Bacillus-plasmid RNA motif
| Bacillus-plasmid RNA | |
|---|---|
 Consensus secondary structure of Bacillus-plasmid RNAs | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | Bacillus-plasmid |
| Rfam | RF01691 |
| Other data | |
| Domain(s) | Bacillus, Lactobacillus |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
The Bacillus-plasmid RNA motif is a predicted conserved RNA structure usually located in plasmids.[1] It is known in species under the genera Bacillus and Lactobacillus. In Bacillus subtilis, it is found upstream of the hypothetical gene ydcS, whose function is unknown.
The fact that the RNA structure is typically found in plasmids suggests that it might be involved in the regulation plasmid copy number by a cis-antisense mechanism in a manner similar to that of R1162-like plasmid antisense RNA.[2] However, the Bacillus-plasmid RNA motif does not appear to be homologous to any such known RNA.
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.
- ^ Kim K, Meyer RJ (October 1986). "Copy-number of broad host-range plasmid R1162 is regulated by a small RNA". Nucleic Acids Res. 14 (20): 8027–8046. doi:10.1093/nar/14.20.8027. PMC 311832. PMID 2430262.
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