Biology:SprX small RNA

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SprX sRNA
RF02672.svg
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of SprX small RNA
Identifiers
RfamRF02672
Other data
Domain(s)Bacteria
GO0040033
SO0000370
PDB structuresPDBe

In molecular biology the small pathogenicity island RNA X (alias RsaOR) gene is a bacterial non-coding RNA. It was discovered in a large-scale analysis of Staphylococcus aureus.[1] SprX was shown to influence antibiotic resistance of the bacteria to Vancomycin and Teicoplanin glycopeptides, which are used to treat MRSA infections.[2] In this study the authors identified a SprX target, stage V sporulation protein G (Spo VG). By reducing Spo VG expression levels, SprX affects S. aureus resistance to the glycopeptide antibiotics. Further work demonstrated its involvement in the regulation of pathogenicity factors.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Experimental discovery of small RNAs in Staphylococcus aureus reveals a riboregulator of central metabolism". Nucleic Acids Research 38 (19): 6620–36. October 2010. doi:10.1093/nar/gkq462. PMID 20511587. 
  2. "A small RNA controls a protein regulator involved in antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus". Nucleic Acids Research 42 (8): 4892–905. April 2014. doi:10.1093/nar/gku149. PMID 24557948. 
  3. "Enhancement of the pathogenicity of Staphylococcus aureus strain Newman by a small noncoding RNA SprX1". Medical Microbiology and Immunology 205 (6): 563–574. December 2016. doi:10.1007/s00430-016-0467-9. PMID 27438010.