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Mechanisms for Differential Protein Production in Toxin–Antitoxin Systems

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dc.contributor Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics
dc.contributor Biological Sciences
dc.contributor Physics
dc.creator Deter, Heather S.
dc.creator Jensen, Roderick V.
dc.creator Mather, William H.
dc.creator Butzin, Nicholas C.
dc.date 2017-09-20T18:33:56Z
dc.date 2017-09-20T18:33:56Z
dc.date 2017-07-04
dc.date 2017-09-20T18:33:56Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:51:51Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:51:51Z
dc.identifier Deter, H.S.; Jensen, R.V.; Mather, W.H.; Butzin, N.C. Mechanisms for Differential Protein Production in Toxin–Antitoxin Systems. Toxins 2017, 9, 211.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/79341
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins9070211
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/281555
dc.description Toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems are key regulators of bacterial persistence, a multidrug-tolerant state found in bacterial species that is a major contributing factor to the growing human health crisis of antibiotic resistance. Type II TA systems consist of two proteins, a toxin and an antitoxin; the toxin is neutralized when they form a complex. The ratio of antitoxin to toxin is significantly greater than 1.0 in the susceptible population (non-persister state), but this ratio is expected to become smaller during persistence. Analysis of multiple datasets (RNA-seq, ribosome profiling) and results from translation initiation rate calculators reveal multiple mechanisms that ensure a high antitoxin-to-toxin ratio in the non-persister state. The regulation mechanisms include both translational and transcriptional regulation. We classified <i>E. coli</i> type II TA systems into four distinct classes based on the mechanism of differential protein production between toxin and antitoxin. We find that the most common regulation mechanism is translational regulation. This classification scheme further refines our understanding of one of the fundamental mechanisms underlying bacterial persistence, especially regarding maintenance of the antitoxin-to-toxin ratio.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject toxin–antitoxin systems
dc.subject persister
dc.subject RNA-seq
dc.subject ribosome profiling
dc.subject Ribo-Seq
dc.title Mechanisms for Differential Protein Production in Toxin–Antitoxin Systems
dc.title Toxins
dc.type Article - Refereed
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