Biology:IMES-4 RNA motif

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Consensus secondary structure of IMES-4 RNAs. This figure is adapted from supplementary data of a previous publication.[1]

The IMES-4 RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was identified in marine environmental sequences by metagenomics and bioinformatics.[1] These RNAs are present in environmental sequences, and as of 2009 are not known to be present in any cultivated species. IMES-4 RNAs are fairly abundant in comparison to ribosomes[1] in RNAs sampled from the Pacific Ocean.[2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Exceptional structured noncoding RNAs revealed by bacterial metagenome analysis". Nature 462 (7273): 656–659. December 2009. doi:10.1038/nature08586. PMID 19956260. Bibcode2009Natur.462..656W. 
  2. "Microbial community gene expression in ocean surface waters". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105 (10): 3805–3810. March 2008. doi:10.1073/pnas.0708897105. PMID 18316740. 
  3. ">"Metatranscriptomics reveals unique microbial small RNAs in the ocean's water column". Nature 459 (7244): 266–269. May 2009. doi:10.1038/nature08055. PMID 19444216. Bibcode2009Natur.459..266S.