RoxS

• Description: small RNA, controls expression of ppnKB and sucC-sucD
  
  

Gene name	roxS
Synonyms	rsaE
Essential	no
Product	trans-acting regulatory RNA
Function	control of ppnKB and sucC-sucD expression
Gene length
Immediate neighbours	yizD, yjbH
Gene sequence (+200bp)
Genetic context

Categories containing this gene/protein

ncRNA

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ResD regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag:

Database entries

• BsubCyc: no entry

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: no entry

• Structure:

Additional information

• Similar RNA:

• Interactions:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: roxS PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced by nitric oxide (NO) (ResD) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ResD: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

Labs working on this gene/RNA

Ciaran Condon, Paris

References

Sylvain Durand, Frédérique Braun, Efthimia Lioliou, Cédric Romilly, Anne-Catherine Helfer, Laurianne Kuhn, Noé Quittot, Pierre Nicolas, Pascale Romby, Ciarán Condon
A nitric oxide regulated small RNA controls expression of genes involved in redox homeostasis in Bacillus subtilis.
PLoS Genet: 2015, 11(2);e1004957
[PubMed:25643072] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)