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Family: T-box (RF00230)

Description: T-box leader

Summary

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Sequences

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Secondary structure

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Species distribution

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Motif matches

There are 3 motifs which match this family.

This section shows the Rfam motifs that match sequences within the seed alignment of this family. Users should be aware that the motifs are structural constructs and do not necessarily conform to taxonomic boundaries in the way that Rfam families do. More...

Original order Motif Accession Motif Description Number of Hits Fraction of Hits Sum of Bits Image
7 RM00004 CRC binding motif 6 0.125 60.3 Match Image
7 RM00008 GNRA tetraloop 10 0.208 98.3 Match Image
7 RM00021 Tandem GA/AG loop 44 0.917 1653.9 Match Image

References

This section shows the database cross-references that we have for this Rfam family.

Literature references

  1. Grundy FJ, Rollins SM, Henkin TM J Bacteriol 1994;176:4518-4526. Interaction between the acceptor end of tRNA and the T box stimulates antitermination in the Bacillus subtilis tyrS gene: a new role for the discriminator base. PUBMED:8045882

  2. Grundy FJ, Collins JA, Rollins SM, Henkin TM RNA 2000;6:1131-1141. tRNA determinants for transcription antitermination of the Bacillus subtilis tyrS gene. PUBMED:10943892

  3. Winkler WC, Grundy FJ, Murphy BA, Henkin TM RNA 2001;7:1165-1172. The GA motif: an RNA element common to bacterial antitermination systems, rRNA, and eukaryotic RNAs. PUBMED:11497434

  4. Gerdeman MS, Henkin TM, Hines JV J Mol Biol 2003;326:189-201. Solution structure of the Bacillus subtilis T-box antiterminator RNA: seven nucleotide bulge characterized by stacking and flexibility. PUBMED:12547201

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Curation and family details

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Curation

Seed source Barrick JE, predicted; Vitreschak A, PMID:12770710
Structure source Published; PMID:12770710
Type Cis-reg; leader;
Author Barrick JE, Bateman AORCID logo, Vitreschak AG, Gelfand MSORCID logo, Gardner PPORCID logo
Alignment details
Alignment Number of
sequences
full 12,267
seed 48

Model information

Build commands
cmbuild -F CM SEED
cmcalibrate --mpi CM
Search command
cmsearch --cpu 4 --verbose --nohmmonly -T 18.50 -Z 549862.597050 CM SEQDB
Gathering cutoff 93.0
Trusted cutoff 93.0
Noise cutoff 92.9
Covariance model Download