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Rapid degradation of Hfq-free RyhB in Yersinia pestis by PNPase independent of putative ribonucleolytic complexes.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2014
Deng Zhongliang, Liu Zizhong, Bi Yujing, Wang Xiaoyi, Zhou Dongsheng, Yang Ruifu, Han Yanping
Abstract excerpt
The RNA chaperone Hfq in bacteria stabilizes sRNAs by protecting them from the attack of ribonucleases. Upon release from Hfq, sRNAs are preferably degraded by PNPase. PNPase usually forms multienzyme ribonucleolytic complexes with endoribonuclease E and/or RNA helicase RhlB to facilitate the degradation of the structured RNA. However, whether PNPase activity on Hfq-free sRNAs is associated with the assembly of...
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