DicF RNA

DicF RNA
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of DicF
Identifiers
Symbol	DicF
Rfam	RF00039
Other data
RNA type	Gene; antisense
Domain(s)	Bacteria
GO	0003729
SO	0000644

DicF RNA is a non-coding RNA that is an antisense inhibitor of cell division gene ftsZ.^[1] DicF is bound by the Hfq protein which enhances its interaction with its targets.

References

1. ^ Faubladier, M; Bouche JP (1994). "Division inhibition gene dicF of Escherichia coli reveals a widespread group of prophage sequences in bacterial genomes". J Bacteriol 176 (4): 1150–1156. PMC 205167. PMID 7508908. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=205167. 

Further reading

• Tetart, F; Bouche JP (1992). "Regulation of the expression of the cell-cycle gene ftsZ by DicF antisense RNA. Division does not require a fixed number of FtsZ molecules". Mol Microbiol 6 (5): 615–620. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1992.tb01508.x. PMID 1372677. 
• Bouche, F; Bouche JP (1989). "Genetic evidence that DicF, a second division inhibitor encoded by the Escherichia coli dicB operon, is probably RNA". Mol Microbiol 3 (7): 991–994. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1989.tb00249.x. PMID 2477663. 
• Cam, K.; Cuzange, A.; Bouché, J. P. (1995). "Sigma S-dependent overexpression of ftsZ in an Escherichia coli K-12 rpoB mutant that is resistant to the division inhibitors DicB and DicF RNA". Molecular & general genetics : MGG 248 (2): 190–194. doi:10.1007/BF02190800. PMID 7651342.  edit
• Faubladier, M.; Cam, K.; Bouché, J. P. (1990). "Escherichia coli cell division inhibitor DicF-RNA of the dicB operon. Evidence for its generation in vivo by transcription termination and by RNase III and RNase E-dependent processing". Journal of molecular biology 212 (3): 461–471. doi:10.1016/0022-2836(90)90325-G. PMID 1691299.  edit

External links

• Rfam page for DicF RNA