Journal
DNA RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsab023
Keywords
cyanobacteria; expression profiling; iron homeostasis; non-coding RNA; transcriptional regulation
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) [322977937/GRK2344]
- SCyCode research group [DFG HE2544/15-2]
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) program RNAProNet [031L0164B]
- China Scholarship Council grant
- Portuguese Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (Foundation for Science and Technology) [PTDC/BIA-MIC/4418/2012, IF/00881/2013, UID/Multi/04326/2019]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/BIA-MIC/4418/2012] Funding Source: FCT
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The Fur protein plays a crucial role in maintaining iron homeostasis and defending against reactive oxygen species in both pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria. By analyzing genome-wide transcriptional data, a high confidence regulon controlled by Fur was identified in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and its close relative, strain 6714, consisting of 33 protein-coding genes primarily involved in iron ion transport and storage. The regulation of iron uptake, storage, and utilization involves interactions between the Fur regulon, various transcription factors, the FtsH3 protease, and the sRNA IsaR1.
The Ferric uptake regulator (Fur) is crucial to both pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria for the maintenance of iron homeostasis as well as the defence against reactive oxygen species. Based on datasets from the genome-wide mapping of transcriptional start sites and transcriptome data, we identified a high confidence regulon controlled by Fur for the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and its close relative, strain 6714, based on the conserved strong iron starvation response and Fur-binding site occurrence. This regulon comprises 33 protein-coding genes and the sRNA IsaR1 that are under the control of 16 or 14 individual promoters in strains 6803 and 6714, respectively. The associated gene functions are mostly restricted to transporters and enzymes involved in the uptake and storage of iron ions, with few exceptions or unknown functional relevance. Within the isiABC operon, we identified a previously neglected gene encoding a small cysteine-rich protein, which we suggest calling, IsiE. The regulation of iron uptake, storage, and utilization ultimately results from the interplay between the Fur regulon, several other transcription factors, the FtsH3 protease, and the sRNA IsaR1.
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