Interferon gamma 5' UTR regulatory element

Interferon gamma 5' UTR regulatory elements are a family of regulatory RNAs. This family represents a pseudoknot containing stem-loop structure found in the 5' UTR of interferon-gamma mRNA. This structure is thought to be involved in translational regulation and the pseudoknot has been found to activate protein kinase R (PKR) which is known to be a translational inhibitor. Mutations in the pseudoknot structure have been found to reduce PKR activation and increase the translation of interferon-gamma.[1]

Interferon gamma 5' UTR regulatory element
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of IFN_gamma
Identifiers
SymbolIFN_gamma
RfamRF00259
Other data
RNA typeCis-reg
Domain(s)Eukaryota
SOSO:0000204
PDB structuresPDBe

References

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