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J Biol Chem, Vol. 273, Issue 39, 25516-25526, September 25, 1998

Characterization of the Escherichia coli RNA 3'-Terminal Phosphate Cyclase and Its ⁵⁴-Regulated Operon

From the Friedrich Miescher-Institut, P. O. Box 2543, 4002 Basel, Switzerland

The RNA 3'-terminal phosphate cyclase catalyzes the ATP-dependent conversion of the 3'-phosphate to the 2',3'-cyclic phosphodiester at the end of various RNA substrates. Recent cloning of a cDNA encoding the human cyclase indicated that genes encoding cyclase-like proteins are conserved among Eucarya, Bacteria, and Archaea. The protein encoded by the Escherichia coli gene was overexpressed and shown to have the RNA 3'-phosphate cyclase activity (Genschik, P., Billy, E., Swianiewicz, M., and Filipowicz, W. (1997) EMBO J. 16, 2955-2967). Analysis of the requirements and substrate specificity of the E. coli protein, presented in this work, demonstrates that properties of the bacterial and human enzymes are similar. ATP is the best cofactor (K_m = 20 µM), whereas GTP (K_m = 100 µM) and other nucleoside triphosphates (NTPs) act less efficiently. The enzyme undergoes nucleotidylation in the presence of [-³²P]ATP and, to a lesser extent, also in the presence of other NTPs. Comparison of 3'-phosphorylated oligoribonucleotides and oligodeoxyribonucleotides of identical sequence demonstrated that the latter are at least 300-fold poorer substrates for the enzyme. The E. coli cyclase gene, named rtcA, forms part of an uncharacterized operon containing two additional open reading frames (ORFs). The ORF positioned immediately upstream, named rtcB, encodes a protein that is also highly conserved between Eucarya, Bacteria, and Archaea. Another ORF, called rtcR, is positioned upstream of the rtcA/rtcB unit and is transcribed in the opposite direction. It encodes a protein having features of ⁵⁴-dependent regulators. By overexpressing the N-terminally truncated form of RtcR, we demonstrate that this regulator indeed controls expression of rtcA and rtcB in a ⁵⁴-dependent manner. Also consistent with the involvement of ⁵⁴, the region upstream of the transcription start site of the rtcA/rtcB mRNA contains the 12 and 24 elements, TTGCA and TGGCA, respectively, characteristic of ⁵⁴-dependent promoters. The cyclase gene is nonessential as demonstrated by knockout experiments. Possible functions of the cyclase in RNA metabolism are discussed.

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