FolP RNA motif

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folP
Consensus secondary structure and sequence conservation of folP RNA
Identifiers
Symbol	folP
Rfam	RF02978
Other data
RNA type	Cis-reg
SO	SO:0005836
PDB structures	PDBe

The folP RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics.^[1] folP motifs are found in the genus Dialister.

folP motif RNAs likely function as cis-regulatory elements, in view of their positions upstream of protein-coding genes. The RNAs are, in most cases, followed by Rho-independent transcription terminators, which might participate in the cis regulation performed by folP RNAs. The RNAs are upstream of genes encoding dihydropteroate synthase, which is involved in folate metabolism.