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: Received: 13 April 2023 / Approved: 14 April 2023 / Online: 14 April 2023 (03:28:20 CEST)
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Li, Y.X.; Xu, T.T.; Zheng, J.Y.; Meng, Y.; Gong, Z.F.; Peng, C.; Liu, Z.Y. Small RNA Bvs091 in Bacillus velezensis Targets with galT2 mRNA and Contributes to Salt Tolerance. Preprints2023, 2023040339. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.0339.v1
Li, Y.X.; Xu, T.T.; Zheng, J.Y.; Meng, Y.; Gong, Z.F.; Peng, C.; Liu, Z.Y. Small RNA Bvs091 in Bacillus velezensis Targets with galT2 mRNA and Contributes to Salt Tolerance. Preprints 2023, 2023040339. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.0339.v1
Li, Y.X.; Xu, T.T.; Zheng, J.Y.; Meng, Y.; Gong, Z.F.; Peng, C.; Liu, Z.Y. Small RNA Bvs091 in Bacillus velezensis Targets with galT2 mRNA and Contributes to Salt Tolerance. Preprints2023, 2023040339. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.0339.v1
APA Style
Li, Y.X., Xu, T.T., Zheng, J.Y., Meng, Y., Gong, Z.F., Peng, C., & Liu, Z.Y. (2023). Small RNA Bvs091 in <em>Bacillus velezensis</em> Targets with <em>galT2</em> mRNA and Contributes to Salt Tolerance. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.0339.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Li, Y.X., Chen Peng and Zhen yu Liu. 2023 "Small RNA Bvs091 in <em>Bacillus velezensis</em> Targets with <em>galT2</em> mRNA and Contributes to Salt Tolerance" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.0339.v1
Abstract
During their growth, bacteria respond to complex environmental changes through equally com-plex and orderly regulatory mechanisms. sRNA has an important role as a post-transcriptional regulator in the environmental adaptation of Bacillus. In this study, we identified an sRNA Bvs091 located in the intergenic region of the Bacillus velezensis, which is widely present in the genus Bacillus and whose expression is upregulated by salt treatment. The deletion of bvs091 in B. ve-lezensis PEBA20 led to a reduced growth rate and a change in the phenotypes, with simple colony structures and low and easily degradable biofilm. Salt tolerance tests indicated that the deletion of bvs091 results in a reduced salt tolerance. galT2 mRNA is supposed to be a direct target of Bvs091 according to results obtained by using the bioinformatic method and performing qRT-PCR analysis. The microscale thermophoresis (MST) analysis showed that Bvs091 could directly bind 28‒51 bases in front of the promoter of galT2. Subsequently, the deletion of galT2 in B. velezensis resulted in increased salt tolerance. Based on the techniques of double plasmids and a half-life period, sRNA Bvs091 is confirmed as a trans-encoded sRNA that negatively regulates the mRNA expression of galT2. In brief, the trans-encoded sRNA Bvs091 acts by pairing the incomplete complementary bases of galT2 mRNA, reducing galT2 mRNA’s stability and affecting the trans-lation efficiency.
Keywords
Bacillus velezensis; salt stress; sRNA3; Bvs091; galT2
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology
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