Journal
METABOLIC ENGINEERING
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 268-281Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2009.12.004
Keywords
Genomic library; rRNA processing; Non-coding RNA; Acid tolerance; Synthetic phenotype; ffh; Signal recognition particle; Sense and antisense libraries
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Funding
- National Science Foundation [BES-0331402, CBET-0756451]
- Department of Energy [DE-FG36-03GO13160]
- NIH/NIGMS [T32-GM08449]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [0756451] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We generated a genomic library from sheared Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 DNA, whereby inserts can be expressed in both directions from the thiolase promoter, P-thl. Serial transfer of library-bearing C. acetobutylicum cultures exposed to increasing butyrate concentrations enriched for inserts containing fragments of rRNA genetic loci. The selected library inserts were placed so that antisense (to the rRNAs) non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) would be transcribed from P-thl. Different enriched inserts imparted similar butyrate-tolerance characteristics. A minimal tolerance fragment (RDNA7) was identified as the 16S-rRNA promoter region. Expressed on plasmid pRD7 off P-thl, RDNA7 can produce putativen cRNAs termed ncRNA(RD7). C. acetobutylicum 824(pRD7) showed superior resistance to butyrate and other carboxylic acids. Transcriptional analysis of butyrate stress identified 120 differentially expressed genes between 824(pRD7) and 824(pSOS95del). The few upregulated genes included the ffh gene of the putative signal recognition particle (SRP) system. Northern analysis of nc RNA(RD7) and corresponding antisense RNAs demonstrated multiple ncRNA(RD7) molecules in 824(pRD7). Several corresponding antisense RNA molecules were identified both in 824(pRD7) and 824 (pSOS95del), but at much higher levels in 824(pRD7). Northern analysis of 16S rRNA expression suggested complex RDNA7-dependent rRNA processing. Our data suggest that by hybridizing against unprocessed rRNA precursors, ncRNA(RD7) alters rRNA processing, and these alterations result in acid tolerance, possibly through a mechanism involving the Ffh protein. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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