FsrA

• Description: regulatory RNA
  
  

Gene name	fsrA
Synonyms	mrgC
Essential	no
Product	sRNA FsrA
Function	inhibition of sdhC translation
Gene length	aaa bp
Immediate neighbours	ykuI, ykuJ
Gene sequence (+200bp)
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: no entry

• Structure:

Additional information

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: no entry

• E.C. number:

Categories containing this gene/protein

carbon core metabolism, ncRNA

The RNA

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: hybridizes to sdhC, citB, lutB, and leuC-leuD mRNAs and inhibits their translation. PubMed

Extended information on the RNA

• Kinetic information

• Interactions: Binds sdhC, citB, lutB, and leuC-leuD mRNAs PubMed

• Localization

Database entries

• Structure:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: induced by iron starvation (Fur) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: Fur: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

Labs working on this gene/RNA

John Helmann, Cornell University, USA Homepage