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The role of the AUU initiation codon in the negative feedback regulation of the gene for translation initiation factor IF3 in Escherichia coli. 1996

C Sacerdot, and C Chiaruttini, and K Engst, and M Graffe, and M Milet, and N Mathy, and J Dondon, and M Springer
UPR9073, Institut de Biologie Physico Chimique, Paris, France.

The expression of the infC gene encoding translation initiation factor IF3 is negatively autoregulated at the level of translation, i.e. the expression of the gene is derepressed in a mutant infC background where the IF3 activity is lower than that of the wild type. The special initiation codon of infC, AUU, has previously been shown to be essential for derepression in vivo. In the present work, we provide evidence that the AUU initiation codon causes derepression by itself, because if the initiation codon of the thrS gene, encoding threonyl-tRNA synthetase, is changed from AUG to AUU, its expression is also derepressed in an infC mutant background. The same result was obtained with the rpsO gene encoding ribosomal protein S15. We also show that derepression of infC, thrS, and rpsO is obtained with other 'abnormal' initiation codons such as AUA, AUC, and CUG which initiate with the same low efficiency as AUU, and also with ACG which initiates with an even lower efficiency. Under conditions of IF3 excess, the expression of infC is repressed in the presence of the AUU or other 'abnormal' initiation codons. Under the same conditions and with the same set of 'abnormal' initiation codons, the repression of thrS and rpsO expression is weaker. This result suggests that the infC message has specific features that render its expression particularly sensitive to excess of IF3. We also studied another peculiarity of the infC message, namely the role of a GC-rich sequence located immediately downstream of the initiation codon and conserved through evolution. This sequence was proposed to interact with a conserved region in 16S RNA and enhance translation initiation. Unexpectedly, mutating this GC-rich sequence increases infC expression, indicating that this sequence has no enhancing role. Chemical and enzymatic probing of infC RNA synthesized in vitro indicates that this GC-rich sequence might pair with another region of the mRNA. On the basis of our in vivo results we propose, as suspected from earlier in vitro results, that IF3 regulates the expression of its own gene by using its ability to differentiate between 'normal' and 'abnormal' initiation codons.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D009690 Nucleic Acid Conformation The spatial arrangement of the atoms of a nucleic acid or polynucleotide that results in its characteristic 3-dimensional shape. DNA Conformation,RNA Conformation,Conformation, DNA,Conformation, Nucleic Acid,Conformation, RNA,Conformations, DNA,Conformations, Nucleic Acid,Conformations, RNA,DNA Conformations,Nucleic Acid Conformations,RNA Conformations
D010448 Peptide Initiation Factors Protein factors uniquely required during the initiation phase of protein synthesis in GENETIC TRANSLATION. Initiation Factors,Initiation Factor,Factors, Peptide Initiation,Initiation Factors, Peptide
D004926 Escherichia coli A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc. Alkalescens-Dispar Group,Bacillus coli,Bacterium coli,Bacterium coli commune,Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli,E coli,EAggEC,Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli,Enterococcus coli,Diffusely Adherent E. coli,Enteroaggregative E. coli,Enteroinvasive E. coli,Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
D005246 Feedback A mechanism of communication within a system in that the input signal generates an output response which returns to influence the continued activity or productivity of that system. Feedbacks
D005798 Genes, Bacterial The functional hereditary units of BACTERIA. Bacterial Gene,Bacterial Genes,Gene, Bacterial
D001426 Bacterial Proteins Proteins found in any species of bacterium. Bacterial Gene Products,Bacterial Gene Proteins,Gene Products, Bacterial,Bacterial Gene Product,Bacterial Gene Protein,Bacterial Protein,Gene Product, Bacterial,Gene Protein, Bacterial,Gene Proteins, Bacterial,Protein, Bacterial,Proteins, Bacterial
D001483 Base Sequence The sequence of PURINES and PYRIMIDINES in nucleic acids and polynucleotides. It is also called nucleotide sequence. DNA Sequence,Nucleotide Sequence,RNA Sequence,DNA Sequences,Base Sequences,Nucleotide Sequences,RNA Sequences,Sequence, Base,Sequence, DNA,Sequence, Nucleotide,Sequence, RNA,Sequences, Base,Sequences, DNA,Sequences, Nucleotide,Sequences, RNA
D012329 RNA, Bacterial Ribonucleic acid in bacteria having regulatory and catalytic roles as well as involvement in protein synthesis. Bacterial RNA
D012333 RNA, Messenger RNA sequences that serve as templates for protein synthesis. Bacterial mRNAs are generally primary transcripts in that they do not require post-transcriptional processing. Eukaryotic mRNA is synthesized in the nucleus and must be exported to the cytoplasm for translation. Most eukaryotic mRNAs have a sequence of polyadenylic acid at the 3' end, referred to as the poly(A) tail. The function of this tail is not known for certain, but it may play a role in the export of mature mRNA from the nucleus as well as in helping stabilize some mRNA molecules by retarding their degradation in the cytoplasm. Messenger RNA,Messenger RNA, Polyadenylated,Poly(A) Tail,Poly(A)+ RNA,Poly(A)+ mRNA,RNA, Messenger, Polyadenylated,RNA, Polyadenylated,mRNA,mRNA, Non-Polyadenylated,mRNA, Polyadenylated,Non-Polyadenylated mRNA,Poly(A) RNA,Polyadenylated mRNA,Non Polyadenylated mRNA,Polyadenylated Messenger RNA,Polyadenylated RNA,RNA, Polyadenylated Messenger,mRNA, Non Polyadenylated

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