Techniques to analyze sRNA protein cofactor self-assembly in vitro

David Partouche, Antoine Malabirade, Thomas Bizien, Marisela Velez, Sylvain Trépout, Sergio Marco, Valeria Militello, Christophe Sandt, Frank Wien, Véronique Arluison

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Abstract

Post-transcriptional control of gene expression by small regulatory noncoding RNA (sRNA) needs protein accomplices to occur. Past research mainly focused on the RNA chaperone Hfq as cofactor. Nevertheless, recent studies indicated that other proteins might be involved in sRNA-based regulations. As some of these proteins have been shown to self-assemble, we describe in this chapter protocols to analyze the nano-assemblies formed. Precisely, we focus our analysis on Escherichia coli Hfq as a model, but the protocols presented here can be applied to analyze any polymer of proteins. This chapter thus provides a guideline to develop commonly used approaches to detect prokaryotic protein self-assembly, with a special focus on the detection of amyloidogenic polymers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBacterial Regulatory RNA
Subtitle of host publicationMethods and Protocols
EditorsVéronique Arluison, Claudio Valverde
Place of PublicationNew York NY USA
PublisherHumana Press
Chapter18
Pages321-340
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9781493976348
ISBN (Print)9781493976331
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Feb 2018
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherSpringer
Volume1737
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

Keywords

  • Functional amyloid
  • Noncoding RNA cofactor
  • Protein self-assembly

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