Aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis in archaea: different but not unique.

Abstract:

:Accurate aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis is essential for correct translation of the genetic code in all organisms. Whereas many aspects of this process are conserved, others display a surprisingly high level of divergence from the canonical Escherichia coli model system. These differences are most pronounced in archaea where novel mechanisms have recently been described for aminoacylating tRNAs with asparagine, cysteine, glutamine and lysine. Whereas these mechanisms were initially assumed to be uniquely archaeal, both the alternative asparagine and lysine pathways have subsequently been demonstrated in numerous bacteria. Similarly, studies of the means by which archaea insert the rare amino acid selenocysteine in response to UGA stop codons have helped provide a better understanding of both archaeal and eukaryal selenoprotein synthesis. Most recently a new co-translationally inserted amino acid, pyrrolysine, has been found in archaea although again there is some suggestion that it may also be present in bacteria. Thus, whereas archaea contain a preponderance of non-canonical aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis systems most are also found elsewhere albeit less frequently.

journal_name

Mol Microbiol

journal_title

Molecular microbiology

authors

Praetorius-Ibba M,Ibba M

doi

10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03330.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-05-01 00:00:00

pages

631-7

issue

3

eissn

0950-382X

issn

1365-2958

pii

3330

journal_volume

48

pub_type

杂志文章,评审
  • The non-ribosomal assembly and frequent occurrence of the protease inhibitors spumigins in the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena.

    abstract::Nodularia spumigena is a filamentous nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium that forms toxic blooms in brackish water bodies worldwide. Spumigins are serine protease inhibitors reported from a single strain of N. spumigena isolated from the Baltic Sea. These linear tetrapeptides contain non-proteinogenic amino acids including...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06816.x

    authors: Fewer DP,Jokela J,Rouhiainen L,Wahlsten M,Koskenniemi K,Stal LJ,Sivonen K

    更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00

  • Molecular cloning, partial purification, and characterization of a haemin-binding lipoprotein from Haemophilus influenzae type b.

    abstract::A library of genomic DNA fragments from Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) DL42 was constructed in plasmid pBR322, transformed into Escherichia coli strain RR1, and screened for recombinant clones with haemin-binding activity by plating onto haemin-containing agar. Expression of haemin-binding activity by clones corr...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1991.tb02107.x

    authors: Hanson MS,Hansen EJ

    更新日期:1991-02-01 00:00:00

  • Promoter architecture and response to a positive regulator of archaeal transcription.

    abstract::The archaeal transcription apparatus is chimeric: its core components (RNA polymerase and basal factors) closely resemble those of eukaryotic RNA polymerase II, but the putative archaeal transcriptional regulators are overwhelmingly of bacterial type. Particular interest attaches to how these bacterial-type effectors,...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04563.x

    authors: Ouhammouch M,Langham GE,Hausner W,Simpson AJ,El-Sayed NM,Geiduschek EP

    更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00

  • The role of a stress-response protein in Salmonella typhimurium virulence.

    abstract::We recently described the use of selective transposon mutagenesis to generate a series of avirulent mutants of a pathogenic strain of Salmonella typhimurium. Cloning and sequencing of the insertion sites from two of these mutants reveals that both have identical locations within an open reading frame that is highly ho...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1991.tb02122.x

    authors: Johnson K,Charles I,Dougan G,Pickard D,O'Gaora P,Costa G,Ali T,Miller I,Hormaeche C

    更新日期:1991-02-01 00:00:00

  • Right place, right time: Environmental sensing and signal transduction directs cellular differentiation and motility in Trypanosoma brucei.

    abstract::Trypanosoma brucei and other African trypanosomes are vector-borne parasites that cause substantial human suffering across sub-Saharan Africa. The T. brucei life cycle is punctuated by numerous developmental stages, each occurring in a specific environmental niche and characterized by a unique morphology, metabolism, ...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1111/mmi.14682

    authors: Walsh B,Hill KL

    更新日期:2021-01-12 00:00:00

  • Bacterial genetics by flow cytometry: rapid isolation of Salmonella typhimurium acid-inducible promoters by differential fluorescence induction.

