nahA
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RNA pyrophosphohydrolase, converts primary transcripts to 5’-monophosphate RNA
Locus
BSU_34780
Molecular weight
18.07 kDa
Isoelectric point
4.99
Function
initiation of RNA degradation
Product
RNA pyrophosphohydrolase
Essential
no
Synonyms
nahA, yvcI
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG1051 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
3,572,413 3,572,889
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
converts primary transcripts to 5’-monophospate RNA PubMed
prefers G-initiating RNAs and required at least one unpaired nucleotide at the 5’-end of its substrates, with the 5’-terminal nucleotide determining whether primarily ortho- or pyrophosphate is released PubMed
Protein family
Nudix hydrolase (according to UniProt)
Nudix hydrolase domain (aa 3-130) (according to UniProt)
Mn2+ PubMed
Structure
3FK9 (PDB) (the protein from B. halodurans, 59% identity, 82% similarity)
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Description
Regulation
constitutive expression at both protein and RNA levels PubMed
Expression
Regulatory mechanism
Sigma factors
Additional information
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Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B642 (yvcI::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
Two-hybrid system
B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
References
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Time of last update: 2025-04-04 05:46:25
Author of last update: Christoph.elfmann