The Nitrogen Stress-Repressed sRNA NsrR1 Regulates Expression of all1871, a Gene Required for Diazotrophic Growth in Nostoc sp. PCC 7120.

ABSTRACT: Small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) are post-transcriptional regulators of bacterial gene expression. In cyanobacteria, the responses to nitrogen availability, that are mostly controlled at the transcriptional level by NtcA, involve also at least two small RNAs, namely NsiR4 (nitrogen stress-induced RNA 4) and NsrR1 (nitrogen stress-repressed RNA 1). Prediction of possible mRNA targets regulated by NsrR1 in Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 allowed, in addition to previously described nblA, the identification of all1871, a nitrogen-regulated gene encoding a protein of unknown function that we describe here as required for growth at the expense of atmospheric nitrogen (N2). We show that transcription of all1871 is induced upon nitrogen step-down independently of NtcA. All1871 accumulation is repressed by NsrR1

SUBMITTER: Alvarez-Escribano I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7281752 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature