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ArticleFEBS letters2025

Suppression of amber stop codons impairs pathogenicity in Salmonella.

Zhihui Lyu, Cierra Wilson, Prajita Paul, Jiqiang Ling

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4 authors.

Zhihui LyuDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-8781-5983
Cierra WilsonDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Prajita PaulDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Jiqiang LingDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4466-8304

Funding

Regulation and Physiological Roles of Translational FidelityR35GM136213 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI LING, JIQIANG · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136213NIGMS NIH HHS R35GM136213
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Translation terminates at UAG (amber), UGA (opal), and UAA (ochre) stop codons. In nature, readthrough of stop codons can be substantially enhanced by suppressor tRNAs. Stop-codon suppression also provides powerful tools in synthetic biology and disease treatment. How stop-codon suppression affects bacterial pathogenesis is poorly understood. Here, we show that suppression of UAG codons, but not UGA or UAA codons, attenuates expression of Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 (SPI-1) genes, which are required for virulence. Consistently, amber suppression abolishes Salmonella infection of macrophages. Systematic genetic and biochemical analyses further show that amber suppression decreases the activity, but not the level, of the master SPI-1 regulator HilD. Our work thus demonstrates an unexpected selectivity of stop codons in regulating Salmonella virulence.

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Codon, TerminatorSalmonellaSalmonella typhimuriumAnimalsBacterial ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenomic IslandsMacrophagesMiceRNA, TransferSalmonella InfectionsTranscription FactorsVirulenceBacterial ProteinsCodon, TerminatorHilD protein, Salmonella typhimuriumRNA, TransferSpi1 protein, SalmonellaTranscription Factorsgenetic code expansionSalmonella pathogenesissuppressor tRNAstranslation termination

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PMID39666825
PMCPMC11848022

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