YdaO/yuaA leader

ydaO/yuaA leader
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of ydaO-yuaA
Identifiers
SymbolydaO-yuaA
RfamRF00379
Other data
RNA typeCis-reg; riboswitch
Domain(s)Bacteria
SOSO:0000233
PDB structuresPDBe

The YdaO/YuaA leader (now called the cyclic di-AMP riboswitch) is a conserved RNA structure found upstream of the ydaO and yuaA genes in Bacillus subtilis and related genes in other bacteria. Its secondary structure and gene associations were predicted by bioinformatics.[1]

These RNAs function as riboswitches, and sense the signaling molecule cyclic di-AMP.[2] The interaction between the riboswitch and c-di-AMP has been revealed in atomic-resolution structures.[3][4][5]

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