A Pseudo-tRNA Modulates Antibiotic Resistance in Bacillus cereus

Theresa E Rogers; Sandro F Ataide; Kiley Dare; Assaf Katz; Stephanie Seveau; Hervé Roy; Michael Ibba

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041248

A Pseudo-tRNA Modulates Antibiotic Resistance in Bacillus cereus

Theresa E Rogers, Sandro F Ataide, Kiley Dare, Assaf Katz, Stephanie Seveau, Hervé Roy, Michael Ibba

Transcription, RNA, and Gene Medicine Program

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Abstract

Bacterial genomic islands are often flanked by tRNA genes, which act as sites for the integration of foreign DNA into the host chromosome. For example, Bacillus cereus ATCC14579 contains a pathogenicity island flanked by a predicted pseudo-tRNA, tRNA(Other), which does not function in translation. Deletion of tRNA(Other) led to significant changes in cell wall morphology and antibiotic resistance and was accompanied by changes in the expression of numerous genes involved in oxidative stress responses, several of which contain significant complementarities to sequences surrounding tRNA(Other). This suggested that tRNA(Other) might be expressed as part of a larger RNA, and RACE analysis subsequently confirmed the existence of several RNA species that significantly extend both the 3' and 5'-ends of tRNA(Other). tRNA(Other) expression levels were found to be responsive to changes in extracellular iron concentration, consistent with the presence of three putative ferric uptake regulator (Fur) binding sites in the 5' leader region of one of these larger RNAs. Taken together with previous data, this study now suggests that tRNA(Other) may function by providing a tRNA-like structural element within a larger regulatory RNA. These findings illustrate that while integration of genomic islands often leaves tRNA genes intact and functional, in other instances inactivation may generate tRNA-like elements that are then recruited to other functions in the cell.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	P L o S One
Vol/bind	7
Udgave nummer	7
Sider (fra-til)	e41248
ISSN	1932-6203
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041248
Status	Udgivet - 18 jul. 2012

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