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Function
[YGIT_ECOLI] Antitoxin component of a toxin-antitoxin (TA) module. Labile antitoxin that binds to the MqsR mRNA interferase toxin and neutralizes its endoribonuclease activity. Overexpression prevents MqsR-mediated cessation of cell growth and inhibition of cell proliferation. Overexpression also increases biofilm formation, perhaps by repressing cspD.[1] [2] [3] Also acts as a transcription factor. Both MqsA and MqsRA bind to the promoter region of the mqsRA operon, inactivating (PubMed:19943910) or activating (PubMed:20105222) transcription. Alone or in complex with MqsR binds to other promoters, inducing mcbR and spy and repressing cspD among others.[4] [5] [6]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
One mechanism by which bacteria survive environmental stress is through the formation of bacterial persisters, a sub-population of genetically identical quiescent cells that exhibit multidrug tolerance and are highly enriched in bacterial toxins. Recently, the Escherichia coli gene mqsR (b3022) was identified as the gene most highly upregulated in persisters. Here, we report multiple individual and complex three-dimensional structures of MqsR and its antitoxin MqsA (B3021), which reveal that MqsR:MqsA form a novel toxin:antitoxin (TA) pair. MqsR adopts an alpha/beta fold that is homologous with the RelE/YoeB family of bacterial ribonuclease toxins. MqsA is an elongated dimer that neutralizes MqsR toxicity. As expected for a TA pair, MqsA binds its own promoter. Unexpectedly, it also binds the promoters of genes important for E. coli physiology (e.g., mcbR, spy). Unlike canonical antitoxins, MqsA is also structured throughout its entire sequence, binds zinc and coordinates DNA via its C- and not N-terminal domain. These studies reveal that TA systems, especially the antitoxins, are significantly more diverse than previously recognized and provide new insights into the role of toxins in maintaining the persister state.
Three dimensional structure of the MqsR:MqsA complex: a novel TA pair comprised of a toxin homologous to RelE and an antitoxin with unique properties.,Brown BL, Grigoriu S, Kim Y, Arruda JM, Davenport A, Wood TK, Peti W, Page R PLoS Pathog. 2009 Dec;5(12):e1000706. Epub 2009 Dec 24. PMID:20041169[7]
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References
- ↑ Yamaguchi Y, Park JH, Inouye M. MqsR, a crucial regulator for quorum sensing and biofilm formation, is a GCU-specific mRNA interferase in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 2009 Oct 16;284(42):28746-53. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.032904. Epub, 2009 Aug 18. PMID:19690171 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M109.032904
- ↑ Kim Y, Wang X, Zhang XS, Grigoriu S, Page R, Peti W, Wood TK. Escherichia coli toxin/antitoxin pair MqsR/MqsA regulate toxin CspD. Environ Microbiol. 2010 May;12(5):1105-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02147.x., Epub 2010 Jan 26. PMID:20105222 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02147.x
- ↑ Christensen-Dalsgaard M, Jorgensen MG, Gerdes K. Three new RelE-homologous mRNA interferases of Escherichia coli differentially induced by environmental stresses. Mol Microbiol. 2010 Jan;75(2):333-48. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06969.x. Epub, 2009 Nov 25. PMID:19943910 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06969.x
- ↑ Yamaguchi Y, Park JH, Inouye M. MqsR, a crucial regulator for quorum sensing and biofilm formation, is a GCU-specific mRNA interferase in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 2009 Oct 16;284(42):28746-53. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.032904. Epub, 2009 Aug 18. PMID:19690171 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M109.032904
- ↑ Kim Y, Wang X, Zhang XS, Grigoriu S, Page R, Peti W, Wood TK. Escherichia coli toxin/antitoxin pair MqsR/MqsA regulate toxin CspD. Environ Microbiol. 2010 May;12(5):1105-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02147.x., Epub 2010 Jan 26. PMID:20105222 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02147.x
- ↑ Christensen-Dalsgaard M, Jorgensen MG, Gerdes K. Three new RelE-homologous mRNA interferases of Escherichia coli differentially induced by environmental stresses. Mol Microbiol. 2010 Jan;75(2):333-48. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06969.x. Epub, 2009 Nov 25. PMID:19943910 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06969.x
- ↑ Brown BL, Grigoriu S, Kim Y, Arruda JM, Davenport A, Wood TK, Peti W, Page R. Three dimensional structure of the MqsR:MqsA complex: a novel TA pair comprised of a toxin homologous to RelE and an antitoxin with unique properties. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Dec;5(12):e1000706. Epub 2009 Dec 24. PMID:20041169 doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000706
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