Genome-Wide Screening for Identification of Novel Toxin-Antitoxin Systems in Staphylococcus aureus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Fuminori KatoMasayori Inouye

Abstract

Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems consist of toxin-inhibiting diverse cellular functions (e.g., DNA replication, transcription, and translation) and a noncoding RNA or protein antitoxin. TA systems are associated with various cellular events, such as stress responses, programmed cell death, and bacterial pathogenicity. Recent advances in genome sequencing and bioinformatics research have demonstrated that most bacteria harbor various kinds of TA modules on their chromosomes; however, there is little understanding of chromosomally encoded TA systems in the Gram-positive pathogen Staphylococcus aureus Here, we report on newly discovered S. aureus TA systems, each of which is composed of two proteins. Manual search and gene operon prediction analysis identified eight 2-gene operons as potential candidates for TA systems. Subsequently, using an Escherichia coli host killing and rescue assay, we demonstrated that four of the eight candidates worked as TA systems, designated tsaAT, tsbAT, tscAT, and tsdAT Moreover, the TsaT, TsbT, TscT, and TsdT toxins inhibited S. aureus growth, and the toxicity of TsbT was neutralized by coexpressing the tsbA gene in the native host, S. aureus Further, the bioinformatics analysis of the gene clusters re...Continue Reading

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