GcvB is a non-coding RNA that regulates oppA mRNA in different bacterial species by binding a GcvB GU-rich region named R1 to oppA mRNA. A secondary putative interaction site (PS1) was identified in this study that is able to form a second nearly perfect 10 base-pair duplex between these two RNAs in Escherichia coli. In this work, we have studied whether the formation of a second interaction site could help stabilize the previously reported GcvB/oppA complex. Several mutations and the full deletion of PS1 were engineered. None of these modifications affected the ability of GcvB to control OppA expression. Therefore the second, putative, interaction site appears to be unnecessary for the regulatory function of GcvB with regard to its oppA target mRNA. (C) 2010 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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Nagoya Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Div Biol Sci, Chikusa Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 4648602, JapanNagoya Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Div Biol Sci, Chikusa Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 4648602, Japan
Kawamoto, H
Morita, T
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Morita, T
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Inada, T
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Aiba, H
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