Oussenko I A, Bechhofer D H
Department of Biochemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, New York, New York 10029, USA.
J Bacteriol. 2000 May;182(9):2639-42. doi: 10.1128/JB.182.9.2639-2642.2000.
Studies of Bacillus subtilis RNases that are involved in mRNA degradation reveal a different pattern from that of Escherichia coli. A strain lacking polynucleotide phosphorylase, the major 3'-to-5' exoribonuclease activity in cell extracts, is viable. Here, we show that the B. subtilis yvaJ gene encodes a second 3'-to-5' exoribonuclease. A strain lacking both of these RNases grows slowly but is viable. The existence of another, as yet unknown, 3'-to-5' exoribonuclease in B. subtilis is suggested.
对参与信使核糖核酸(mRNA)降解的枯草芽孢杆菌核糖核酸酶(RNases)的研究揭示了一种与大肠杆菌不同的模式。一个缺乏多核苷酸磷酸化酶(细胞提取物中主要的3'至5'外切核糖核酸酶活性)的菌株是可行的。在这里,我们表明枯草芽孢杆菌yvaJ基因编码第二种3'至5'外切核糖核酸酶。一个同时缺乏这两种核糖核酸酶的菌株生长缓慢但仍能存活。这表明在枯草芽孢杆菌中存在另一种尚未知晓的3'至5'外切核糖核酸酶。