RNases

RNases are involved in the processing and degradation of the different classes of mRNAs, tRNAs, rRNAs and small RNAs

Parent categories	3. Information processing 3.2. RNA synthesis and degradation
Neighbouring categories	3.2.1. Transcription 3.2.2. RNA chaperones 3.2.3. DEAD-box RNA helicases 3.2.4. RNases
Related categories	RNA degradosome
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Exoribonucleases

• RNase J1: 5'-3' activity

• RNase PH: 3'-5' activity
• YhaM: 3'-5' activity
• RNase R: 3'-5' activity
• polynucleotide phosphorylase: 3'-5' activity

• nano-RNase A: degrades oligonucleotides
• nano-RNase B: degrades oligonucleotides

Endoribonucleases

• RNase Y: ssRNA endonuclease
• RNase P: ssRNA endonuclease
• RNase Z: ssRNA endonuclease

• RNase Endo A

• RNase HII: cleaves RNA in RNA-DNA hybrids
• RNase HIII: cleaves RNA in RNA-DNA hybrids

• RNase Bsn: extracellular RNase

• RNase III: dsRNA endonuclease
• mini-III: dsRNA endonuclease
• RNase M5: dsRNA endonuclease

RNA pyrophosphohydrolase

• RppH

Unknown activity

• RNase J2: similar to and interacting with RNase J1, but does not seem to have an own RNase activity
• YpdQ: similar to RNase HI

Labs working on RNases

• David Bechhofer
• Ciaran Condon
• Harald Putzer
• Jörg Stülke

Key original publications

Bo Liu, Gintaras Deikus, Anna Bree, Sylvain Durand, Daniel B Kearns, David H Bechhofer
Global analysis of mRNA decay intermediates in Bacillus subtilis wild-type and polynucleotide phosphorylase-deletion strains.
Mol Microbiol: 2014, 94(1);41-55
[PubMed:25099370] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Simen M Kristoffersen, Chad Haase, M Ryan Weil, Karla D Passalacqua, Faheem Niazi, Stephen K Hutchison, Brian Desany, Anne-Brit Kolstø, Nicolas J Tourasse, Timothy D Read, Ole Andreas Økstad
Global mRNA decay analysis at single nucleotide resolution reveals segmental and positional degradation patterns in a Gram-positive bacterium.
Genome Biol: 2012, 13(4);R30
[PubMed:22537947] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

G Hambraeus, C von Wachenfeldt, L Hederstedt
Genome-wide survey of mRNA half-lives in Bacillus subtilis identifies extremely stable mRNAs.
Mol Genet Genomics: 2003, 269(5);706-14
[PubMed:12884008] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Reviews on RNases in Bacillus subtilis

Monica P Hui, Patricia L Foley, Joel G Belasco
Messenger RNA degradation in bacterial cells.
Annu Rev Genet: 2014, 48;537-59
[PubMed:25292357] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Soumaya Laalami, Léna Zig, Harald Putzer
Initiation of mRNA decay in bacteria.
Cell Mol Life Sci: 2014, 71(10);1799-828
[PubMed:24064983] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Zbigniew Dominski, Agamemnon J Carpousis, Béatrice Clouet-d'Orval
Emergence of the β-CASP ribonucleases: highly conserved and ubiquitous metallo-enzymes involved in messenger RNA maturation and degradation.
Biochim Biophys Acta: 2013, 1829(6-7);532-51
[PubMed:23403287] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Martin Lehnik-Habrink, Richard J Lewis, Ulrike Mäder, Jörg Stülke
RNA degradation in Bacillus subtilis: an interplay of essential endo- and exoribonucleases.
Mol Microbiol: 2012, 84(6);1005-17
[PubMed:22568516] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Brian C Jester, Pascale Romby, Efthimia Lioliou
When ribonucleases come into play in pathogens: a survey of gram-positive bacteria.
Int J Microbiol: 2012, 2012;592196
[PubMed:22550495] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Inês Jesus Silva, Margarida Saramago, Clémentine Dressaire, Susana Domingues, Sandra Cristina Viegas, Cecília Maria Arraiano
Importance and key events of prokaryotic RNA decay: the ultimate fate of an RNA molecule.
Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA: 2011, 2(6);818-36
[PubMed:21976285] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

David H Bechhofer
Bacillus subtilis mRNA decay: new parts in the toolkit.
Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA: 2011, 2(3);387-94
[PubMed:21957024] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ciarán Condon, David H Bechhofer
Regulated RNA stability in the Gram positives.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2011, 14(2);148-54
[PubMed:21334965] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Cecília M Arraiano, José M Andrade, Susana Domingues, Inês B Guinote, Michal Malecki, Rute G Matos, Ricardo N Moreira, Vânia Pobre, Filipa P Reis, Margarida Saramago, Inês J Silva, Sandra C Viegas
The critical role of RNA processing and degradation in the control of gene expression.
FEMS Microbiol Rev: 2010, 34(5);883-923
[PubMed:20659169] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Flore Sinturel, Olivier Pellegrini, Song Xiang, Liang Tong, Ciarán Condon, Lionel Bénard
Real-time fluorescence detection of exoribonucleases.
RNA: 2009, 15(11);2057-62
[PubMed:19767421] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

David H Bechhofer
Messenger RNA decay and maturation in Bacillus subtilis.
Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci: 2009, 85;231-73
[PubMed:19215774] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ciarán Condon
RNA processing and degradation in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2003, 67(2);157-74, table of contents
[PubMed:12794188] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ciarán Condon, Harald Putzer
The phylogenetic distribution of bacterial ribonucleases.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2002, 30(24);5339-46
[PubMed:12490701] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)