CspA, the major cold-shock protein of Escherichia coli, is an RNA chaperone

W Jiang, Y Hou, M Inouye - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1997 - ASBMB
CspA, the major cold-shock protein of Escherichia coli, is dramatically induced during the
cold-shock response. The amino acid sequence of CspA shows 43% identity to the" cold …

RNA binding and chaperone activity of the E. coli cold-shock protein CspA

E Rennella, T Sára, M Juen, C Wunderlich… - Nucleic Acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Ensuring the correct folding of RNA molecules in the cell is of major importance for a large
variety of biological functions. Therefore, chaperone proteins that assist RNA in adopting …

RNA remodeling and gene regulation by cold shock proteins

S Phadtare, K Severinov - RNA biology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
One of the many important consequences that temperature down-shift has on cells is
stabilization of secondary structures of RNAs. This stabilization has wide-spread effects …

Escherichia coli CspA-family RNA chaperones are transcription antiterminators

W Bae, B Xia, M Inouye… - Proceedings of the …, 2000 - National Acad Sciences
CspA, the major cold-shock protein of Escherichia coli, is an RNA chaperone, which is
thought to facilitate translation at low temperature by destabilizing mRNA structures. Here …

The CspA family in Escherichia coli : multiple gene duplication for stress adaptation

K Yamanaka, L Fang, M Inouye - Molecular microbiology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
CspA was originally found as the major cold‐shock protein in Escherichia coli, consisting of
70‐amino‐acid residues. It forms a β‐barrel structure with five anti‐parallel β‐strands and …

[PDF][PDF] The cspA mRNA is a thermosensor that modulates translation of the cold-shock protein CspA

AM Giuliodori, F Di Pietro, S Marzi, B Masquida… - Molecular cell, 2010 - cell.com
Cold induction of cspA, the paradigm Escherichia coli cold-shock gene, is mainly subject to
posttranscriptional control, partly promoted by cis-acting elements of its transcript, whose …

CspA, the major cold shock protein of Escherichia coli, negatively regulates its own gene expression

W Bae, PG Jones, M Inouye - Journal of bacteriology, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
When the gene for CspA, the major cold shock protein of Escherichia coli, was disrupted by
a novel positive/negative selection method, the deltacspA cells did not show any discernible …

Promoter‐independent cold‐shock induction of cspA and its derepression at 37°C by mRNA stabilization

L Fang, W Jiang, W Bae, M Inouye - Molecular microbiology, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
The gene for CspA, the major cold‐shock protein of Escherichia coli is known to be
dramatically induced upon temperature downshift. Here, we report that three‐base …

A superfamily of proteins that contain the cold-shock domain

PL Graumann, MA Marahiel - Trends in biochemical sciences, 1998 - cell.com
Members of a family of cold-shock proteins (CSPs) are found throughout the eubacterial
domain and appear to function as RNA-chaperones. They have been implicated in various …

Role of the Cold-Box Region in the 5′ Untranslated Region of the cspA mRNA in Its Transient Expression at Low Temperature in Escherichia coli

LI Fang, YAN Hou, M Inouye - Journal of bacteriology, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
Upon temperature downshift, a group of proteins called cold shock proteins, such as CspA,
CspB, and CsdA, are transiently induced in Escherichia coli. However, when the 5 …