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The essential nature of YqfG, a YbeY homologue required for 3′ maturation of Bacillus subtilis 16S ribosomal RNA is suppressed by deletion of RNase R

Ribosomal RNAs are processed from primary transcripts containing 16S, 23S and 5S rRNAs in most bacteria. Maturation generally occurs in a two-step process, consisting of a first crude separation of the major species by RNase III during transcription, followed by precise trimming of 5′ and 3′ extensi...

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Autores principales: Baumgardt, Kathrin, Gilet, Laetitia, Figaro, Sabine, Condon, Ciarán
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6144821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29873764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky488
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author Baumgardt, Kathrin
Gilet, Laetitia
Figaro, Sabine
Condon, Ciarán
author_facet Baumgardt, Kathrin
Gilet, Laetitia
Figaro, Sabine
Condon, Ciarán
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description Ribosomal RNAs are processed from primary transcripts containing 16S, 23S and 5S rRNAs in most bacteria. Maturation generally occurs in a two-step process, consisting of a first crude separation of the major species by RNase III during transcription, followed by precise trimming of 5′ and 3′ extensions on each species upon accurate completion of subunit assembly. The various endo- and exoribonucleases involved in the final processing reactions are strikingly different in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, the two best studied representatives of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, respectively. Here, we show that the one exception to this rule is the protein involved in the maturation of the 3′ end of 16S rRNA. Cells depleted for the essential B. subtilis YqfG protein, a homologue of E. coli YbeY, specifically accumulate 16S rRNA precursors bearing 3′ extensions. Remarkably, the essential nature of YqfG can be suppressed by deleting the ribosomal RNA degrading enzyme RNase R, i.e. a ΔyqfG Δrnr mutant is viable. Our data suggest that 70S ribosomes containing 30S subunits with 3′ extensions of 16S rRNA are functional to a degree, but become substrates for degradation by RNase R and are eliminated.
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spelling pubmed-61448212018-09-25 The essential nature of YqfG, a YbeY homologue required for 3′ maturation of Bacillus subtilis 16S ribosomal RNA is suppressed by deletion of RNase R Baumgardt, Kathrin Gilet, Laetitia Figaro, Sabine Condon, Ciarán Nucleic Acids Res RNA and RNA-protein complexes Ribosomal RNAs are processed from primary transcripts containing 16S, 23S and 5S rRNAs in most bacteria. Maturation generally occurs in a two-step process, consisting of a first crude separation of the major species by RNase III during transcription, followed by precise trimming of 5′ and 3′ extensions on each species upon accurate completion of subunit assembly. The various endo- and exoribonucleases involved in the final processing reactions are strikingly different in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, the two best studied representatives of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, respectively. Here, we show that the one exception to this rule is the protein involved in the maturation of the 3′ end of 16S rRNA. Cells depleted for the essential B. subtilis YqfG protein, a homologue of E. coli YbeY, specifically accumulate 16S rRNA precursors bearing 3′ extensions. Remarkably, the essential nature of YqfG can be suppressed by deleting the ribosomal RNA degrading enzyme RNase R, i.e. a ΔyqfG Δrnr mutant is viable. Our data suggest that 70S ribosomes containing 30S subunits with 3′ extensions of 16S rRNA are functional to a degree, but become substrates for degradation by RNase R and are eliminated. Oxford University Press 2018-09-19 2018-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6144821/ /pubmed/29873764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky488 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
spellingShingle RNA and RNA-protein complexes
Baumgardt, Kathrin
Gilet, Laetitia
Figaro, Sabine
Condon, Ciarán
The essential nature of YqfG, a YbeY homologue required for 3′ maturation of Bacillus subtilis 16S ribosomal RNA is suppressed by deletion of RNase R
title The essential nature of YqfG, a YbeY homologue required for 3′ maturation of Bacillus subtilis 16S ribosomal RNA is suppressed by deletion of RNase R
title_full The essential nature of YqfG, a YbeY homologue required for 3′ maturation of Bacillus subtilis 16S ribosomal RNA is suppressed by deletion of RNase R
title_fullStr The essential nature of YqfG, a YbeY homologue required for 3′ maturation of Bacillus subtilis 16S ribosomal RNA is suppressed by deletion of RNase R
title_full_unstemmed The essential nature of YqfG, a YbeY homologue required for 3′ maturation of Bacillus subtilis 16S ribosomal RNA is suppressed by deletion of RNase R
title_short The essential nature of YqfG, a YbeY homologue required for 3′ maturation of Bacillus subtilis 16S ribosomal RNA is suppressed by deletion of RNase R
title_sort essential nature of yqfg, a ybey homologue required for 3′ maturation of bacillus subtilis 16s ribosomal rna is suppressed by deletion of rnase r
topic RNA and RNA-protein complexes
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6144821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29873764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky488
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