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- Title
Identification of microRNA-Size, Small RNAs in Escherichia coli.
- Authors
Kang, Sung-Min; Choi, Ji-Woong; Lee, Youngkyun; Hong, Su-Hyung; Lee, Heon-Jin
- Abstract
Noncoding small regulatory RNA molecules control gene expression and microRNAs provide one of the best examples in eukaryotes. However, bacterial RNAs of comparable size to eukaryotic microRNAs have received little attention. Here, we demonstrate the existence of microRNA-size, small RNAs (msRNAs) in the model bacterium Escherichia coli. We examined the small RNAs in E. coli using a deep sequencing approach, and analyzed 33.2 million small RNA clone reads after size fractionation. Bioinformatic analysis of the whole set revealed more than 400 individual msRNA species. The cellular contents of selected highly expressed msRNAs were verified by quantitative RT-PCR and northern blotting. Although, the functional significance of these RNAs is unclear, their high abundance suggests that they may play specialized roles in bacteria, analogous to miRNAs in eukaryotes.
- Subjects
MICRORNA; ESCHERICHIA coli; NON-coding RNA; GENE expression; BACTERIAL RNA; EUKARYOTES; BIOINFORMATICS
- Publication
Current Microbiology, 2013, Vol 67, Issue 5, p609
- ISSN
0343-8651
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00284-013-0411-9