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Structural highlights

Function

HHA_ECOLI Down-regulates hemolysin production and can also stimulate transposition events in vivo. Binds DNA and influences DNA topology in response to environmental stimuli. Involved in persister cell formation, acting downstream of mRNA interferase (toxin) MqsR. Decreases biofilm formation by repressing the transcription of fimbrial genes fimA and ihfA, and by repressing the transcription of tRNAs corresponding to rare codons, which are abundant in type 1 fimbrial genes.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Evolutionary Conservation

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References

1. ↑ Nieto JM, Carmona M, Bolland S, Jubete Y, de la Cruz F, Juarez A. The hha gene modulates haemolysin expression in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol. 1991 May;5(5):1285-93. PMID:1956303
2. ↑ Barrios AF, Zuo R, Ren D, Wood TK. Hha, YbaJ, and OmpA regulate Escherichia coli K12 biofilm formation and conjugation plasmids abolish motility. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2006 Jan 5;93(1):188-200. PMID:16317765 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.20681
3. ↑ Garcia-Contreras R, Zhang XS, Kim Y, Wood TK. Protein translation and cell death: the role of rare tRNAs in biofilm formation and in activating dormant phage killer genes. PLoS One. 2008 Jun 11;3(6):e2394. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002394. PMID:18545668 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002394
4. ↑ Kim Y, Wood TK. Toxins Hha and CspD and small RNA regulator Hfq are involved in persister cell formation through MqsR in Escherichia coli. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Jan 1;391(1):209-13. doi:, 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.11.033. Epub 2009 Nov 10. PMID:19909729 doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.11.033