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Site rnc
- Name: rnc
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2567 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: RNase C
- Left End Point: 58.23
- Right End Point: 58.24
- Products:
ribonuclease III RNase III - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
rnc-105 rnc-791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10857 EcoliWiki rnc - Comment:
- Some alleles suppress suhB mutants, leading to speculation that Rnc activity, in absence of SubB, is lethal.
- References:
- Watson, N., D. Apirion 1985. Molecular cloning of the gene for the RNA-processing enzyme RNase III of Escherichia coli. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 82:849-853
- Nashimoto, H., H. Uchida 1985. DNA sequencing of the Escherichia coli ribonuclease III gene and its mutations. Mol.Gen.Genet. 201:25-29
- March, P.E., J. Ahnn, M. Inouye 1985. The DNA sequence of the gene (rnc) encoding ribonuclease III of Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res. 13:4677-4685
- Takiff, H.E., S.M. Chen, D.L. Court 1989. Genetic analysis of the rnc operon of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 171:2581-2590
- Chen, S.M., H.E. Takiff, A.M. Barber, G.C. Dubois, J.C. Bardwell, D.L. Court 1990. Expression and characterization of RNase III and Era proteins. Products of the rnc operon of Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 265:2888-2895
- Inada, T., Y. Nakamura 1995. Lethal double-stranded RNA processing activity of ribonuclease III in the absence of suhB protein of Escherichia coli. Biochimie 77:294-302
- Matsunaga, J., E.L. Simons, R.W. Simons 1996. RNase III autoregulation: structure and function of rncO, the posttranscriptional "operator". RNA 2:1228-1240
- Santos, J.M., D. Drider, P.E. Marujo, P. Lopez, C.M. Arraiano 1997. Determinant role of E.coli RNase III in the decay of both specific and heterologous mRNAs. FEMS Microbiol.Lett. 157:31-38