Figure 6. Schematic overview of the importance of RNase E for R. sphaeroides.

Although RNase E is only one of several RNases acting on mRNAs and sRNAs, it significantly affects the transcriptome of R. sphaeroides, which most likely also affects the proteome. These effects on RNA processing/degradation strongly impact phototrophic growth, whereas no significant effect on chemotrophic growth is observed.