TraJ 5' UTR

The traJ 5' UTR is a cis acting RNA element which is involved in regulating plasmid transfer in bacteria.

In conjugating bacteria the FinOP system regulates the transfer of F-like plasmids. The FinP gene encodes an antisense RNA product that is complementary to part of the 5' UTR of the traJ mRNAcite journal | author = Arthur DC, Ghetu AF, Gubbins MJ, Edwards RA, Frost LS, Glover JN | title = FinO is an RNA chaperone that facilitates sense-antisense RNA interactions | journal = EMBO J. | volume = 22 | issue = 23 | pages = 6346–55 | year = 2003 | pmid = 14633993 | doi = 10.1093/emboj/cdg607 | issn = ] . The traJ gene encodes a protein required for transcription from the major transfer promoter, pY. The FinO protein is essential for effective repression, acting by binding to FinP and protecting it from RNase E degradation.

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