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Analysis of mRNA Decay Intermediates in Bacillus subtilis 3′ Exoribonuclease and RNA Helicase Mutant Strains
The Bacillus subtilis genome encodes four 3′ exoribonucleases: polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase), RNase R, RNase PH, and YhaM. Previous work showed that PNPase, encoded by the pnpA gene, is the major 3′ exonuclease involved in mRNA turnover; in a pnpA deletion strain, numerous mRNA decay interme...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9040804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35311531 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00400-22 |
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author | Chhabra, Shivani Mandell, Zachary F. Liu, Bo Babitzke, Paul Bechhofer, David H. |
author_facet | Chhabra, Shivani Mandell, Zachary F. Liu, Bo Babitzke, Paul Bechhofer, David H. |
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description | The Bacillus subtilis genome encodes four 3′ exoribonucleases: polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase), RNase R, RNase PH, and YhaM. Previous work showed that PNPase, encoded by the pnpA gene, is the major 3′ exonuclease involved in mRNA turnover; in a pnpA deletion strain, numerous mRNA decay intermediates accumulate. Whether B. subtilis mRNA decay occurs in the context of a degradosome complex is controversial. In this study, global mapping of mRNA decay intermediate 3′ ends within coding sequences was performed in strains that were either deleted for or had an inactivating point mutation in the pnpA gene. The patterns of 3′-end accumulation in these strains were highly similar, which may have implications for the role of a degradosome in mRNA decay. A comparison with mapped 3′ ends in a strain lacking CshA, the major RNA helicase, indicated that many mRNAs require both PNPase and CshA for efficient decay. Transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis of strains lacking RNase R suggested that this enzyme did not play a major role in mRNA turnover in the wild-type strain. Strains were constructed that contained only one of the four known 3′ exoribonucleases. When RNase R was the only 3′ exonuclease present, it was able to degrade a model mRNA efficiently, showing processive decay even through a strong stem-loop structure that inhibits PNPase processivity. Strains containing only RNase PH or only YhaM were also insensitive to this RNA secondary structure, suggesting the existence of another, as-yet-unidentified, 3′ exoribonuclease. |
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spelling | pubmed-90408042022-04-27 Analysis of mRNA Decay Intermediates in Bacillus subtilis 3′ Exoribonuclease and RNA Helicase Mutant Strains Chhabra, Shivani Mandell, Zachary F. Liu, Bo Babitzke, Paul Bechhofer, David H. mBio Research Article The Bacillus subtilis genome encodes four 3′ exoribonucleases: polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase), RNase R, RNase PH, and YhaM. Previous work showed that PNPase, encoded by the pnpA gene, is the major 3′ exonuclease involved in mRNA turnover; in a pnpA deletion strain, numerous mRNA decay intermediates accumulate. Whether B. subtilis mRNA decay occurs in the context of a degradosome complex is controversial. In this study, global mapping of mRNA decay intermediate 3′ ends within coding sequences was performed in strains that were either deleted for or had an inactivating point mutation in the pnpA gene. The patterns of 3′-end accumulation in these strains were highly similar, which may have implications for the role of a degradosome in mRNA decay. A comparison with mapped 3′ ends in a strain lacking CshA, the major RNA helicase, indicated that many mRNAs require both PNPase and CshA for efficient decay. Transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis of strains lacking RNase R suggested that this enzyme did not play a major role in mRNA turnover in the wild-type strain. Strains were constructed that contained only one of the four known 3′ exoribonucleases. When RNase R was the only 3′ exonuclease present, it was able to degrade a model mRNA efficiently, showing processive decay even through a strong stem-loop structure that inhibits PNPase processivity. Strains containing only RNase PH or only YhaM were also insensitive to this RNA secondary structure, suggesting the existence of another, as-yet-unidentified, 3′ exoribonuclease. American Society for Microbiology 2022-03-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9040804/ /pubmed/35311531 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00400-22 Text en Copyright © 2022 Chhabra et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Research Article Chhabra, Shivani Mandell, Zachary F. Liu, Bo Babitzke, Paul Bechhofer, David H. Analysis of mRNA Decay Intermediates in Bacillus subtilis 3′ Exoribonuclease and RNA Helicase Mutant Strains |
title | Analysis of mRNA Decay Intermediates in Bacillus subtilis 3′ Exoribonuclease and RNA Helicase Mutant Strains |
title_full | Analysis of mRNA Decay Intermediates in Bacillus subtilis 3′ Exoribonuclease and RNA Helicase Mutant Strains |
title_fullStr | Analysis of mRNA Decay Intermediates in Bacillus subtilis 3′ Exoribonuclease and RNA Helicase Mutant Strains |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of mRNA Decay Intermediates in Bacillus subtilis 3′ Exoribonuclease and RNA Helicase Mutant Strains |
title_short | Analysis of mRNA Decay Intermediates in Bacillus subtilis 3′ Exoribonuclease and RNA Helicase Mutant Strains |
title_sort | analysis of mrna decay intermediates in bacillus subtilis 3′ exoribonuclease and rna helicase mutant strains |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9040804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35311531 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00400-22 |
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