Posttranscriptional control of plasmid ColIb-P9 repZ gene expression by a small RNA

Journal of Bacteriology - Tập 172 Số 4 - Trang 1992-1997 - 1990
Kiyotaka Shiba1, K Mizobuchi1
1Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.

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The replication frequency of plasmid ColIb-P9 depends on the level of repZ gene expression, which is negatively regulated by the action of the inc gene (C. Hama, T. Takizawa, H. Moriwaki, Y. Urasaki, and K. Mizobuchi, J. Bacteriol. 172:1983-1991, 1990). To further understand the mechanism of this regulation, we analyzed transcripts of the ColIb-P9 replication control region. Four RNA species, designated RNAI to RNAIV, were observed in plasmid pCH11, which contained the whole inc gene region and the 5' portion of the repZ gene. RNAII, RNAIII, and RNAIV, with sizes of approximately 200, 500, and 1,500 bases, respectively, were identified as rightward transcripts that shared common transcription initiation sites; RNAIV was determined to be equivalent to a part of repZ mRNA, which was observed in pCH10, a plasmid that contained sufficient information for replication and control of ColIb-P9. Conversely, RNAI, with a size of about 70 bases, was transcribed leftward and was identified as the product of the inc gene and hence equivalent to inc RNA detected by in vitro RNA synthesis. This small RNA was found to be complementary to a part of repZ mRNA. These results and quantitative analyses of the transcripts in Inc- mutants indicate that the inc RNA negatively regulates repZ expression mainly at the posttranscriptional level through the possible formation of an inc RNA-repZ mRNA hybrid in the host cells.

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Journal of Bacteriology

Tập 172 Số 4

1992-1997

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