Codon usage determines tRNA-modification requirements for bacterial virulence
Goormaghtigh, F.; Antelo Varela, M.; Bumann, D.
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Bacterial virulence genes exhibit distinctive codon usage that may impose tRNA-modification requirements for efficient translation, but a comprehensive understanding is lacking. Here, a curated codon-tRNA modification map for Salmonella predicted six modifications that could preferentially support virulence gene translation. Mutant phenotypes in infected mice confirmed requirements for iA37 and C5 modification of U34, whereas essential k2C34 could not be tested. Q34, Cm32/Um32, and Cm34 had limited impact consistent with weak decoding effects in other systems. Non-predicted tRNA modifications were not required. Synonymous reporter variants, proteomics, and targeted recoding demonstrated that virulence-associated codons directly conferred modification dependence. Additionally, four Leu-TTA codons in ssrB, the master regulator of Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 (SPI-2), contributed to MiaA-dependent SPI-2 gene expression. Extending our analysis to other pathogens predicted shared and divergent virulence dependencies consistent with published mutant phenotypes. Thus, codon usage explains tRNA-modification requirements for bacterial virulence.
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