RnjB

• Description: RNase J2
  
  

Gene name	rnjB
Synonyms	ymfA
Essential	no
Product	RNase J2
Function	RNA processing and degradation
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: RNase J2
MW, pI	56 kDa, 9.18
Gene length, protein length	1545 bp, 515 aa
Immediate neighbours	dapA, tepA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

Rnases

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU16780

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: endoribonuclease, involved in processing of thrS mRNA

• Protein family: RNase J subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): RnjA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • associated to the RNA degradosome PubMed
  • RnjA-RnjB PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 3BK1 (RNase J from Thermus thermophilus) 3BK2 (RNase J from Thermus thermophilus, complex with UMP)
• UniProt: O31760

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP45 (spc), GP1113 (miniTn10 spc), both available in Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion: pGP419 (in pAC7), available in Stülke lab

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Stülke lab

• FLAG-tag construct: GP1001 (spc, based on pGP1331), available in the Stülke lab

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Harald Putzer, IBPC Paris, France Homepage

References

Reviews

Ciarán Condon
What is the role of RNase J in mRNA turnover?
RNA Biol: 2010, 7(3);316-21
[PubMed:20458164] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)