RT RNA motifs refers to conserved RNA motifs discovered by bioinformatics and that are usually or always located nearby to genes predicted to encode reverse transcriptase (RT genes). Known RNAs located nearby to RT genes include self-splicing introns, retrons and diversity-generating retroelements (DGR), and RT RNA motifs could function as part of such elements.
Nineteen RT RNA motifs found and named RT-1 through RT-19.[1]
The RT-10 RNA motif occurs in a known DGR in Bordetella phage BPP-1. However, the function of these RNAs and their role in the DGR remains unknown. Most RT RNA motifs to date appear too small to be likely to function as self-splicing RNAs.
References
Gallery of RT RNA motifs |
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RT-1 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03114
RT-2 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03077
RT-3 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03068
RT-4 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03025
RT-5 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03026
RT-6 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03027
RT-7 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03028
RT-8 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03029
RT-9 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03080
RT-10 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03022
RT-11 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03106
RT-12 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03016
RT-13 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03017
RT-14 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF02921
RT-15 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03018
RT-16 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03019
RT-17 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03020
RT-18 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03021
RT-19 Secondary structure taken from the Rfam database. Family RF03073
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