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Function
[RELB_ECOLI] Antitoxin component of a toxin-antitoxin (TA) module. Counteracts the effect of RelE via direct protein-protein interaction, enabling the reversion of translation inhibition. Also acts as an autorepressor of relBE transcription. DNA-binding and repression is stronger when complexed with corepressor RelE. Increased transcription rate of relBE and activation of relE is consistent with a lower level of RelB in starved cells due to degradation of RelB by protease Lon.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Seems to be a principal mediator of cell death in liquid media.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The Escherichia coli chromosomal relBE operon encodes a toxin-antitoxin system, which is autoregulated by its protein products, RelB and RelE. RelB acts as a transcriptional repressor and RelE functions as a cofactor to enhance the repressor activity of RelB. Here, we present the NMR-derived structure of a RelB dimer and show that a RelB dimer recognizes a hexad repeat in the palindromic operator region through a ribbon-helix-helix motif. Our biochemical data show that two weakly associated RelB dimers bind to the adjacent repeats in the 3'-site of the operator (O(R)) at a moderate affinity (K(d), approximately 10(-5) M). However, in the presence of RelE, a RelB tetramer binds two distinct binding sites within the operator region, each with an enhanced affinity (K(d), approximately 10(-6) M for the low-affinity site, O(L), and 10(-8) M for the high-affinity site, O(R)). We propose that the enhanced affinity for the operator element is mediated by a cooperative DNA binding by a pair of RelB dimers and that the interaction between RelB dimers is strongly augmented by the presence of the cognate toxin RelE.
Structural mechanism of transcriptional autorepression of the Escherichia coli RelB/RelE antitoxin/toxin module.,Li GY, Zhang Y, Inouye M, Ikura M J Mol Biol. 2008 Jun 27;380(1):107-19. Epub 2008 Apr 22. PMID:18501926[11]
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References
- ↑ Gotfredsen M, Gerdes K. The Escherichia coli relBE genes belong to a new toxin-antitoxin gene family. Mol Microbiol. 1998 Aug;29(4):1065-76. PMID:9767574
- ↑ Galvani C, Terry J, Ishiguro EE. Purification of the RelB and RelE proteins of Escherichia coli: RelE binds to RelB and to ribosomes. J Bacteriol. 2001 Apr;183(8):2700-3. PMID:11274135 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.183.8.2700-2703.2001
- ↑ Christensen SK, Mikkelsen M, Pedersen K, Gerdes K. RelE, a global inhibitor of translation, is activated during nutritional stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Dec 4;98(25):14328-33. Epub 2001 Nov 20. PMID:11717402 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.251327898
- ↑ Pedersen K, Christensen SK, Gerdes K. Rapid induction and reversal of a bacteriostatic condition by controlled expression of toxins and antitoxins. Mol Microbiol. 2002 Jul;45(2):501-10. PMID:12123459
- ↑ Kolodkin-Gal I, Verdiger R, Shlosberg-Fedida A, Engelberg-Kulka H. A differential effect of E. coli toxin-antitoxin systems on cell death in liquid media and biofilm formation. PLoS One. 2009 Aug 26;4(8):e6785. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006785. PMID:19707553 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006785
- ↑ Gotfredsen M, Gerdes K. The Escherichia coli relBE genes belong to a new toxin-antitoxin gene family. Mol Microbiol. 1998 Aug;29(4):1065-76. PMID:9767574
- ↑ Galvani C, Terry J, Ishiguro EE. Purification of the RelB and RelE proteins of Escherichia coli: RelE binds to RelB and to ribosomes. J Bacteriol. 2001 Apr;183(8):2700-3. PMID:11274135 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.183.8.2700-2703.2001
- ↑ Christensen SK, Mikkelsen M, Pedersen K, Gerdes K. RelE, a global inhibitor of translation, is activated during nutritional stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Dec 4;98(25):14328-33. Epub 2001 Nov 20. PMID:11717402 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.251327898
- ↑ Pedersen K, Christensen SK, Gerdes K. Rapid induction and reversal of a bacteriostatic condition by controlled expression of toxins and antitoxins. Mol Microbiol. 2002 Jul;45(2):501-10. PMID:12123459
- ↑ Kolodkin-Gal I, Verdiger R, Shlosberg-Fedida A, Engelberg-Kulka H. A differential effect of E. coli toxin-antitoxin systems on cell death in liquid media and biofilm formation. PLoS One. 2009 Aug 26;4(8):e6785. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006785. PMID:19707553 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006785
- ↑ Li GY, Zhang Y, Inouye M, Ikura M. Structural mechanism of transcriptional autorepression of the Escherichia coli RelB/RelE antitoxin/toxin module. J Mol Biol. 2008 Jun 27;380(1):107-19. Epub 2008 Apr 22. PMID:18501926 doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2008.04.039
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