title: Sequencing and expression of the rne gene of Escherichia coli.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miczak
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Taraseviciene
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Apirion
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004722:Endoribonucleases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004722:Endoribonucleases; C022537:ribonuclease E