FIGURE 12.
Summary of main findings obtained on 6S-2 RNA decay in this study, illustrated in the context of the 6S-2 RNA secondary structure. The 5′-end reads accumulating in RNA-seq libraries of the ΔrnjA strain are highlighted in blue. The terminator hairpin loop inferred to be cleaved endonucleolytically to yield 6S-2s RNA is marked in orange. RNase activities inferred in this study to be involved in the decay of 6S-2 RNA are indicated near the structural elements where hydrolysis takes place. The shorter fragments “a” to “c,” representing an alternative decay pathway, are indicated by lines above and below the secondary structure.
