OxyS_RNA

Term ID

SO:0000384

Synonyms

• OxyS RNA

Definition

A small untranslated RNA which is induced in response to oxidative stress in Escherichia coli. Acts as a global regulator to activate or repress the expression of as many as 40 genes, including the fhlA-encoded transcriptional activator and the rpoS-encoded sigma(s) subunit of RNA polymerase. OxyS is bound by the Hfq protein, that increases the OxyS RNA interaction with its target messages. http://www.sanger.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rfam/getacc?RF00035

References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OxyS_RNA

Ontology

Sequence Ontology