The T44 RNA family consists of a number of bacterial RNA genes of between 135 and 170 bases in length.
The t44 gene has been identified in several species of
enteric bacteria
Gut microbiota, gut microbiome, or gut flora are the microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses, that live in the digestive tracts of animals. The gastrointestinal metagenome is the aggregate of all the genomes of the g ...
but homologs have also been identified in ''
Pseudomonas
''Pseudomonas'' is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria belonging to the family Pseudomonadaceae in the class Gammaproteobacteria. The 348 members of the genus demonstrate a great deal of metabolic diversity and consequently are able to colonize a ...
'' and ''
Coxiella'' species. The t44 gene is found between the ''map'' and ''rpsB'' genes in all species in the full alignment apart from ''
Shigella flexneri
''Shigella flexneri'' is a species of Gram-negative bacteria in the genus ''Shigella'' that can cause diarrhea in humans. Several different serogroups of ''Shigella'' are described; ''S. flexneri'' belongs to group ''B''. ''S. flexneri'' infect ...
''. The function of this RNA is unknown.
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Non-coding RNA
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