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 0000233

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

  1. ^ Heidrich, N; Brantl S (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". J Mol Biol 333 (5): 917–929. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.020. PMID 14583190. 

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