    abstract::The ability of Salmonella typhimurium to survive and replicate within murine macrophages is dependent on a low phagosomal pH. This requirement for an acidic vacuole suggests that low pH is an important environmental stimulus for the transcription of genes necessary for intracellular survival. To study the behaviour of...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.00120.x

    authors: Valdivia RH,Falkow S

    更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00

  • RutR is the uracil/thymine-sensing master regulator of a set of genes for synthesis and degradation of pyrimidines.

    abstract::Using the genomic SELEX, a total of six Escherichia coli DNA fragments have been identified, which formed complexes with transcription factor RutR. The RutR regulon was found to include a large number of genes encoding components for not only degradation of pyrimidines but also transport of glutamate, synthesis of glu...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05954.x

    authors: Shimada T,Hirao K,Kori A,Yamamoto K,Ishihama A

    更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00

  • 5'-Adenosinephosphosulphate reductase (CysH) protects Mycobacterium tuberculosis against free radicals during chronic infection phase in mice.

    abstract::A major obstacle to tuberculosis (TB) control is the problem of chronic TB infection (CTBI). Here we report that 5'-adenosinephosphosulphate reductase (CysH), an enzyme essential for the production of reduced-sulphur-containing metabolites, is critical for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) survival in chronic infection...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05075.x

    authors: Senaratne RH,De Silva AD,Williams SJ,Mougous JD,Reader JR,Zhang T,Chan S,Sidders B,Lee DH,Chan J,Bertozzi CR,Riley LW

    更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00

  • What are archaebacteria: life's third domain or monoderm prokaryotes related to gram-positive bacteria? A new proposal for the classification of prokaryotic organisms.

    abstract::The evolutionary relationship within prokaryotes is examined based on signature sequences (defined as conserved inserts or deletions shared by specific taxa) and phylogenies derived from different proteins. Archaebacteria are indicated as being monophyletic by a number of proteins related to the information transfer p...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00978.x

    authors: Gupta RS

    更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00

  • Spatiotemporal control of FlgZ activity impacts Pseudomonas aeruginosa flagellar motility.

    abstract::The c-di-GMP-binding effector protein FlgZ has been demonstrated to control motility in the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa and it was suggested that c-di-GMP-bound FlgZ impedes motility via its interaction with the MotCD stator. To further understand how motility is downregulated in P. aeruginosa and to...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/mmi.14236

    authors: Bense S,Bruchmann S,Steffen A,Stradal TEB,Häussler S,Düvel J

    更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00

  • Microcolony formation by the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa requires pyruvate and pyruvate fermentation.

    abstract::A hallmark of the biofilm architecture is the presence of microcolonies. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms governing microcolony formation. In the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, microcolony formation is dependent on the two-component regulator MifR, with mifR mutant biofilms exhibiting an over...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/mmi.12018

    authors: Petrova OE,Schurr JR,Schurr MJ,Sauer K

    更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00

  • A yeast genetic system for the identification and characterization of substrate proteins transferred into host cells by the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm system.

    abstract::The Dot/Icm system is a type IVb secretion system used by Legionella pneumophila to modulate vesicular transport in both protozoan and mammalian host cells. It has been shown that proteins and processes that are highly conserved in all eukaryotic cells are targets for some of the proteins injected by the Dot/Icm syste...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04595.x

    authors: Campodonico EM,Chesnel L,Roy CR

    更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00

  • Structural and functional analyses of the FinP antisense RNA regulatory system of the F conjugative plasmid.

    abstract::The efficiency of conjugation of F-like plasmids is regulated by the FinOP fertility inhibition system. The transfer (tra) operon is under the direct control of the TraJ transcriptional activator which, in turn, is negatively regulated by FinP, an antisense RNA, and FinO, a 22 kDa protein. Recently, FinO has been show...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb00901.x

    authors: van Biesen T,Söderbom F,Wagner EG,Frost LS

    更新日期:1993-10-01 00:00:00

  • Extensive proteolysis of head and inner body proteins by a morphogenetic protease in the giant Pseudomonas aeruginosa phage φKZ.

    abstract::Encased within the 280 kb genome in the capsid of the giant myovirus φKZ is an unusual cylindrical proteinaceous 'inner body' of highly ordered structure. We present here mass spectrometry, bioinformatic and biochemical studies that reveal novel information about the φKZ head and the complex inner body. The identifica...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08025.x

    authors: Thomas JA,Weintraub ST,Wu W,Winkler DC,Cheng N,Steven AC,Black LW

    更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00

  • Localization of the start sites of lagging-strand replication of rolling-circle plasmids from gram-positive bacteria.

