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The primary transcriptome of Neisseria meningitidis and its interaction with the RNA chaperone Hfq.
Heidrich, Nadja Bauriedl, Saskia Barquist, Lars Li, Lei Schoen, Christoph Vogel, Jörg
Heidrich, Nadja
Bauriedl, Saskia
Barquist, Lars
Li, Lei
Schoen, Christoph
Vogel, Jörg
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2017-06-02
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Neisseria meningitidis is a human commensal that can also cause life-threatening meningitis and septicemia. Despite growing evidence for RNA-based regulation in meningococci, their transcriptome structure and output of regulatory small RNAs (sRNAs) are incompletely understood. Using dRNA-seq, we have mapped at single-nucleotide resolution the primary transcriptome of N. meningitidis strain 8013. Annotation of 1625 transcriptional start sites defines transcription units for most protein-coding genes but also reveals a paucity of classical σ70-type promoters, suggesting the existence of activators that compensate for the lack of -35 consensus sequences in N. meningitidis. The transcriptome maps also reveal 65 candidate sRNAs, a third of which were validated by northern blot analysis. Immunoprecipitation with the RNA chaperone Hfq drafts an unexpectedly large post-transcriptional regulatory network in this organism, comprising 23 sRNAs and hundreds of potential mRNA targets. Based on this data, using a newly developed gfp reporter system we validate an Hfq-dependent mRNA repression of the putative colonization factor PrpB by the two trans-acting sRNAs RcoF1/2. Our genome-wide RNA compendium will allow for a better understanding of meningococcal transcriptome organization and riboregulation with implications for colonization of the human nasopharynx.
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The primary transcriptome of Neisseria meningitidis and its interaction with the RNA chaperone Hfq. 2017, 45 (10):6147-6167 Nucleic Acids Res.
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1362-4962