RNAs as sensors of oxidative stress in bacteria

R Buchser, P Sweet, A Anantharaman… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Oxidative stress is an important and pervasive physical stress encountered by all kingdoms
of life, including bacteria. In this review, we briefly describe the nature of oxidative stress …

Insights into the synthesis, engineering, and functions of microbial pigments in Deinococcus bacteria

Y Wang, J Liu, Y Yi, L Zhu, M Liu, Z Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The ability of Deinococcus bacteria to survive in harsh environments, such as high radiation,
extreme temperature, and dryness, is mainly attributed to the generation of unique pigments …

Selective 8-oxo-rG stalling occurs in the catalytic core of polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) during degradation

LG Miller, W Kim, S Schowe, K Taylor, R Han… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
RNA oxidation, predominantly through the accumulation of 8-oxo-7, 8-dihydroguanosine (8-
oxo-rG), represents an important biomarker for cellular oxidative stress. Polynucleotide …

Antioxidant defense of Deinococcus radiodurans: how does it contribute to extreme radiation resistance?

I Sadowska-Bartosz, G Bartosz - International Journal of Radiation …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Deinococcus radiodurans is an extremely radioresistant bacterium characterized
by D10 of 10 kGy, and able to grow luxuriantly under chronic ionizing radiation of 60 Gy/h …

[HTML][HTML] The RNA chaperone Hfq is a novel regulator of catalase expression and hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress response in Listeria monocytogenes …

AF Seixas, AFQ Silva, JP Sousa, CM Arraiano… - Free Radical Biology …, 2025 - Elsevier
The RNA chaperone Hfq plays a pivotal role in many bacteria, acting as a regulator of gene
expression and promoting interaction between mRNA-sRNA pairs in Gram-negative …

[HTML][HTML] DEAD box RNA helicases protect Antarctic Pseudomonas syringae Lz4W against oxidative stress

A Hussain, MK Ray - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2022 - Elsevier
DEAD box RNA helicases are involved in important cellular processes like RNA metabolism
(Processing and Degradation), ribosome biogenesis and translation. Besides being crucial …

Unraveling radiation resistance strategies in two bacterial strains from the high background radiation area of Chavara-Neendakara: A comprehensive whole genome …

S Pal, R Yuvaraj, H Krishnan, B Venkatraman… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This paper reports the results of gamma irradiation experiments and whole genome
sequencing (WGS) performed on vegetative cells of two radiation resistant bacterial strains …

RNA-binding proteins that preferentially interact with 8-oxoG-modified RNAs: our current understanding

KE Taylor, LG Miller… - Biochemical Society …, 2024 - portlandpress.com
Cells encounter a variety of stresses throughout their lifetimes. Oxidative stress can occur via
a myriad of factors, including exposure to chemical toxins or UV light. Importantly, these …

Surviving the storm: exploring the role of natural transformation in nutrition and DNA repair of stressed Deinococcus radiodurans

DK Sharma, I Soni, YS Rajpurohit - Applied and Environmental …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Deinococcus radiodurans, a natural transformation (NT)-enabled bacterium renowned for its
exceptional radiation resistance, employs unique DNA repair and oxidative stress mitigation …

Memory effect on the survival of Deinococcus radiodurans after exposure in near space

Y Chen, Q Zhang, D Wang, YG Shu… - Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Earth's near space is an extreme environment with high radiation and extreme cold. Which
factors affect the survival of microbes in near space is related to many studies, such as …