Suppression of defective ribosome assembly in a rbfA deletion mutant by overexpression of Era, an essential GTPase in Escherichia coli.

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Era is a small GTP-binding protein and essential for cell growth in Escherichia coli. It consists of two domains: N-terminal GTP-binding and C-terminal RNA-binding KH domains. It has been shown to bind to 16S rRNAs and 30S ribosomal subunits in vitro. Here, we report that a precursor of 16S rRNA accumulates in Era-depleted cells. The accumulation of the precursors is also seen in a cold-sensitive mutant, E200K,...

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