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title: "Actino-ugpB RNA motif"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actino-ugpB_RNA_motif"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T14:00:46.986724+00:00"
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The Actino-ugpB RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics.
Actino-ugpB motifs are found in strains of the species Gardnerella vaginalis, within the phylum Actinomycetota.
It is ambiguous whether Actino-ugpB RNAs function as cis-regulatory elements or whether they operate in trans.  Many of the RNAs are upstream of the gene 'ugpB', which encodes a protein putatively involved in sugar transport.  However, several of the RNAs are not located upstream of a protein-coding gene.  Structurally, the motif consists of two hairpins with conserved nucleotides located in the stems and outside of the hairpins, but not in their terminal loops.


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