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Function of three homologs of RNase III in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

ABSTRACT: RNase III is a ribonucleases that recognizes and cleaves double-stranded RNA. RNase III has been known be involved in rRNA processing, but has many additional roles controlling both expression and RNA turnover of specific messages. Many organisms have just one RNase III while some have both a full length RNase III and a mini-III that lacks the double-stranded RNA binding domain. The cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 has three homologs of RNase III that are unessential even when deleted in combination. We were interested what coding regions these RNase III enzymes were influencing and if they had redundant or distinct specificities. To address these questions we collected samples for RNA-sequencing from WT, the single, double, and triple RNase III mutants in triplicate. Approximately 20% of genes were differentially expressed in various mutants with some operons and regulons showing complex changes in expression levels between mutants. We describe the role of two RNase III’s in 23S rRNA maturation, and show how the third is involved in copy number regulation of one of the six plasmids (pAQ3). Purified enzymes were capable of cleaving some E. coli RNase III target sequences, highlighting the remarkably conserved substrate specificity between organisms yet complex regulation of gene expression.

ORGANISM(S): Picosynechococcus sp. PCC 7002

PROVIDER: GSE99279 | GEO | 2018/01/16

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA387916

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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