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SUBMITTER: Song L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4797298 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Song Limin L Wang Guangyuan G Malhotra Arun A Deutscher Murray P MP Liang Wenxing W
Nucleic acids research 20160204 5
RNase II, a 3' to 5' processive exoribonuclease, is the major hydrolytic enzyme in Escherichia coli accounting for ∼90% of the total activity. Despite its importance, little is actually known about regulation of this enzyme. We show here that one residue, Lys501, is acetylated in RNase II. This modification, reversibly controlled by the acetyltransferase Pka, and the deacetylase CobB, affects binding of the substrate and thus decreases the catalytic activity of RNase II. As a consequence, the st ...[more]