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The Rickettsia_rpsL-leader is a putative attenuator element identified by bioinformatics[1] within bacteria of the α-proteobacterial Rickettsia genus. It is located upstream of the operon encoding ribosomal proteins S12 and S7 (rpsL and rpsG genes respectively), and presents a Rho-independent terminator at the 3' end. This RNA is presumed to operate as a non-coding ribosomal protein leader potentially interacting with the S12 or S7 proteins, encoded by the operon. The motif might be related to other rpsL_leaders, also described in RFAM, which are found within other bacterial phyla.
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[modifier | modifier le code]Rickettsia_rpsL-leader alignment [1]