Biology:Int-alpA RNA motif
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| int-alpA | |
|---|---|
 Consensus secondary structure and sequence conservation of int-alpA RNA | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | int-alpA |
| Rfam | RF02996 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Gene; sRNA |
| SO | 0001263 |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
The int-alpA RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics.[1] int-alpA motif RNAs are found in Pseudomonadota, and one example is known in each of Acidobacteriota and Planctomycetota. An int-alpA was also detected in a purified phage, specifically Thalssomonas phage BA3.
int-alpA RNAs likely function in trans as small RNAs. They are often located nearby to integrase genes that most resemble the homologous gene found in the P4 phage. int-alpA RNAs also often occur nearby to alpA genes, a gene that is also related to phages. Thus the RNA motif seems to function as part of phages.
References
- ↑ "Detection of 224 candidate structured RNAs by comparative analysis of specific subsets of intergenic regions". Nucleic Acids Res. 45 (18): 10811–10823. October 2017. doi:10.1093/nar/gkx699. PMID 28977401.
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