BsrA

• Description: 6S RNA
  
  

Gene name	bsrA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	6S RNA
Function	antagonist of SigA
Gene length	190 bp
Immediate neighbours
Gene sequence (+200bp)
Genetic context File:GenE context.gif

The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Phenotypes of a mutant

reduced growth rate

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: no entry

• Structure:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: bsrA

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: expressed in vegetative cells

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information: trnascribed as 201 nt RNA, processed to mature 190 bp 6S RNA

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

Labs working on this gene/RNA

Kouji Nakamura, Tsukuba, University, Japan

References

1. Suzuma S, Asari S, Bunai K, Yoshino K, Ando Y, Kakeshita H, Fujita M, Nakamura K, Yamane K (2002) Identification and characterization of novel small RNAs in the aspS-yrvM intergenic region of the Bacillus subtilis genome.. Microbiology 148: 2591-2598. PubMed