IMES-1 RNA motif

The IMES-1 RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was identified in marine environmental sequences by two studies based on metagenomics and bioinformatics, the first analyzing metatranscriptome (RNA) data[2] and the second using metagenome (DNA) data.[1] These RNAs are present in environmental sequences, and as of 2009 are not known to be present in any cultivated species. However, the species that use these RNAs are most closely related to known alphaproteobacteria and gammaproteobacteria.[2] IMES-1 RNAs make up a significant portion of marine RNA transcripts[2] and are exceptionally abundant in that over five times as many IMES-1 RNAs were found as ribosomes[1] in RNAs sampled from the Pacific Ocean.[2][3] Only two bacterial RNAs are known (6S RNA and transfer RNA) to be more highly transcribed than ribosomes. IMES-1 RNAs were also detected in abundance in Block Island Sound in the Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Weinberg Z, Perreault J, Meyer MM, Breaker RR (December 2009). "Exceptional structured noncoding RNAs revealed by bacterial metagenome analysis". Nature. 462 (7273): 656–9. doi:10.1038/nature08586. PMID 19956260.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Shi Y, Tyson GW, DeLong EF (May 2009). "Metatranscriptomics reveals unique microbial small RNAs in the ocean's water column". Nature. 459 (7244): 266–9. doi:10.1038/nature08055. PMID 19444216.
  3. ↑ Frias-Lopez J, Shi Y, Tyson GW, et al. (March 2008). "Microbial community gene expression in ocean surface waters". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105 (10): 3805–10. doi:10.1073/pnas.0708897105. PMC 2268829Freely accessible. PMID 18316740.
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