| Literature DB >> 19540834 |
Ramakanth Madhugiri1, Elena Evguenieva-Hackenberg.
Abstract
Sinorhizobium meliloti harbours genes encoding orthologs of ribonuclease (RNase) E and RNase J, the principle endoribonucleases in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, respectively. To analyse the role of RNase J in S. meliloti, RNA from a mutant with miniTn5-insertion in the RNase J-encoding gene was compared to the wild-type and a difference in the length of the 5.8S-like ribosomal RNA (rRNA) was observed. Complementation of the mutant, Northern blotting and primer extension revealed that RNase J is necessary for the 5'-end maturation of 16S rRNA and of the two 23S rRNA fragments, but not of 5S rRNA.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19540834 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.06.026
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124