A trans-acting riboswitch controls expression of the virulence regulator PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes.
Riboswitches are RNA elements acting in cis, controlling expression of their downstream genes through a metabolite-induced alteration of their secondary structure. Here, we demonstrate that two S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) riboswitches, SreA and SreB, can also function in trans and act as noncoding RN...
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| author | Loh, E Dussurget, O Gripenland, J Vaitkevicius, K Tiensuu, T Mandin, P Repoila, F Buchrieser, C Cossart, P Johansson, J |
| author_facet | Loh, E Dussurget, O Gripenland, J Vaitkevicius, K Tiensuu, T Mandin, P Repoila, F Buchrieser, C Cossart, P Johansson, J |
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| description | Riboswitches are RNA elements acting in cis, controlling expression of their downstream genes through a metabolite-induced alteration of their secondary structure. Here, we demonstrate that two S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) riboswitches, SreA and SreB, can also function in trans and act as noncoding RNAs in Listeria monocytogenes. SreA and SreB control expression of the virulence regulator PrfA by binding to the 5'-untranslated region of its mRNA. Absence of the SAM riboswitches SreA and SreB increases the level of PrfA and virulence gene expression in L. monocytogenes. Thus, the impact of the SAM riboswitches on PrfA expression highlights a link between bacterial virulence and nutrient availability. Together, our results uncover an unexpected role for riboswitches and a distinct class of regulatory noncoding RNAs in bacteria. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e6721888-47d7-41f2-a759-931476b0f41a2022-03-27T10:31:11ZA trans-acting riboswitch controls expression of the virulence regulator PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e6721888-47d7-41f2-a759-931476b0f41aEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009Loh, EDussurget, OGripenland, JVaitkevicius, KTiensuu, TMandin, PRepoila, FBuchrieser, CCossart, PJohansson, JRiboswitches are RNA elements acting in cis, controlling expression of their downstream genes through a metabolite-induced alteration of their secondary structure. Here, we demonstrate that two S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) riboswitches, SreA and SreB, can also function in trans and act as noncoding RNAs in Listeria monocytogenes. SreA and SreB control expression of the virulence regulator PrfA by binding to the 5'-untranslated region of its mRNA. Absence of the SAM riboswitches SreA and SreB increases the level of PrfA and virulence gene expression in L. monocytogenes. Thus, the impact of the SAM riboswitches on PrfA expression highlights a link between bacterial virulence and nutrient availability. Together, our results uncover an unexpected role for riboswitches and a distinct class of regulatory noncoding RNAs in bacteria. |
| spellingShingle | Loh, E Dussurget, O Gripenland, J Vaitkevicius, K Tiensuu, T Mandin, P Repoila, F Buchrieser, C Cossart, P Johansson, J A trans-acting riboswitch controls expression of the virulence regulator PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes. |
| title | A trans-acting riboswitch controls expression of the virulence regulator PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes. |
| title_full | A trans-acting riboswitch controls expression of the virulence regulator PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes. |
| title_fullStr | A trans-acting riboswitch controls expression of the virulence regulator PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A trans-acting riboswitch controls expression of the virulence regulator PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes. |
| title_short | A trans-acting riboswitch controls expression of the virulence regulator PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes. |
| title_sort | trans acting riboswitch controls expression of the virulence regulator prfa in listeria monocytogenes |
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