Trans-acting role of the leader peptide peTrpL in posttranscriptional regulation of multiresistance
Melior, H.; Li, S.; Förstner, K. U.; Azarderakhsh, S.; Barth-Weber, S.; Evguenieva-Hackenberg, E.
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Bacterial ribosome-dependent attenuators are widespread posttranscriptional regulators. They harbour small upstream ORFs (uORFs) encoding leader peptides, for which no functions in trans are known yet. In the soil-dwelling plant symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti, the tryptophan biosynthesis gene trpE(G) is preceded by the uORF trpL and is regulated by transcription attenuation according to tryptophan availability. However, trpLE(G) transcription is initiated independently of the tryptophan level in the cell, thereby ensuring a largely tryptophan-independent production of the leader peptide peTrpL. We provide evidence that peTrpL plays a role in the differential posttranscriptional regulation of the smeABR operon encoding the major multidrug efflux pump SmeAB and the TtgR-type transcription repressor SmeR. We show that peTrpL is involved in a tetracycline-dependent smeR mRNA destabilization and forms an antibiotic-dependent ribonucleoprotein (ARNP) complex with smeR and its antisense RNA (asRNA). Induction of asRNA transcription, ARNP formation and smeR downregulation were promoted by several antibiotics and the flavonoid genistein, and the resistance to these antimicrobial compounds was increased by peTrpL. The role of peTrpL in resistance is conserved in other soil Alphaproteobacteria.
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