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Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of the Hfq-Regulon in Sinorhizobium meliloti 2011
Sobrero, Patricio Martín
; Schluter, Jan Phillip; Lanner, Ulrike; Schlosser, Andreas; Becker, Anke; Valverde, Claudio Fabián
Fecha de publicación:
10/2012
Editorial:
Public Library of Science
Revista:
Plos One
ISSN:
1932-6203
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Inglés
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Riboregulation stands for RNA-based control of gene expression. In bacteria, small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs) are a major class of riboregulatory elements, most of which act at the post-transcriptional level by base-pairing target mRNA genes. The RNA chaperone Hfq facilitates antisense interactions between target mRNAs and regulatory sRNAs, thus influencing mRNA stability and/or translation rate. In the α-proteobacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti strain 2011, the identification and detection of multiple sRNAs genes and the broadly pleitropic phenotype associated to the absence of a functional Hfq protein both support the existence of riboregulatory circuits controlling gene expression to ensure the fitness of this bacterium in both free living and symbiotic conditions. In order to identify target mRNAs subject to Hfq-dependent riboregulation, we have compared the proteome of an hfq mutant and the wild type S. meliloti by quantitative proteomics following protein labelling with 15N. Among 2139 univocally identified proteins, a total of 195 proteins showed a differential abundance between the Hfq mutant and the wild type strain; 65 proteins accumulated ≥2-fold whereas 130 were downregulated (≤0.5-fold) in the absence of Hfq. This profound proteomic impact implies a major role for Hfq on regulation of diverse physiological processes in S. meliloti, from transport of small molecules to homeostasis of iron and nitrogen. Changes in the cellular levels of proteins involved in transport of nucleotides, peptides and amino acids, and in iron homeostasis, were confirmed with phenotypic assays. These results represent the first quantitative proteomic analysis in S. meliloti. The comparative analysis of the hfq mutant proteome allowed identification of novel strongly Hfq-regulated genes in S. meliloti.
Palabras clave:
Hfq
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Riboregulation
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Sinorhizobium meliloti
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Quantitative proteomics
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Sobrero, Patricio Martín; Schluter, Jan Phillip; Lanner, Ulrike; Schlosser, Andreas; Becker, Anke; et al.; Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of the Hfq-Regulon in Sinorhizobium meliloti 2011; Public Library of Science; Plos One; 7; 10; 10-2012; 1-11
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