23S rRNA

• The 23S rRNA is one of the two RNA components of the large subunit of the ribosome.
• 23S rRNA is degraded by RNase Y in aging spores PubMed

• It is encoded by 10 identical genes:

• rrnA-23S
• rrnB-23S
• rrnD-23S
• rrnE-23S
• rrnG-23S
• rrnH-23S
• rrnI-23S
• rrnJ-23S
• rrnO-23S
• rrnW-23S

Interactions

• 23S rRNA-S15 PubMed
• 23S rRNA-L2 PubMed

Related lists

• 5S rRNA
• 16S rRNA
• ribosomal proteins
• ribosomal RNA
• translation

Relevant publications

Shota Suzuki, Osamu Tanigawa, Genki Akanuma, Hideaki Nanamiya, Fujio Kawamura, Kazumi Tagami, Naofumi Nomura, Teppei Kawabata, Yasuhiko Sekine
Enhanced expression of Bacillus subtilis yaaA can restore both the growth and the sporulation defects caused by mutation of rplB, encoding ribosomal protein L2.
Microbiology (Reading): 2014, 160(Pt 6);1040-1053
[PubMed:24637032] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Anton S Petrov, Chad R Bernier, Eli Hershkovits, Yuzhen Xue, Chris C Waterbury, Chiaolong Hsiao, Victor G Stepanov, Eric A Gaucher, Martha A Grover, Stephen C Harvey, Nicholas V Hud, Roger M Wartell, George E Fox, Loren Dean Williams
Secondary structure and domain architecture of the 23S and 5S rRNAs.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2013, 41(15);7522-35
[PubMed:23771137] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Alex Rosenberg, Lior Sinai, Yoav Smith, Sigal Ben-Yehuda
Dynamic expression of the translational machinery during Bacillus subtilis life cycle at a single cell level.
PLoS One: 2012, 7(7);e41921
[PubMed:22848659] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Einat Segev, Yoav Smith, Sigal Ben-Yehuda
RNA dynamics in aging bacterial spores.
Cell: 2012, 148(1-2);139-49
[PubMed:22209493] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hideaki Nanamiya, Makiko Sato, Kenta Masuda, Mikiko Sato, Tetsuya Wada, Shota Suzuki, Yousuke Natori, Masato Katano, Genki Akanuma, Fujio Kawamura
Bacillus subtilis mutants harbouring a single copy of the rRNA operon exhibit severe defects in growth and sporulation.
Microbiology (Reading): 2010, 156(Pt 10);2944-2952
[PubMed:20634236] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)