Genetic analysis of the rnc operon of Escherichia coli.
AUTOR(ES)
Takiff, H E
RESUMO
RNase III, an Escherichia coli double-stranded endoribonuclease, is known to be involved in maturation of rRNA and regulation of several bacteriophage and Escherichia coli genes. Clones of the region of the E. coli chromosome containing the gene for RNase III (rnc) were obtained by screening genomic libraries in lambda with DNA known to map near rnc. A phage clone with the rnc region was randomly mutagenized with a delta Tn10 element, and the insertions were recombined onto the chromosome, generating a series of strains with delta Tn10 insertions in the rnc region. Two insertions that had Rnc- phenotypes were located. One of them lay in the rnc gene, and one was in the rnc leader sequence. Polarity studies showed that rnc is in an operon with two other genes, era and recO. The sequence of the recO gene beyond era indicated it could encode a protein of approximately 26 kilodaltons and, like rnc and era, had codon usage consistent with a low level of expression. Experiments using antibiotic cassettes to disrupt the genes rnc, era, and recO showed that era is essential for E. coli growth but that rnc and recO are dispensable.
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