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1: Nucleic Acids Res. 1991 Jan 11;19(1):125-9.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Sequencing and expression of the rne gene of Escherichia coli.

Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110.

RNase E is a major endonucleolytic RNA processing enzyme in Escherichia coli. We have sequenced a 3.2 kb EcoRI-BamHI fragment encoding the rne gene, and identified its reading frame. Upstream from the gene, there are appropriate consensus sequences for a putative promoter and a ribosome binding site. We have translated this gene using a T7 RNA polymerase/promoter system. We determined 25 amino acids from the N-terminal of the translated product and they are in full agreement with the DNA sequence. The translated product of the rne gene migrates in SDS containing polyacrylamide gels as a 110,000 Da polypeptide, but the open reading frame found in the sequenced DNA indicates a much smaller protein. The entity that migrates as a 110,000 Da contains RNA, which could account, at least partially, for the migration of the rne gene product in SDS containing polyacrylamide gels.

PMID: 2011493 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC333542