title: The Escherichia coli rna gene encoding RNase I: sequence and unusual promoter structure.
abstract: A clone containing the Escherichia coli rna gene encoding the nonspecific endoribonuclease, RNase I, was isolated and sequenced. The sequence of the 1070-nucleotide (nt) fragment agreed completely with that of a rna clone recently reported by Meador and Kennell [Gene 95 (1990) 1-7]. The transcription start point (tsp) of rna was identified using primer extension analysis, and its promoter sequence was established by comparison of RNase I expression levels in various deletion mutants. Our results indicate that the rna promoter is highly unusual. Its -35 region shows a poor match to the consensus sequence, and moreover, it is located within a stem-loop structure that apparently is a Rho-independent transcription termination site for an upstream gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030-3305.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Deutscher
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic / Q000235:genetics*; D013728:Terminator Regions, Genetic; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic