Enterobacteria rnk leader
| Enterobacteria rnk leader | |
|---|---|
 Conserved secondary structure of Enterobacteria rnk leader , showing the fraction of canonical base pairs | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | rnk_leader |
| Rfam | RF01771 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Cis-reg; leader |
| Domain(s) | Enterobacteriales |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
The Enterobacteria rnk leader is a putative attenuator element identified by bioinformatics within bacteria of the γ-proteobacterial Enterobacteriales order.[1] 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 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.[1]