16S rRNA

• The 16S rRNA is the RNA component of the small subunit of the ribosome.
• 16S rRNA is degraded by RNase Y in aging spores PubMed

• It is encoded by 10 identical genes:

• • rrnA-16S
  • rrnB-16S
  • rrnD-16S
  • rrnE-16S
  • rrnG-16S
  • rrnH-16S
  • rrnI-16S
  • rrnJ-16S
  • rrnO-16S
  • rrnW-16S

• Interactions:
  • RpsJ-16S rRNA PubMed
  • Era-16S rRNA PubMed

Related lists

• 5S rRNA
• 23S rRNA
• ribosomal proteins
• ribosomal RNA
• translation

Relevant publications

Alex Rosenberg, Lior Sinai, Yoav Smith, Sigal Ben-Yehuda
Dynamic expression of the translational machinery during Bacillus subtilis life cycle at a single cell level.
PLoS One: 2012, 7(7);e41921
[PubMed:22848659] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Einat Segev, Yoav Smith, Sigal Ben-Yehuda
RNA dynamics in aging bacterial spores.
Cell: 2012, 148(1-2);139-49
[PubMed:22209493] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hideaki Nanamiya, Makiko Sato, Kenta Masuda, Mikiko Sato, Tetsuya Wada, Shota Suzuki, Yousuke Natori, Masato Katano, Genki Akanuma, Fujio Kawamura
Bacillus subtilis mutants harbouring a single copy of the rRNA operon exhibit severe defects in growth and sporulation.
Microbiology (Reading): 2010, 156(Pt 10);2944-2952
[PubMed:20634236] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)