The atoC RNA motif is a conserved RNA-like structure identified by bioinformatics.[1] It consistently appears upstream of protein-coding gene that are predicted to encode oxidoreductase activity, dihydropteroate synthase (part of folate metabolism) or DNA-binding response regulators.

atoC RNA
Consensus secondary structure of atoC RNAs
Identifiers
SymbolatoC
RfamRF01733
Other data
RNA typecis-regulatory element
Domain(s)deltaproteobacteria
PDB structuresPDBe

References

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  1. ^ 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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