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Abstract
The properties and expression of polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase), capable of both RNA degradation and polymerization, have been studied for 60 years. In this issue of the Journal of Bacteriology, Park et al. (H. Park, H. Yakhnin, M. Connolly, T. Romeo, and P. Babitzke, J Bacteriol 197:3751-3759, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.00721-15) write the latest chapter on the complex regulation of pnp gene expression involving CsrA. I describe how this new piece of the puzzle fits into the global scheme of PNPase autoregulation and how this is influenced by central carbon metabolism at both the posttranscriptional level and that of enzyme activity.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26438817 PMCID: PMC4652043 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00794-15
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490