Plasmid RNAIII
| Plasmid RNAIII | |
|---|---|
 Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of Plasmid_RNAIII | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | Plasmid_RNAIII |
| Rfam | RF00235 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Gene |
| Domain(s) | Bacteria |
| SO | SO:0000233 |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
Plasmid RNAIII is a non-coding RNA found in bacterial plasmids including pIP501. RNAIII acts by transcriptional attenuation of the essential repR-mRNA. RNAIII is composed of four stem-loops with loops L3 and L4 that interact with the RNA target.[1]
References
- ^ Heidrich N, Brantl S (November 2003). "Antisense-RNA mediated transcriptional attenuation: importance of a U-turn loop structure in the target RNA of plasmid pIP501 for efficient inhibition by the antisense RNA". Journal of Molecular Biology. 333 (5): 917–929. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.020. PMID 14583190.