Biology:ctRNA

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ctRNA
RF00489.jpg
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of ctRNA_p42d
Identifiers
SymbolctRNA_p42d
RfamRF00489
Other data
RNA typeGene; antisense
Domain(s)Bacteria
SO0000644
PDB structuresPDBe

In molecular biology ctRNA (counter-transcribed RNA) is a plasmid encoded noncoding RNA that binds to the mRNA of repB and causes translational inhibition.[1] ctRNA is encoded by plasmids and functions in rolling circle replication to maintain a low copy number. In Corynebacterium glutamicum, it achieves this by antisense pairing with the mRNA of RepB, a replication initiation protein.[1] In Enterococcus faecium the plasmid pJB01 contains three open reading frames, copA, repB, and repC. The pJB01 ctRNA is coded on the opposite strand from the copA/repB intergenic region and partially overlaps an atypical ribosome binding site for repB.[2]

See also

  • S-element

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Venkova-Canova, T; Patek M; Nesvera J (2003). "Control of rep gene expression in plasmid pGA1 from Corynebacterium glutamicum". J Bacteriol 185 (8): 2402–2409. doi:10.1128/JB.185.8.2402-2409.2003. PMID 12670963. 
  2. "The terminal and internal hairpin loops of the ctRNA of plasmid pJB01 play critical roles in regulating copy number". Mol. Cells 26 (1): 26–33. July 2008. PMID 18511887. 

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