Korean Journal of Microbiology (미생물학회지)

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Identification and Functional Analysis of Escherichia coli RNase E Mutants

Escherichia coli 리보핵산 내부분해효소 RNase E의 돌연변이체 선별 및 특성분석

  • 신은경 (중앙대학교 자연과학대학 생명과학과) ;
  • 고하영 (중앙대학교 자연과학대학 생명과학과) ;
  • 김영민 (중앙대학교 자연과학대학 생명과학과) ;
  • 주세진 (중앙대학교 자연과학대학 생명과학과) ;
  • 이강석 (중앙대학교 자연과학대학 생명과학과)
  • Published : 2007.12.30
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Abstract

RNase E is an essential Escherichia coli endoribonuclease that plays a major role in the decay and processing of a large fraction of RNAs in the cell and expression of N-terminal domain consisted of 1-498 amino acids (N-Rne) is sufficient to support normal cellular growth. By utilizing these properties of RNase E, we developed a genetic system to screen for amino acid substitutions in the catalytic domain of the protein (N-Rne) that lead to various phenotypes. Using this system, we identified three kinds of mutants. A mutant N-Rne containing amino acid substitution in the S1 domain (I6T) of the protein was not able to support survival of E. coli cells, and another mutant N-Rne with amino acid substitution at the position 488 (R488C) in the small domain enabled N-Rne to have an elevated ribonucleolytic activity, while amino acid substitution in the DNase I domain (N305D) only enabled N-Rne to support survival of E. roli cells when the mutant N-Rne was over-expressed. Analysis of copy number of ColEl-type plasmid revealed that effects of amino acid substitution on the ability of N-Rne to support cellular growth stemmed from their differential effects on the ribonucleolytic activity of N-Rne in the cell. These results imply that the genetic system developed in this study can be used to isolate mutant RNase E with various phenotypes, which would help to unveil a functional role of each subdomain of the protein in the regulation of RNA stability in E. coli.

대장균의 필수적인 리보핵산 내부분해효소인 RNase E는세포내에서 여러 RNA의 분해와 가공과정에서 중요한 역할을 하며, 이 단백질의 효소활성부위를 포함하는 N-말단부위의 498 아미노산(N-Rne)만의 발현으로도 세포의 생장을 가능하게 한다. 이러한 RNase E의 특성을 활용하여 다양한 표현형을 가지는 N-Rne 돌연변이체들을 분리, 동정할 수 있는 효율적인 유전학적 시스템을 개발하였다. 이 시스템을 이용하여 얻어진 효소활성부위 돌연변이체들을 표현형으로 분류하여 분석한 결과, S1 도메인의 6번째 아미노산의 치환(I6T)을 가진 변이체는 야생형 N-Rne의 기능을 대체하지 못하였고, Small 도메인의 488번째 아미노산의 치환(R488C)을 가진 변이체는 야생형 N-Rne의 발현양보다 현저히 작게 발현시켜도 세포의 생장을 정상적으로 가능하게 하였다. 또한 DNase I 도메 인의 305번째 아미노산의 치환(N305D)을 가진 변이체는 야생형 N-Rne의 발현양보다 과발현시켰을 때만 세포의 생장을 가능하게 하였다. 각각의 아미노산 치환을 포함하는 N-Rne를 한정적으로 과발현시켰을 때의 ColEl-타입 플라스미드의 복제 수에 대한 영향을 측정한 결과, 돌연변이체 N-Rne의 세포생장에 대한 영향은 이 변이체들의 세포 내 효소활성 정도에 기인하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 이러한 실험결과는 이 연구에서 개발한 유전학적 시스템을 이용하여 다양한 표현형을 가진 RNase E 변이체를 선별할 수 있으며, 이 변이체들의 특성을 분석함으로써 RNase E가 RNA의 안정성을 조절하는데 있어서 각각의 세부 도메인의 역할을 규명할 수 있으리라는 것을 시사한다.

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