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Knockout of the plastid RNase E leads to defective RNA processing and chloroplast ribosome deficiency.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Dec 2010
Walter Michael, Piepenburg Katrin, Schöttler Mark Aurel, Petersen Kerstin, Kahlau Sabine, Tiller Nadine, Drechsel Oliver, Weingartner Magdalena, Kudla Jörg, Bock Ralph
Abstract excerpt
Ribonuclease E (RNase E) represents a key enzyme in bacterial RNA metabolism. It plays multifarious roles in RNA processing and also initiates degradation of mRNA by endonucleolytic cleavage. Plastids (chloroplasts) are derived from formerly free-living bacteria and have largely retained eubacterial gene expression mechanisms. Here we report the functional characterization of a chloroplast RNase E that is encoded...
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