Differential mRNA decay within the transfer operon of plasmid R1: identification and analysis of an intracistronic mRNA stabilizer

Molecular & General Genetics : MGG
G KoraimannG Högenauer

Abstract

Processing of the transfer operon mRNA of the conjugative resistance plasmid R1-19 results in the accumulation of stable traA mRNAs. The stable traA transcripts found in vivo have identical 3' ends within downstream traL sequences, but vary at their 5' ends. The 3' ends determined coincide with the 3' base of a predicted large clover-leaf-like RNA secondary structure. Here we demonstrate that this putative RNA structure, although part of a coding sequences, stabilizes the upstream traA mRNA very efficiently. We also show that the 3' ends of the stable mRNAs are formed posttranscriptionally and not by transcription termination. Half-life determinations reveal the same half-lives of 13 +/- 2 min for the traA mRNAs transcribed from hybrid lac-traAL-cat test plasmids, the R1-19 plasmid, and the F plasmid. Protein expression experiments demonstrate that the processed stable traA mRNA is translationally active. Partial deletions of sequences corresponding to the predicted secondary structure within the traL coding region drastically reduce the chemical and functional half-life of the traA mRNA. The results presented here unambiguously demonstrate that the proposed secondary structure acts as an efficient intracistronic mRNA stabilizer.

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