SroC RNA

The bacterial SroC RNA is a non-coding RNA gene of around 160 nucleotides in length. SroC is found in several enterobacterial species. This RNA interacts with the Hfq protein.

sroC RNA
Identifiers
SymbolsroC
RfamRF00369
Other data
RNA typeGene; sRNA
Domain(s)Bacteria
SOSO:0000655
PDB structuresPDBe

SroC acts as a ‘sponge,’ and base pairs with and regulates activity of the sRNA GcvB. This interaction triggers the degradation of GcvB by RNase E, alleviating the GcvB-mediated mRNA repression of other amino acid-related transport and metabolic genes.

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