The iron-sensing aconitase B binds its own mRNA to prevent sRNA-induced mRNA cleavage

Aconitase is an iron–sulfur protein and a major enzyme of the TCA cycle that catalyzes the conversion of citrate to isocitrate under iron-rich conditions. In Escherichia coli, aconitase B (AcnB) is a typical moonlighting protein that can switch to its apo form (apo-AcnB) which favors binding its own...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benjamin, Julie-Anna M., Massé, Eric
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4150767/