title: The role of Escherichia coli RNase E and RNase III in the processing of the citQRP operon mRNA from Lactococcus lactis biovar diacetylactis.
abstract: Citrate transport in Lactococcus lactis biovar diacetylactis (L. diacetylactis) is catalyzed by citrate permease P (CitP), which is encoded by the plasmidic citP gene. Two partial overlapping open reading frames citQ and citR are located upstream of citP. These two genes, together with citP, constitute the citQRPoperon. In this report it was shown that in L. diacetylactis and Escherichia coli, cit mRNA is subject to the same specific cleavages at a complex secondary structure which includes the central region of citQ and the 5'-end of citR. The role of ribonucleases in the fate of the cit mRNA processing was investigated in E. coli RNase mutant strains. The results obtained indicate that both endoribonucleases RNase E and RNase III are involved in the generation of mRNA processed species. RNase E is responsible for the major cleavages detected within citQ and upstream of citR, whereas RNase III cleaves citR within its ribosomal binding site. Preliminary results indicate the existence of a RNaselll-like enzyme in L. diacetylactis. Based on these results, a model for the role of cit mRNA processing in the expression of citP is presented.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drider
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: García-Quintáns
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Arraiano
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004722:Endoribonucleases / Q000502:physiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D013294:Lactococcus lactis / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009876:Operon; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D043244:Ribonuclease III; D027981:Symporters
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C096373:CitP protein, Lactobacillales; C112453:CitQ protein, Lactococcus lactis; C112454:CitR protein, Lactococcus lactis; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D027981:Symporters; D004722:Endoribonucleases; D043244:Ribonuclease III; C468366:ribonuclease III, E coli; C022537:ribonuclease E