The Enterobacteria rnk leader is a putative attenuator element identified by
bioinformatics
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within bacteria of the γ-proteobacterial
Enterobacteriales
Enterobacterales is an order of Gram-negative, non-spore forming, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria with the class Gammaproteobacteria. The type genus of this order is ''Enterobacter.''
The name Enterobacterales is derived from the ...
order.
It is located upstream of the ''rnk'' gene, encoding a
nucleoside diphosphate kinase regulator, and presents a
Rho-independent terminator at the 3' end. This
RNA
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation and expression of genes. RNA and deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) are nucleic acids. Along with lipids, proteins, and carbohydra ...
is presumed to operate as a non-coding leader, which regulatory mechanism remains to be elucidated. The motif might be related to other rnk-and greA-leaders, such as
Pseudomonas rnk leader.
See also
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Gammaproteobacteria rimP leader
The γ-proteobacterial rimP leader is a putative attenuator element identified by bioinformatics within bacteria of the γ-proteobacterial phylum. It is located upstream of the ''rimP-nusA-infB'' operon encoding RimP, a protein shown to be involved ...
References
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*{{Rfam, id=RF01771, name=Enterobacteria rnk leader
Cis-regulatory RNA elements