Table 2.

Known endonucleolytic cleavage sites for RNase Y and J

RNase Y
Bs yitJ C1*	(--)GACACGAAAAUUU^CAUAUCCG(--)	[59]
Bs yitJ C2	(--)GAGACA^AAAUCACUGAC(--)	[59]
Bs gapA	(--)CAAAGAA^GU(--)	[62]
Bs infC C1	(--)TATTG^TGTAGAATAGT	[156]
Bs infC C2	(--)TGACCGTAC^ATTTTTATTGA	[156, 317]
Sa sae	TATACAACTAT^TAAATCCCATAA	[3]
RNases J1 and J2
Bs thrS leader**	GAUUCCG^UUUAUUC	[16, 161]
Bs thrZ leader	CCACGGG^UUAAUCA	[16, 161]
Bs trp leader	CAUUAUG^U^U^UAUUC	[318]
Bs ilv-leu	GAGAACA^GGUACA	[1, 163]
Bs scRNA	AUCAUCA^AAUUUUC	[162]

The ^ symbol marks the site of cleavage. Dashes in parentheses indicate a secondary structure. The asterisk indicates the only RNase Y cleavage site demonstrated to occur in vivo and in vitro. Two asterisks show that this cleavage site can be cleaved by RNases J, Y, and E [24]

Bs Bacillus subtilis, Sa Staphylococcus aureus, C cleavage site, scRNA small cytoplasmic RNA