TY - JOUR
T1 - Distribution and function of toxin-antitoxin systems in pathogenic
AU - coli, Escherichia
AU - Ha, Na Kyeong
AU - Choi, Eunna
AU - Lee, Eun Jin
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning [NRF-2019R1A2C2003460 and NRF-2020M3A9H5104235 to E.-J.L. and NRF-2018R1D1A1B07043844 to E.C.] and a grant from Korea University.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Toxin-antitoxin (TA) system is a genetic module that includes two genes encoding a toxin and its cognate antitoxin respectively. Toxins arrest bacterial growth by inhibiting multiple cellular processes including replication, transcription, and translation, and antitoxins neutralize the toxicity of cognate toxins. Recent genomic and bioinformatics studies have discovered many toxin-antitoxin systems, some of which are involved in bacterial virulence. As Escherichia coli has been recognized its contribution to studying the ecosystem and public health, its pathovar strains have also received attention in the molecular research. The purpose of this review is to summarize the distribution of TA system in pathogenic and non-pathogenic strain of E. coli. Uropathogenic E. coli strain CFT073, adherent-invasive E. coli strain NRG857c, and non-pathogenic E. coli strain K-12 substr. MG1655 were selected for the comparison of TA system's distribution and function. Through analysis, we found that only the type II TA system of the three E. coli strains showed a significant difference in terms of distribution. Thus, 17 type II system of CFT073, 14 type II TA system of NRG857c, and 14 type II system of K-12 substr. MG1655 were discussed further in this review.
AB - Toxin-antitoxin (TA) system is a genetic module that includes two genes encoding a toxin and its cognate antitoxin respectively. Toxins arrest bacterial growth by inhibiting multiple cellular processes including replication, transcription, and translation, and antitoxins neutralize the toxicity of cognate toxins. Recent genomic and bioinformatics studies have discovered many toxin-antitoxin systems, some of which are involved in bacterial virulence. As Escherichia coli has been recognized its contribution to studying the ecosystem and public health, its pathovar strains have also received attention in the molecular research. The purpose of this review is to summarize the distribution of TA system in pathogenic and non-pathogenic strain of E. coli. Uropathogenic E. coli strain CFT073, adherent-invasive E. coli strain NRG857c, and non-pathogenic E. coli strain K-12 substr. MG1655 were selected for the comparison of TA system's distribution and function. Through analysis, we found that only the type II TA system of the three E. coli strains showed a significant difference in terms of distribution. Thus, 17 type II system of CFT073, 14 type II TA system of NRG857c, and 14 type II system of K-12 substr. MG1655 were discussed further in this review.
KW - adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC)
KW - endoribonucleases
KW - pathogenic Escherichia coli
KW - toxinantitoxin system
KW - uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC)
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U2 - 10.7845/kjm.2021.1009
DO - 10.7845/kjm.2021.1009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104013649
VL - 57
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Korean Journal of Microbiology
JF - Korean Journal of Microbiology
SN - 0440-2413
IS - 1
ER -