Rnc

• Description: RNase III
  
  

Gene name	rnc
Synonyms	rncS
Essential	yes
Product	endoribonuclease III
Function	cleaves both 5'- and 3'-sites of the small cytoplasmic RNA precursor (scr)
MW, pI	28 kDa, 8.076
Gene length, protein length	747 bp, 249 aa
Immediate neighbours	acpA, smc
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15930

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

rnc is essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

Rnases, translation, protein secretion, essential genes

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Endonucleolytic cleavage to 5'-phosphomonoester (according to Swiss-Prot) cleaves both 5'- and 3'-sites of the small cytoplasmic RNA precursor (scr)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P51833

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.1.26.3

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rnc-smc-ftsY PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Stülke lab

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

David Bechhofer, Mount Sinai School, New York, USA Homepage

Ciaran Condon, IBPC, Paris, France Homepage