gene expression and helps establish protein ratios among co-regulated genes. Despite its critical role in maintaining stoichiometric gene expression, terminator strength remains difficult to predict from DNA sequence. The necessary features of a major class of bacterial terminators - intrinsic terminators - have been known for half a century, but a strong sequence-function model has yet to be developed. Here, we summarize high-throughput approaches for probing the sequence determinants of intrinsic termination efficiency and discuss the impact of trans-acting factors on this sequence-function relationship. Building on the main lessons from these studies, we map out the experimental challenges that must be circumvented to establish a quantitative model for termination efficiency.

Indexed as

BacteriaGene Expression Regulation, BacterialTerminator Regions, GeneticTranscription Termination, GeneticBacterial ProteinsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesOperonTranscription, GeneticBacterial ProteinsDNA-Directed RNA Polymerases

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PMID39423561
PMCPMC11609022

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