ArticleMolecular microbiology2026
The Absence of E. coli Nucleoid-Associated Protein FIS at Low Temperature Leads to an Adaptation Response That Causes a Shift Towards Genome Compaction in Small Rods.
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In contrast to the rod shape at 37°C, the morphology of Escherichia coli cells at temperatures just above the minimum temperature of growth is small rods. A study was initiated to determine the requirement of nucleoid-associated protein FIS for growth and genome compaction in the small rods at low temperature. Growth and nucleoid staining analyses revealed that the fis null mutant displayed decreased growth and initially formed filaments containing decondensed nucleoids at 12°C, indicating that FIS facilitates production of small rods with condensed nucleoids at low temperature. However, characterized by biphasic growth at low temperature, the fis null mutant exhibited increased growth, cell division, and nucleoid condensation following an acclimation phase. Therefore, the absence of FIS with nucleoid decondensation leads to an adaptation mechanism, termed FIS Null Adaptation Response, that causes a shift towards nucleoid condensation resulting in genome compaction in small rods. Furthermore, overproduction of the HsIVU protease suppressed the cold-sensitive phenotypes of the fis null mutant indicating that degradation of a natural substrate of the protease alleviates the requirement of FIS at low temperature. In addition, null mutations of genes encoding natural substrates of HsIVU (exoribonuclease RNAse R, and cell division inhibitor SulA) were identified as extragenic suppressors of the fis null mutation.
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