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SUBMITTER: Aoi R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7291052 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aoi Rie R Miyamoto Tatsuki T Yokota Akiko A Ota Yuri Y Fujitani Hirotsugu H Tsuneda Satoshi S Noda Naohiro N
Toxins 20200430 5
MazF is an endoribonucleolytic toxin that cleaves intracellular RNAs in sequence-specific manners. It is liberated in bacterial cells in response to environmental changes and is suggested to contribute to bacterial survival by inducing translational regulation. Thus, determining the cleavage specificity provides insights into the physiological functions of MazF orthologues. <i>Nitrospira</i>, detected in a wide range of environments, is thought to have evolved the ability to cope with their surr ...[more]