Analysis of mRNA Decay Intermediates in Bacillus subtilis 3′ Exoribonuclease and RNA Helicase Mutant Strains

ABSTRACT The Bacillus subtilis genome encodes four 3′ exoribonucleases: polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase), RNase R, RNase PH, and YhaM. Previous work showed that PNPase, encoded by the pnpA gene, is the major 3′ exonuclease involved in mRNA turnover; in a pnpA deletion strain, numerous mRNA deca...

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Main Authors: Shivani Chhabra, Zachary F. Mandell, Bo Liu, Paul Babitzke, David H. Bechhofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-04-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00400-22