Biology:6A RNA motif

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Short description: Conserved RNA structure


6A
RF02925.svg
Consensus secondary structure and sequence conservation of 6A RNA
Identifiers
Symbol6A
RfamRF02925
Other data
RNA typeGene; sRNA
SO0001263
PDB structuresPDBe

The 6A RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics.[1] 6A motifs are found in Actinomycetota, Bacillota, and Fusobacteriota. 6A RNAs likely function in trans as sRNAs, and contain a pseudoknot.

The 6A RNA motif was named after 6 A (adenosine) nucleotides that are highly conserved in the structure. No other nucleotides are highly conserved. Many 6A RNAs occur adjacent to other 6A RNAs, although no hypothesis to explain this phenomenon has been proposed.

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