SraG RNA
Appearance
SraG RNA | |
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![]() Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of SraG | |
Identifiers | |
Symbol | SraG |
Rfam | RF00082 |
Other data | |
RNA type | Gene; sRNA |
Domain(s) | Bacteria |
SO | SO:0000655 |
PDB structures | PDBe |
SraG (small RNA G) is a small non-coding RNA (ncRNA). It is the functional product of a gene which is not translated into protein.
This ncRNA was discovered in the bacteria Escherichia coli during a large scale computational screen for transcription signals and genomic features of known small RNA-encoding genes.[1] During this screen 14 novel ncRNA genes were identified, including GlmZ, SraB, SraC and SraD.[1]
The expression of SraG was experimentally confirmed by Northern blotting which also indicated this RNA undergoes specific cleavage processing.[1] The function of this RNA is unknown.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Argaman L, Hershberg R, Vogel J, et al. (2001). "Novel small RNA-encoding genes in the intergenic regions of Escherichia coli". Curr. Biol. 11 (12): 941–950. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00270-6. PMID 11448770.