16S rRNA

• The 16S rRNA is the RNA component of the small subunit of the ribosome.
• 16S rRNA is degraded by RNase Y in aging spores PubMed

• It is encoded by 10 identical genes:

• • rrnA-16S
  • rrnB-16S
  • rrnD-16S
  • rrnE-16S
  • rrnG-16S
  • rrnH-16S
  • rrnI-16S
  • rrnJ-16S
  • rrnO-16S
  • rrnW-16S

• Interactions:
  • RpsJ-16S rRNA PubMed
  • Era-16S rRNA PubMed

Related lists

• 5S rRNA
• 23S rRNA
• ribosomal proteins
• ribosomal RNA
• translation