    abstract::A number of small, multicopy plasmids from Gram-positive bacteria replicate by an asymmetric rolling-circle mechanism. Previous studies with several of these plasmids have identified a palindromic sequence, SSOA, that acts as the single-strand origin (SSO) for the replication of the lagging-strand DNA. Although not al...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.tb02377.x

    authors: Dempsey LA,Zhao AC,Khan SA

    更新日期:1995-02-01 00:00:00

  • Molecular analysis of a microaerobically induced operon required for hydrogenase synthesis in Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae.

    abstract::The nucleotide sequence (6138 bp) of a microaerobically inducible region (hupV/VI) from the Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae hydrogenase gene cluster has been determined. Six genes, arranged as a single operon, were identified, and designated hypA, B, F, C, D and E based on the sequence similarities of all of them, ...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb01591.x

    authors: Rey L,Murillo J,Hernando Y,Hidalgo E,Cabrera E,Imperial J,Ruiz-Argüeso T

    更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00

  • Selective expression of the beta-subunit of nucleoid-associated protein HU during cold shock in Escherichia coli.

    abstract::Expression of Escherichia coli hupA and hupB, the structural genes encoding the most abundant nucleoid-associated proteins HUalpha and HUbeta has been studied during cold shock. This article demonstrates that: (i) transcriptional expression of hupA is blocked following a sudden temperature downshift (from 37 degrees C...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02868.x

    authors: Giangrossi M,Giuliodori AM,Gualerzi CO,Pon CL

    更新日期:2002-04-01 00:00:00

  • A Galpha subunit controls zoospore motility and virulence in the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans.

    abstract::The heterotrimeric G-protein pathway is a ubiquitous eukaryotic signalling module that is known to regulate growth and differentiation in many plant pathogens. We previously identified Pigpa1, a gene encoding a G-protein alpha subunit from the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans. P. infestans belongs to...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03893.x

    authors: Latijnhouwers M,Ligterink W,Vleeshouwers VG,van West P,Govers F

    更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00

  • PTS phosphorylation of Mga modulates regulon expression and virulence in the group A streptococcus.

    abstract::The ability of a bacterial pathogen to monitor available carbon sources in host tissues provides a clear fitness advantage. In the group A streptococcus (GAS), the virulence regulator Mga contains homology to phosphotransferase system (PTS) regulatory domains (PRDs) found in sugar operon regulators. Here we show that ...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/mmi.12250

    authors: Hondorp ER,Hou SC,Hause LL,Gera K,Lee CE,McIver KS

    更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00

  • A RING-finger protein regulates carotenogenesis via proteolysis-independent ubiquitylation of a white collar-1-like activator.

    abstract::Protein ubiquitylation plays a major role in the regulation of cellular processes mainly through proteasome-dependent degradation, although it has become increasingly clear that it is also involved in other processes. In the fungus Mucor circinelloides, blue light regulates carotene biosynthesis, with this response co...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06470.x

    authors: Silva F,Navarro E,Peñaranda A,Murcia-Flores L,Torres-Martínez S,Garre V

    更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00

  • Screening for synthetic lethal mutants in Escherichia coli and identification of EnvC (YibP) as a periplasmic septal ring factor with murein hydrolase activity.

    abstract::Bacterial cytokinesis is driven by the septal ring apparatus, the assembly of which in Escherichia coli is directed to mid-cell by the Min system. Despite suffering aberrant divisions at the poles, cells lacking the minCDE operon (Min(-)) have an almost normal growth rate. We developed a generally applicable screening...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04063.x

    authors: Bernhardt TG,de Boer PA

    更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00

  • Unusual regulatory mechanism for a Streptomyces multidrug resistance gene, ptr, involving three homologous protein-binding sites overlapping the promoter region.

    abstract::A promoter controlling expression of the pristinamycin multidrug resistance gene (ptr), originally isolated from Streptomyces pristinaespiralis, is inducible by many toxic compounds in various Streptomyces species. Studies of ptr promoter control were carried out in the heterologous host, Streptomyces lividans. In S. ...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.mmi_17061109.x

    authors: Salah-Bey K,Thompson CJ

    更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00

  • A family of genes encoding a cell-killing function may be conserved in all gram-negative bacteria.

