In vivo cleavage rules and target repertoire of RNase III in Escherichia coli.
Nucleic Acids Res
; 46(19): 10380-10394, 2018 11 02.
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ABSTRACT
Bacterial RNase III plays important roles in the processing and degradation of RNA transcripts. A major goal is to identify the cleavage targets of this endoribonuclease at a transcriptome-wide scale and delineate its in vivo cleavage rules. Here we applied to Escherichia coli grown to either exponential or stationary phase a tailored RNA-seq-based technology, which allows transcriptome-wide mapping of RNase III cleavage sites at a nucleotide resolution. Our analysis of the large-scale in vivo cleavage data substantiated the established cleavage pattern of a double cleavage in an intra-molecular stem structure, leaving 2-nt-long 3' overhangs, and refined the base-pairing preferences in the cleavage site vicinity. Intriguingly, we observed that the two stem positions between the cleavage sites are highly base-paired, usually involving at least one G-C or C-G base pair. We present a clear distinction between intra-molecular stem structures that are RNase III substrates and intra-molecular stem structures randomly selected across the transcriptome, emphasizing the in vivo specificity of RNase III. Our study provides a comprehensive map of the cleavage sites in both intra-molecular and inter-molecular duplex substrates, providing novel insights into the involvement of RNase III in post-transcriptional regulation in the bacterial cell.
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ARN Bacteriano
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ARN Mensajero
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Regulación Bacteriana de la Expresión Génica
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Proteínas de Escherichia coli
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Ribonucleasa III
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Escherichia coli
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Nucleic Acids Res
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2018
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Israel