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Expanding the Pathways of Manganese Homeostasis: Role of a Small Manganese Chaperone Protein, MntS

ABSTRACT: Escherichia coli possesses >65 small proteins of <50 amino acids, many of which are uncharacterized. We have identified a new small protein, MntS, involved in manganese homeostasis. Manganese is a critical micronutrient, serving as an enzyme cofactor and protecting against oxidative stress. Yet manganese is toxic in excess and little is known about its function in cells. Bacteria carefully control intracellular manganese levels using the transcription regulator MntR. Before this work, mntH, which encodes a manganese importer, was the only gene known to respond to manganese via MntR repression in E. coli K12. We demonstrated that mntS is another member of the MntR manganese regulon. We also identified yebN, which encodes a putative manganese efflux pump, as the first gene positively regulated by MntR in Enterobacteria. Since MntS is expressed when manganese levels are low, causes manganese sensitivity when overexpressed, and binds manganese, we propose that MntS may be a manganese chaperone. This study reveals new factors involved in manganese regulation and metabolism and expands our knowledge of how small proteins function. Two E. coli strains, MG1655 (wild type) and GSO458 (Delta-mntR) were grown to OD600 ~ 0.5 in M9 glucose media at 37 M-BM-:C and treated with 10 microM MnCl2. In the first experiment, this incubation with 10 microM MnCl2 was for 60 min and in the second experiment, it was for 10 min. RNA was extracted using the hot phenol method and cDNA prepared and hybridized according the manufacturer's instructions (Affymetrix).

ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655

SUBMITTER: Lauren Waters

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-25318 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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The Escherichia coli MntR miniregulon includes genes encoding a small protein and an efflux pump required for manganese homeostasis.

Waters Lauren S LS Sandoval Melissa M Storz Gisela G

Journal of bacteriology 20110909 21

Manganese is a critical micronutrient for cells, serving as an enzyme cofactor and protecting against oxidative stress. Yet, manganese is toxic in excess and little is known about its distribution in cells. Bacteria control intracellular manganese levels by the transcription regulator MntR. When this work began, the only Escherichia coli K-12 gene known to respond to manganese via MntR repression was mntH, which encodes a manganese importer. We show that mntS (formerly the small RNA gene rybA) i ...[more]

PMID: 21908668

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Expanding the Pathways of Manganese Homeostasis: Role of a Small Manganese Chaperone Protein, MntS

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The Escherichia coli MntR miniregulon includes genes encoding a small protein and an efflux pump required for manganese homeostasis.

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