Termite-leu RNA motif
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| Termite-leu RNA | |
|---|---|
 Consensus secondary structure of Termite-leu RNAs | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | Termite-leu RNA |
| Rfam | RF01730 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Cis-regulatory element |
| Domain(s) | Termite gut metagenome |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
The Termite-leu RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure discovered by bioinformatics.[1] It is found only in DNA sequences extracted from uncultivated bacteria living in termite hindguts, and has not yet been detected in any known cultivated organism. In many cases, Termite-leu RNAs are found in the likely 5′ untranslated regions of multive genes related to the synthesis of the amino acid leucine. However, in several cases it is not found in this type of location. Therefore, it was considered ambiguous as to whether Termite-leu RNAs constitute cis-regulatory elements.
References
[edit]- ^ Weinberg Z, Wang JX, Bogue J, et al. (March 2010). "Comparative genomics reveals 104 candidate structured RNAs from bacteria, archaea and their metagenomes". Genome Biol. 11 (3): R31. doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-3-r31. PMC 2864571. PMID 20230605.
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