Molecular mechanism of bacterial persistence by HipA.
Mol Cell
; 52(2): 248-54, 2013 Oct 24.
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ABSTRACT
HipA of Escherichia coli is a eukaryote-like serine-threonine kinase that inhibits cell growth and induces persistence (multidrug tolerance). Previously, it was proposed that HipA inhibits cell growth by the phosphorylation of the essential translation factor EF-Tu. Here, we provide evidence that EF-Tu is not a target of HipA. Instead, a genetic screen reveals that the overexpression of glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (GltX) suppresses the toxicity of HipA. We show that HipA phosphorylates conserved Ser(239) near the active center of GltX and inhibits aminoacylation, a unique example of an aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase being inhibited by a toxin encoded by a toxin-antitoxin locus. HipA only phosphorylates tRNA(Glu)-bound GltX, which is consistent with the earlier finding that the regulatory motif containing Ser(239) changes configuration upon tRNA binding. These results indicate that HipA mediates persistence by the generation of "hungry" codons at the ribosomal A site that trigger the synthesis of (p)ppGpp, a hypothesis that we verify experimentally.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas
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Proteínas de Escherichia coli
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Tolerancia a Medicamentos
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Escherichia coli
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mol Cell
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido