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Polyadenylation helps regulate functional tRNA levels in Escherichia coli.
Nucleic acids research - 1 May 2012
Mohanty Bijoy K, Maples Valerie F, Kushner Sidney R
Abstract excerpt
Here we demonstrate a new regulatory mechanism for tRNA processing in Escherichia coli whereby RNase T and RNase PH, the two primary 3' → 5' exonucleases involved in the final step of 3'-end maturation, compete with poly(A) polymerase I (PAP I) for tRNA precursors in wild-type cells. In the absence of both RNase T and RNase PH, there is a >30-fold increase of PAP I-dependent poly(A) tails that are ≤10 nt in...
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