SraL sRNA interaction regulates the terminator by preventing premature transcription termination of rho mRNA.

ABSTRACT: Transcription termination is a critical step in the control of gene expression. One of the major termination mechanisms is mediated by Rho factor that dissociates the complex mRNA-DNA-RNA polymerase upon binding with RNA polymerase. Rho promotes termination at the end of operons, but it can also terminate transcription within leader regions, performing regulatory functions and avoiding pervasive transcription. Transcription of rho is autoregulated through a Rho-dependent attenuation in the leader region of the transcript. In this study, we have included an additional player in this pathway. By performing MS2-affinity purification coupled with RNA sequencing (MAPS), rho transcript was shown to directly interact with the small noncoding RNA SraL. Using bioinformatic in vivo and

SUBMITTER: Silva IJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6386699 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature