Degradation of r-a
[NOTE TO MARC: Can you check the parameter for this reaction? I assumed the mRNA complex half life to be 1 min, is it too slow?]
The mRNA complex of scbR-scbA degrades very soon after it's formation.
Contents
Chemical equation
Rate equation
Parameters
The parameter of this reaction is the degradation rate of the r-a complex .
Name | Value | Units | Value in previous GBL model [1] | Remarks-Reference |
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[2] [3] | [1]
(Bistability range: and ) |
In a study on the properties of antisense RNA and on the effect it has on gene regulation in bacteria, Georg et al. report that the antisense RNAs resulting from overlapping or divergent promoters (i.e. isiA/IsrR sense/antisense pair in Synechocystis PCC6803) that form a complex, co-degrade almost immediately.
This opinion is further supported by A.J. Carpousis who, in a review on gene regulation by antisense RNA and quantifies a short mRNA half-life as approximately . Therefore we can assume that the antisense RNA in the GBL system will follow a similar pattern and will rapidly degrade. The half-life should be kept under , therefore we can explore the range of values . From the antisense RNA half-life () we calculated the degradation rate, as per , which resulted in a degradation rate constant value between . |
Parameters with uncertainty
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A. Chatterjee, L. Drews, S. Mehra, E. Takano, Y.N. Kaznessis, and W.-S. Hu. Convergent transcription in the butyrolactone regulon in streptomyces coelicolor confers a bistable genetic switch for antibiotic biosynthesis. PLoS ONE, 6(7), 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Carpousis A.J. Degradation of targeted mRNAs in Escherichia coli: regulation by a small antisense RNA. Genes & Dev. 2003. 17: 2351-2355.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Georg J., Hess WR. Cis-antisense RNA, another level of gene regulation in bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2011;75(2):286-300.