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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
The gene systems hok/sok of R1, srnB of F and pnd of R483 mediate plasmid maintenance by killing of plasmid-free segregants. Translation of the very stable mRNAs encoding the killer proteins is regulated by small unstable antisense RNAs. The differential decay rates of the inhibitory antisense RNAs and the mRNAs encoding the killer proteins is the basis for the onset of killer mRNA translation in newborn plasmid-free segregants and the killing of these cells. We have suggested previously that this requires that the killer mRNAs occur in two forms. A translationally inactive form was proposed to be converted into a 3'-truncated, translationally active mRNA. In the presence of the antisense RNA, translation from this killer mRNA should be inhibited. In this communication we present in vivo and in vitro evidence that support this model. The requirement for 3'-processing for killer gene expression is demonstrated. By using in vitro techniques it is shown that full-length Hok mRNA is translationally inactive, whereas a 3'-end truncated version of the Hok mRNA is translationally active. In vitro secondary structure probing suggests that the 3'-end of the full-length Hok mRNA folds back onto the translational initiation region of the mok gene and thereby inhibits translation of the mRNA. By inference we conclude that the Pnd and SrnB mRNAs are regulated by a similar mechanism.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0261-4189
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:geneSymbol
hok, pndA, srnB'
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1950-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Aminoglycosides, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Bacterial Toxins, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Codon, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Escherichia coli Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Nucleic Acid Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-R Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional, pubmed-meshheading:8168492-Terminator Regions, Genetic
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanism of post-segregational killing: translation of Hok, SrnB and Pnd mRNAs of plasmids R1, F and R483 is activated by 3'-end processing.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Biology, Odense University, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't