Escherichia coli RNase III (rnc) autoregulation occurs independently of rnc gene translation

Molecular Microbiology
J MatsunagaR W Simons

Abstract

Control of mRNA stability is an established means of regulating gene expression. However, the detailed mechanisms by which such control is achieved are only now emerging. In particular, there remains a question about the involvement of translation. Escherichia coli ribonuclease III (RNase III) negatively autoregulates expression of its own gene (rnc) approximately 10-fold, by cleaving the untranslated leader and initiating approximately 10-fold more rapid decay of the rnc mRNA, after which RNase III plays no further role. Here, we define the mechanism of this control further. Mutations that increase rnc gene translation abolish autoregulation by increasing the stability of the RNase III-cleaved transcript RNA approximately 10-fold, with no effect on the uncleaved species. Mutations that decrease translation destabilize the rnc mRNA in the presence or absence of RNase III. In so doing, they reveal a pathway of rnc transcript decay distinct from the RNase III-dependent pathway. Stability of a 'mini-rnc' transcript containing the rnc leader and only the first two codons of the rnc gene is unaffected by decreased translation, presumably because sequences required for this pathway were removed. Importantly, this mini-rnc transcript ...Continue Reading

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