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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
卷 49, 期 22, 页码 12732-12743出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab1175
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- NSF MCB [1651117, 1936024, 1615685]
- NIH T32 training grant [5T32GM007754]
- National Science Foundation
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience [1936024, 1651117] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience [1615685] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Histone proteins in eukaryotes, originating from archaea, have been found to have alternative functions in regulating gene expression and maintaining cell morphology in halophilic archaea. Specifically, the histone-like protein HpyA plays a key role in growth and morphology under reduced salinity conditions, binding DNA to regulate ion uptake and indirectly activate other pathways in response to salt levels.
Histones, ubiquitous in eukaryotes as DNA-packing proteins, find their evolutionary origins in archaea. Unlike the characterized histone proteins of a number of methanogenic and themophilic archaea, previous research indicated that HpyA, the sole histone encoded in the model halophile Halobacterium salinarum, is not involved in DNA packaging. Instead, it was found to have widespread but subtle effects on gene expression and to maintain wild type cell morphology. However, the precise function of halophilic histone-like proteins remain unclear. Here we use quantitative phenotyping, genetics, and functional genomics to investigate HpyA function. These experiments revealed that HpyA is important for growth and rod-shaped morphology in reduced salinity. HpyA preferentially binds DNA at discrete genomic sites under low salt to regulate expression of ion uptake, particularly iron. HpyA also globally but indirectly activates other ion uptake and nucleotide biosynthesis pathways in a salt-dependent manner. Taken together, these results demonstrate an alternative function for an archaeal histone-like protein as a transcriptional regulator, with its function tuned to the physiological stressors of the hypersaline environment. [GRAPHICS] .
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