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Characterization of a ParE-ParD toxin-antitoxin TA system (SO_A0087-A0088) on a megaplasmid of Shewanella oneidensis
Received date: 2018-02-28
Online published: 2018-12-24
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31500025, 31500093)
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Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are prevalent in prokaryotes. They play important roles in cell physiological activities including maintenance of mobile genetic elements and mediation of stress responses. However, studies of TA systems in the bioelectrochemically and ecologically important strain Shewanella oneidensis are limited. In this study, we characterized SO_A0087-A0088 on the megaplasmid of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 as a typical type Ⅱ TA system that belongs to ParE-ParD family, and the overexpression of toxin A0088 leads to filamentous growth. We found that the antitoxin SO_A0087 could bind to promoter of SO_A0087-A0088 in vitro, and three amino acid residues of toxin SO_A0088 were identified to be critical for toxicity by random mutagenesis.
Key words: toxin-antitoxin system; ParE-ParD; Shewanella oneidensis; plasmid
ZHAO Xuanyu , SHI Fei , WANG Xiaoxue . Characterization of a ParE-ParD toxin-antitoxin TA system (SO_A0087-A0088) on a megaplasmid of Shewanella oneidensis[J]. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2018 , 37(6) : 104 -111 . DOI: 10.11978/2018022
Fig. 1 Putative type II TA systems on megaplasmid of S. oneidensis MR-1 and characteristics of ParDE TA system. (a) Distribution of six putative type II TA systems on megaplasmid of S. oneidensis MR-1. |
Fig. 2 Identification of SO_A0087-0088 as a TA system in S.oneidensis MR-1. |
Fig. 3 Identification of SO_A0087_0088 as a TA system in E.coli BW25113. |
Fig. 4 Antitoxin SO_A0087 binds to promoter of SO_A0087- SO_A0088 in vitro. |
Fig. 5 ParE proteins alignments and mutation of active sites of SO_A0088. |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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