    abstract::The relF gene in Escherichia coli is related to the hok gene on plasmid R1. Both genes encode small proteins which, when overexpressed in E. coli lead to collapse of the membrane potential and cell death. A third gene, designated gef, which encodes a homologous cell-toxic protein, has been isolated from E. coli DNA. B...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1989.tb00131.x

    authors: Poulsen LK,Larsen NW,Molin S,Andersson P

    更新日期:1989-11-01 00:00:00

  • The conserved proline-rich motif is not essential for energy transduction by Escherichia coli TonB protein.

    abstract::TonB protein functions as an energy transducer, coupling cytoplasmic membrane electrochemical potential to the active transport of vitamin B12 and Fe(III)-siderophore complexes across the outer membrane of Escherichia coli and other Gram-negative bacteria. Accumulated evidence indicates that TonB is anchored in the cy...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb00966.x

    authors: Larsen RA,Wood GE,Postle K

    更新日期:1993-12-01 00:00:00

  • Repression of tonB transcription during anaerobic growth requires Fur binding at the promoter and a second factor binding upstream.

    abstract::Although iron is an essential nutrient, its toxicity at high levels necessitates regulated transport. In Gram-negative bacteria a central target for regulation is the TonB protein, an energy transducer that couples the cytoplasmic membrane proton motive force to active transport of (FeIII)-siderophore complexes across...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb00373.x

    authors: Young GM,Postle K

    更新日期:1994-03-01 00:00:00

  • Role of pathogenicity island-associated integrases in the genome plasticity of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536.

    abstract::The genome of uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolate 536 contains five well-characterized pathogenicity islands (PAIs) encoding key virulence factors of this strain. Except PAI IV(536), the four other PAIs of strain 536 are flanked by direct repeats (DRs), carry intact integrase genes and are able to excise site-speci...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05255.x

    authors: Hochhut B,Wilde C,Balling G,Middendorf B,Dobrindt U,Brzuszkiewicz E,Gottschalk G,Carniel E,Hacker J

    更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00

  • AvaR2, a pseudo γ-butyrolactone receptor homologue from Streptomyces avermitilis, is a pleiotropic repressor of avermectin and avenolide biosynthesis and cell growth.

    abstract::Avermectins produced by Streptomyces avermitilis are effective anthelmintic agents. The autoregulatory signalling molecule that triggers avermectin biosynthesis is a novel butenolide-type molecule, avenolide, rather than common γ-butyrolactones (GBLs). We identified AvaR2, a pseudo GBL receptor homologue, as an import...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/mmi.13479

    authors: Zhu J,Sun D,Liu W,Chen Z,Li J,Wen Y

    更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00

  • Visualization of the subcellular location of sporulation proteins in Bacillus subtilis using immunofluorescence microscopy.

    abstract::We describe the application of immunofluorescence microscopy to visualization of the subcellular localization of proteins involved in coat morphogenesis and chromosome packaging during the process of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. In confirmation and extension of previous findings, we show that SpolVA, which is res...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.mmi_18030459.x

    authors: Pogliano K,Harry E,Losick R

    更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00

  • Quorum regulatory small RNAs repress type VI secretion in Vibrio cholerae.

    abstract::Type VI secretion is critical for Vibrio cholerae to successfully combat phagocytic eukaryotes and to survive in the presence of competing bacterial species. V. cholerae type VI secretion system genes are encoded in one large and two small clusters. In V. cholerae, type VI secretion is controlled by quorum sensing, th...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/mmi.12599

    authors: Shao Y,Bassler BL

    更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00

  • Inversion within the haloalkaliphilic virus phi Ch1 DNA results in differential expression of structural proteins.

    abstract::The sequence of phi Ch1 contains an open reading frame (int1) in the central part of its genome that belongs to the lambda integrase family of site-specific recombinases. Sequence similarities to known integrases include the highly conserved tetrad R-H-R-Y. The flanking sequences of int1 contain several direct repeats...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2003.03983.x

    authors: Rössler N,Klein R,Scholz H,Witte A

    更新日期:2004-04-01 00:00:00