RrnB-16S

• Description: 16S rRNA
  
  

Gene name	rrnB-16S
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	ribosomal RNA-16S
Function	translation
Gene length	1550 bp
Immediate neighbours	rrnB-23S, thiT
Gene sequence (+200bp)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

• Structure:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rrnB PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: Passive transcriptional regulation by cellular GTP concentration

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

References

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)

Yousuke Natori, Kazumi Tagami, Kana Murakami, Sawako Yoshida, Osamu Tanigawa, Yoonsuh Moh, Kenta Masuda, Tetsuya Wada, Shota Suzuki, Hideaki Nanamiya, Yuzuru Tozawa, Fujio Kawamura
Transcription activity of individual rrn operons in Bacillus subtilis mutants deficient in (p)ppGpp synthetase genes, relA, yjbM, and ywaC.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(14);4555-61
[PubMed:19447912] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Libor Krásný, Richard L Gourse
An alternative strategy for bacterial ribosome synthesis: Bacillus subtilis rRNA transcription regulation.
EMBO J: 2004, 23(22);4473-83
[PubMed:15496987] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C J Green, G C Stewart, M A Hollis, B S Vold, K F Bott
Nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus subtilis ribosomal RNA operon, rrnB.
Gene: 1985, 37(1-3);261-6
[PubMed:2414156] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)