Rnz

• Description: RNase Z
  
  

Gene name	rnz
Synonyms	yqjK
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	endoribonuclease Z
Function	processing of CCA-less tRNA precursors
MW, pI	33 kDa, 5.805
Gene length, protein length	921 bp, 307 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqjL, zwf
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

Rnases, translation, essential genes

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU23840

Expression

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Endonucleolytic cleavage of RNA, removing extra 3' nucleotides from tRNA precursor, generating 3' termini of tRNAs (according to Swiss-Prot)

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2FK6 (in complex with tRNA-Thr), 1Y44

• UniProt: P54548

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rnz (according to DBTBS)

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Ciaran Condon, IBPC, Paris, France Homepage