The Polynucleobacter-1 RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was identified by bioinformatics.[1] The RNA structure is predominantly located in genome sequences derived from DNA extracted from uncultivated marine samples. However it was also predicted in the genome of Polynucleobacter species QLW-P1DMWA-1, a kind of betaproteobacteria. The RNAs are often located near to a conserved gene that might be homologous to a gene found in a phage that infects cyanobacteria. However, it is unknown if the RNA is used by phages.
| Polynucleobacter-1 RNA | |
|---|---|
 Consensus secondary structure of Polynucleobacter-1 RNAs | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | Polynucleobacter-1 |
| Rfam | RF01718 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | sRNA |
| Domain(s) | Marine metagenome |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
References edit
- ^ 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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