Hfq

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  • Description: RNA chaperone

Gene name hfq
Synonyms ymaH
Essential no
Product RNA chaperone
Function unknown
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: hfq
MW, pI 8 kDa, 8.698
Gene length, protein length 219 bp, 73 aa
Immediate neighbours miaA, ymzC
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
YmaH context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

RNA chaperones

This gene is a member of the following regulons

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU17340

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: hfq family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure: 3HSB (complex with an RNA aptamer) PubMed
  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • repressed by glucose (7.7-fold) PubMed
    • expression (mRNA levels) is quite constant during growth in minimal medium PubMed
    • the Hfq protein amount increases upon transition to stationary phase PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:
    • number of protein molecules per cell (complex medium with amino acids, without glucose): 46 PubMed

Biological materials

  • Expression vector:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Reviews

Jörg Vogel, Ben F Luisi
Hfq and its constellation of RNA.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2011, 9(8);578-89
[PubMed:21760622] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Richard G Brennan, Todd M Link
Hfq structure, function and ligand binding.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2007, 10(2);125-33
[PubMed:17395525] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Poul Valentin-Hansen, Maiken Eriksen, Christina Udesen
The bacterial Sm-like protein Hfq: a key player in RNA transactions.
Mol Microbiol: 2004, 51(6);1525-33
[PubMed:15009882] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)


Original publications

Tatiana Rochat, Olivier Delumeau, Nara Figueroa-Bossi, Philippe Noirot, Lionello Bossi, Etienne Dervyn, Philippe Bouloc
Tracking the Elusive Function of Bacillus subtilis Hfq.
PLoS One: 2015, 10(4);e0124977
[PubMed:25915524] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Alexander R Kovach, Kirsten E Hoff, John T Canty, Jillian Orans, Richard G Brennan
Recognition of U-rich RNA by Hfq from the Gram-positive pathogen Listeria monocytogenes.
RNA: 2014, 20(10);1548-59
[PubMed:25150227] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hermann Hämmerle, Fabian Amman, Branislav Večerek, Jörg Stülke, Ivo Hofacker, Udo Bläsi
Impact of Hfq on the Bacillus subtilis transcriptome.
PLoS One: 2014, 9(6);e98661
[PubMed:24932523] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Michael Dambach, Irnov Irnov, Wade C Winkler
Association of RNAs with Bacillus subtilis Hfq.
PLoS One: 2013, 8(2);e55156
[PubMed:23457461] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Nicola Horstmann, Jillian Orans, Poul Valentin-Hansen, Samuel A Shelburne, Richard G Brennan
Structural mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus Hfq binding to an RNA A-tract.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2012, 40(21);11023-35
[PubMed:22965117] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Tatsuhiko Someya, Seiki Baba, Mai Fujimoto, Gota Kawai, Takashi Kumasaka, Kouji Nakamura
Crystal structure of Hfq from Bacillus subtilis in complex with SELEX-derived RNA aptamer: insight into RNA-binding properties of bacterial Hfq.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2012, 40(4);1856-67
[PubMed:22053080] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Seiki Baba, Tatsuhiko Someya, Gota Kawai, Kouji Nakamura, Takashi Kumasaka
Expression, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of RNA-binding protein Hfq (YmaH) from Bacillus subtilis in complex with an RNA aptamer.
Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun: 2010, 66(Pt 5);563-6
[PubMed:20445260] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hans-Matti Blencke, Georg Homuth, Holger Ludwig, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Hecker, Jörg Stülke
Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways.
Metab Eng: 2003, 5(2);133-49
[PubMed:12850135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)