| isrA Hfq binding RNA | |
|---|---|
| Predicted secondary structure of isrA Hfq binding RNA | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | isrA |
| Rfam | RF01385 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | gene, sRNA |
| Domain | Enterobacteriaceae |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
An Hfq binding sRNA is an sRNA that binds the bacterial RNA binding protein called Hfq. A number of bacterial small RNAs which have been shown to bind to Hfq have been characterised (see list). Many of these RNAs share a similar structure composed of three stem-loops. [1] Several studies have expanded this list, and experimentally validated a total of 64 Hfq binding sRNA in Salmonella Typhimurium . [2] [3] [4] A transcriptome wide study on Hfq binding sites in Salmonella mapped 126 Hfq binding sites within sRNAs. [5] Genomic SELEX has been used to show that Hfq binding RNAs are enriched in the sequence motif 5′-AAYAAYAA-3′. [6] Genome-wide study identified 40 candidate Hfq-dependent sRNAs in plant pathogen Erwinia amylovora. 12 of them were confirmed by Northern blot. [7]