Single amino acid changes in the predicted RNase H domain of Escherichia coli RNase G lead to complementation of RNase e deletion mutants

RNA

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1371-1385

  Chung, Dae Hwan ^a   Min, Zhao ^a,b   Wang, Bi Cheng ^a   Kushner, Sidney R ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b Scripps Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cell viability; Chimeric proteins; mRNA decay; rRNA maturation; tRNA processing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLINE; PROTEIN RNG 219; PROTEIN RNG 248; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE E; RIBONUCLEASE G; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; RNG PROTEIN, E COLI;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA STABILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 77953636824     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2104810     Document Type: Article

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