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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
Ribonuclease E (RNase E) has a key role in mRNA degradation and the processing of catalytic and structural RNAs in E. coli. We report the discovery of an evolutionarily conserved 17.4 kDa protein, here named RraA (regulator of ribonuclease activity A) that binds to RNase E and inhibits RNase E endonucleolytic cleavages without altering cleavage site specificity or interacting detectably with substrate RNAs. Overexpression of RraA circumvents the effects of an autoregulatory mechanism that normally maintains the RNase E cellular level within a narrow range, resulting in the genome-wide accumulation of RNase E-targeted transcripts. While not required for RraA action, the C-terminal RNase E region that serves as a scaffold for formation of a multiprotein degradosome complex modulates the inhibition of RNase E catalytic activity by RraA. Our results reveal a possible mechanism for the dynamic regulation of RNA decay and processing by inhibitory RNase binding proteins.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
114
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
623-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Catalysis, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Disulfides, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Endoribonucleases, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Escherichia coli Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Periplasm, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Protein Disulfide-Isomerases, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Ribonucleases, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Streptomyces, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:13678585-beta-Galactosidase
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
RraA. a protein inhibitor of RNase E activity that globally modulates RNA abundance in E. coli.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.