Degradation of r

The mRNA of ScbR (r) degrades.

Chemical equation

r\rightarrow \varnothing

r= d_{mR}\cdot[r]

The parameter of this reaction is the degradation rate of r $d_{mR}$ .

Name	Value	Units	Origin	Remarks
$d_{mR}$	$0.045-0.4$ ^[1] ^[2]	$min^{-1}$	Half life of mRNA in Gram positive bacteria (low GC content) Half life of mRNA in Actinomycetes

↑ Kristoffersen SM, Haase C, Weil MR, et al. Global mRNA decay analysis at single nucleotide resolution reveals segmental and positional degradation patterns in a Gram-positive bacterium. Genome Biology. 2012;13(4):R30.
↑ Ortiz-Ortiz, L. and Bojalil, L.F. and Yakoleff, V. Biological, Biochemical, and Biomedical Aspects of Actinomycetes. Elsevier, 2013