Structural highlights
Function
ENDOA_BACSU Toxic component of a toxin-antitoxin (TA) module. Has specificity for UACAU sequences, claving after the first U and yielding cleavage products with 3' phosphate and 5' hydroxyl groups. Overexpression is toxic for cell growth, probably by inhibiting protein synthesis through the cleavage of single-stranded RNA. The toxicity is reversed by the antitoxin EndoAI. Toxin activity cannot be inhibited by MazE from E.coli.[1] [2]
References
- ↑ Pellegrini O, Mathy N, Gogos A, Shapiro L, Condon C. The Bacillus subtilis ydcDE operon encodes an endoribonuclease of the MazF/PemK family and its inhibitor. Mol Microbiol. 2005 Jun;56(5):1139-48. PMID:15882409 doi:MMI4606
- ↑ Park JH, Yamaguchi Y, Inouye M. Bacillus subtilis MazF-bs (EndoA) is a UACAU-specific mRNA interferase. FEBS Lett. 2011 Aug 4;585(15):2526-32. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.07.008. Epub, 2011 Jul 13. PMID:21763692 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2011.07.008
