PMID:16359333

Citation	Ote, T, Hashimoto, M, Ikeuchi, Y, Su'etsugu, M, Suzuki, T, Katayama, T and Kato, J (2006) Involvement of the Escherichia coli folate-binding protein YgfZ in RNA modification and regulation of chromosomal replication initiation. Mol. Microbiol. 59:265-75
Abstract	The Escherichia coli hda gene codes for a DnaA-related protein that is essential for the regulatory inactivation of DnaA (RIDA), a system that controls the initiation of chromosomal replication. We have identified the ygfZ gene, which encodes a folate-binding protein, as a suppressor of hda mutations. The ygfZ null mutation suppresses an hda null mutation. The over-initiation and abortive elongation phenotypes conferred by the hda mutations are partially suppressed in an hda ygfZ background. The accumulation of the active form of DnaA, ATP-DnaA, in the hda mutant is suppressed by the disruption of the ygfZ gene, indicating that YgfZ is involved in regulating the level of ATP-DnaA. Although ygfZ is not an essential gene, the ygfZ disruptant grows slowly, especially at low temperature, demonstrating that this gene is important for cellular proliferation. We have identified mnmE (trmE) as a suppressor of the ygfZ disruption. This gene encodes a GTPase involved in tRNA modification. Examination of RNA modification in the ygfZ mutant reveals reduced levels of 2-methylthio N(6)-isopentenyladenosine [corrected] indicating that YgfZ participates in the methylthio-group formation of this modified nucleoside in some tRNAs. These results suggest that YgfZ is a key factor in regulatory networks that act via tRNA modification.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04932.x
Keywords	Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Carrier Proteins/genetics; Carrier Proteins/metabolism; Chromosomes, Bacterial; DNA Replication; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored; GTP Phosphohydrolases/metabolism; Mutation; RNA, Bacterial/metabolism; RNA, Transfer/metabolism; Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics; Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism; Replication Origin
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