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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume 35, Issue 13, Pages 4464-4473Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm460
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM-48804, R01 GM048804] Funding Source: Medline
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Small cytoplasmic RNA (scRNA) of Bacillus subtilis is the RNA component of the signal recognition particle. scRNA is transcribed as a 354-nt precursor, which is processed to the mature 271-nt scRNA. Previous work demonstrated the involvement of the RNase III-like endoribonuclease, Bs-RNase III, in scRNA processing. Bs-RNase III was found to cleave precursor scRNA at two sites (the 5' and 3' cleavage sites) located on opposite sides of the stem of a large stem-loop structure, yielding a 275-nt RNA, which was then trimmed by a 3' exoribonuclease to the mature scRNA. Here we show that Bs-RNase III cleaves primarily at the 5' cleavage site and inefficiently at the 3' site. RNase J1 is responsible for much of the cleavage that releases scRNA from downstream sequences. The subsequent exonucleolytic processing is carried out largely by RNase PH.
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