RNA-seq of Mycobacterium smegmatis wild type and deletion mutant of the redox-sensing MarR-type repressor HypS revelas HypS function in hypochlorite and antimicrobial resistance.

Illumina TruSeq stranded mRNA RNA-seq including Illumina ribezeo rRNA depletion of Mycobacterium smegmatis wild type and deletion mutant of the redox-sensing MarR-type repressor HypS in three bilogical replicates prior and after 30 min after exposure to 500 µM NaOCl stress revealed that hypS is autoregulated and represses transcription of the co-transcribed hypO gene which encodes a multidrug efflux pump. DNA binding activity of HypS to the 8-5-8 bp inverted repeat sequence upstream of the hypSO operon was inhibited under NaOCl stress. HypS was identified as a novel redox-sensitive repressor that contributes to mycobacterial resistance towards HOCl stress and antibiotics.