A., Iwamoto A., Osawa M., Kawai H., Honda S., Yoshida N., Furuya J., Kato Supplementary Material for: Mutations in the Essential <i>Escherichia coli </i>Gene, <i>yqgF</i>, and Their Effects on Transcription The <i>Escherichia coli</i> <i>yqgF</i> gene is highly conserved across a broad spectrum of bacterial genomes. The gene was first identified as being essential for cell growth during screening for targets for broad-spectrum antibiotics. YqgF is structurally similar to RuvC, a Holliday junction resolvase, but its function has not been established. This study describes the isolation of a temperature-sensitive <i>yqgF</i> mutant, the growth of which was inhibited by <i>rho</i> or <i>nusA</i> multicopy plasmids, indicating that YqgF is involved in transcription. Rho is a global transcription termination factor that acts at Rho-dependent terminator sites, which exist not only at the ends of genes but also within genes. The transcription of genes possessing intragenic, or upstream, Rho-dependent terminators was reduced in temperature-sensitive <i>yqgF</i> mutants. This transcription inhibition was sensitive to the Rho inhibitor, bicyclomycin. In addition, the transcription of mutant <i>tnaA</i> genes defective for upstream Rho-dependent termination was not significantly affected by the <i>yqgF</i> mutation. Taken together, these results suggest that YqgF is involved in anti-termination at Rho-dependent terminators in vivo. Escherichia coli;Essential genes;NusA;Rho;Transcription termination 2012-02-21
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