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SUBMITTER: Armalyte J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3294823 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Armalyte Julija J Jurenaite Milda M Beinoraviciūte Gina G Teiserskas Justinas J Suziedeliene Edita E
Journal of bacteriology 20120113 6
Escherichia coli dinJ-yafQ operon codes for a functional toxin-antitoxin (TA) system. YafQ toxin is an RNase which, upon overproduction, specifically inhibits the translation process by cleaving cellular mRNA at specific sequences. DinJ is an antitoxin and counteracts YafQ-mediated toxicity by forming a strong protein complex. In the present study we used site-directed mutagenesis of YafQ to determine the amino acids important for its catalytic activity. His50Ala, His63Ala, Asp67Ala, Trp68Ala, T ...[more]