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Lnt RNA motif

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Consensus secondary structure of Lnt RNAs. This figure is adapted from a previous publication.[1]
Lnt RNA
Identifiers
SymbolLnt
RfamRF01711
Other data
RNA typeCis-reg;
Domain(s)Bacteria;
SOSO:0005836
PDB structuresPDBe

The Lnt RNA motif refers to a conserved RNA structure found in certain bacteria.[1] Specifically, Lnt RNAs are known only in species within the phylum Chlorobiota, and are located in the possible 5' untranslated regions (5' UTRs) of genes that are annotated as encoding apolipoprotein N-acyltransferase enzymes. There is some doubt as to whether the indicated motif is transcribed as RNA, or whether its reverse complement is transcribed. If the reverse complement is transcribed it would potentially in 5' UTRs of genes encoding bacteriochlorophyll A, and would be close to the start codon of those genes.

References

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  1. ^ a b Weinberg Z, Wang JX, Bogue J, et al. (March 2010). "Comparative genomics reveals 104 candidate structured RNAs from bacteria, archaea and their metagenomes". Genome Biol. 11 (3): R31. doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-3-r31. PMC 2864571. PMID 20230605.
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