Identification of CRISPR and riboswitch related RNAs among novel noncoding RNAs of the euryarchaeon <it>Pyrococcus abyssi</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Noncoding RNA (ncRNA) has been recognized as an important regulator of gene expression networks in Bacteria and Eucaryota. Little is known about ncRNA in thermococcal archaea except for the eukaryotic-like C/D and H/ACA modification...
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doaj-509391bf2b52442686dd469b824d4abf2020-11-24T23:44:03ZengBMCBMC Genomics1471-21642011-06-0112131210.1186/1471-2164-12-312Identification of CRISPR and riboswitch related RNAs among novel noncoding RNAs of the euryarchaeon <it>Pyrococcus abyssi</it>Carpousis Agamemnon JBrucato NicolasRinaldi DanaMoisan AnnickPhok KounthéaGaspin ChristineClouet-d'Orval Béatrice<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Noncoding RNA (ncRNA) has been recognized as an important regulator of gene expression networks in Bacteria and Eucaryota. Little is known about ncRNA in thermococcal archaea except for the eukaryotic-like C/D and H/ACA modification guide RNAs.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Using a combination of <it>in silico </it>and experimental approaches, we identified and characterized novel <it>P</it>. <it>abyssi </it>ncRNAs transcribed from 12 intergenic regions, ten of which are conserved throughout the Thermococcales. Several of them accumulate in the late-exponential phase of growth. Analysis of the genomic context and sequence conservation amongst related thermococcal species revealed two novel <it>P</it>. <it>abyssi </it>ncRNA families. The CRISPR family is comprised of crRNAs expressed from two of the four <it>P</it>. <it>abyssi </it>CRISPR cassettes. The 5'UTR derived family includes four conserved ncRNAs, two of which have features similar to known bacterial riboswitches. Several of the novel ncRNAs have sequence similarities to orphan OrfB transposase elements. Based on RNA secondary structure predictions and experimental results, we show that three of the twelve ncRNAs include Kink-turn RNA motifs, arguing for a biological role of these ncRNAs in the cell. Furthermore, our results show that several of the ncRNAs are subjected to processing events by enzymes that remain to be identified and characterized.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>This work proposes a revised annotation of CRISPR loci in <it>P</it>. <it>abyssi </it>and expands our knowledge of ncRNAs in the Thermococcales, thus providing a starting point for studies needed to elucidate their biological function.</p> http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/312 |
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Carpousis Agamemnon J Brucato Nicolas Rinaldi Dana Moisan Annick Phok Kounthéa Gaspin Christine Clouet-d'Orval Béatrice Identification of CRISPR and riboswitch related RNAs among novel noncoding RNAs of the euryarchaeon <it>Pyrococcus abyssi</it> BMC Genomics |
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Carpousis Agamemnon J Brucato Nicolas Rinaldi Dana Moisan Annick Phok Kounthéa Gaspin Christine Clouet-d'Orval Béatrice |
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Identification of CRISPR and riboswitch related RNAs among novel noncoding RNAs of the euryarchaeon <it>Pyrococcus abyssi</it> |
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Identification of CRISPR and riboswitch related RNAs among novel noncoding RNAs of the euryarchaeon <it>Pyrococcus abyssi</it> |
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Identification of CRISPR and riboswitch related RNAs among novel noncoding RNAs of the euryarchaeon <it>Pyrococcus abyssi</it> |
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Identification of CRISPR and riboswitch related RNAs among novel noncoding RNAs of the euryarchaeon <it>Pyrococcus abyssi</it> |
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Identification of CRISPR and riboswitch related RNAs among novel noncoding RNAs of the euryarchaeon <it>Pyrococcus abyssi</it> |
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identification of crispr and riboswitch related rnas among novel noncoding rnas of the euryarchaeon <it>pyrococcus abyssi</it> |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Noncoding RNA (ncRNA) has been recognized as an important regulator of gene expression networks in Bacteria and Eucaryota. Little is known about ncRNA in thermococcal archaea except for the eukaryotic-like C/D and H/ACA modification guide RNAs.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Using a combination of <it>in silico </it>and experimental approaches, we identified and characterized novel <it>P</it>. <it>abyssi </it>ncRNAs transcribed from 12 intergenic regions, ten of which are conserved throughout the Thermococcales. Several of them accumulate in the late-exponential phase of growth. Analysis of the genomic context and sequence conservation amongst related thermococcal species revealed two novel <it>P</it>. <it>abyssi </it>ncRNA families. The CRISPR family is comprised of crRNAs expressed from two of the four <it>P</it>. <it>abyssi </it>CRISPR cassettes. The 5'UTR derived family includes four conserved ncRNAs, two of which have features similar to known bacterial riboswitches. Several of the novel ncRNAs have sequence similarities to orphan OrfB transposase elements. Based on RNA secondary structure predictions and experimental results, we show that three of the twelve ncRNAs include Kink-turn RNA motifs, arguing for a biological role of these ncRNAs in the cell. Furthermore, our results show that several of the ncRNAs are subjected to processing events by enzymes that remain to be identified and characterized.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>This work proposes a revised annotation of CRISPR loci in <it>P</it>. <it>abyssi </it>and expands our knowledge of ncRNAs in the Thermococcales, thus providing a starting point for studies needed to elucidate their biological function.</p> |
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