The CsrA-FliW network controls polar localization of the dual-function flagellin mRNA in Campylobacter jejuni.
The CsrA-FliW network controls polar localization of the dual-function flagellin mRNA in Campylobacter jejuni.
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DOI:
10.1038/ncomms11667
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发表时间:
2016-05-27
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Sharma CM
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作者:
Dugar G;Svensson SL;Bischler T;Wäldchen S;Reinhardt R;Sauer M;Sharma CM
The widespread CsrA/RsmA protein regulators repress translation by binding GGA motifs in bacterial mRNAs. CsrA activity is primarily controlled through sequestration by multiple small regulatory RNAs. Here we investigate CsrA activity control in the absence of antagonizing small RNAs by examining the CsrA regulon in the human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni. We use genome-wide co-immunoprecipitation combined with RNA sequencing to show that CsrA primarily binds flagellar mRNAs and identify the major flagellin mRNA (flaA) as the main CsrA target. The flaA mRNA is translationally repressed by CsrA, but it can also titrate CsrA activity. Together with the main C. jejuni CsrA antagonist, the FliW protein, flaA mRNA controls CsrA-mediated post-transcriptional regulation of other flagellar genes. RNA-FISH reveals that flaA mRNA is expressed and localized at the poles of elongating cells. Polar flaA mRNA localization is translation dependent and is post-transcriptionally regulated by the CsrA-FliW network. Overall, our results suggest a role for CsrA-FliW in spatiotemporal control of flagella assembly and localization of a dual-function mRNA. The CsrA protein binds to and represses translation of certain bacterial mRNAs. Here, Dugar et al. show for the human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni that the major flagellin mRNA acts as both a target and a regulatory 'sponge' for CsrA, and is localized at the cell poles in a translation-dependent manner.