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Family: FMN (RF00050)

Description: FMN riboswitch aptamer (RFN element)

Summary

Note on Riboswitches

This Rfam family FMN (RF00050) represents an aptamer domain of a full riboswitch FMN riboswitch aptamer (RFN element). Riboswitches are non-coding RNA structures that regulate gene expression in response to ligand. Each riboswitch has two main parts: the aptamer domain and the expression platform. The aptamer domain is highly conserved to precisely bind its ligand. However, the expression platform has multiple modes of gene regulation, which introduces sequence and structure variability that increases difficulty in its detection through covariance model searching. For more information see the original publications.

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Sequences

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Secondary structure

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Species distribution

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Structures

For those sequences which have a structure in the Protein DataBank, we generate a mapping between EMBL, PDB and Rfam coordinate systems. The table below shows the structures on which the FMN family has been found.

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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 RM00008 GNRA tetraloop 30 0.205 312.3 Match Image
7 RM00024 T-loop 16 0.110 173.2 Match Image
7 RM00030 U-turn motif 14 0.096 154.6 Match Image

References

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

Literature references

  1. Vitreschak AG, Rodionov DA, Mironov AA, Gelfand MS Nucleic Acids Res 2002;30:3141-3151. Regulation of riboflavin biosynthesis and transport genes in bacteria by transcriptional and translational attenuation. PUBMED:12136096

  2. Gelfand MS, Mironov AA, Jomantas J, Kozlov YI, Perumov DA Trends Genet 1999;15:439-442. A conserved RNA structure element involved in the regulation of bacterial riboflavin synthesis genes. PUBMED:10529804

  3. Winkler WC, Cohen-Chalamish S, Breaker RR Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002;99:15908-15913. An mRNA structure that controls gene expression by binding FMN. PUBMED:12456892

  4. Serganov A, Huang L, Patel DJ Nature. 2009;458:233-237. Coenzyme recognition and gene regulation by a flavin mononucleotide riboswitch. PUBMED:19169240

  5. Wilt HM, Yu P, Tan K, Wang YX, Stagno JR J Struct Biol X. 2020;4:100035. FMN riboswitch aptamer symmetry facilitates conformational switching through mutually exclusive coaxial stacking configurations. PUBMED:33103111

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Curation and family details

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Curation

Seed source Vitreshchak A
Structure source Published; PMID:12456892
Type Cis-reg; riboswitch;
Author Vitreshchak A, Gelfand M, Bateman AORCID logo, Ontiveros-Palacios NORCID logo
Alignment details
Alignment Number of
sequences
full 6,230
seed 146

Model information

Build commands
cmbuild -F CM SEED
cmcalibrate --mpi CM
Search command
cmsearch --cpu 4 --verbose --nohmmonly -T 30.00 -Z 2958934 CM SEQDB
Gathering cutoff 66.2
Trusted cutoff 66.2
Noise cutoff 66.1
Covariance model Download