CaiA RNA motif
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| caiA | |
|---|---|
 Consensus secondary structure and sequence conservation of caiA RNA | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | caiA |
| Rfam | RF02934 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Gene; sRNA |
| SO | SO:0001263 |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
The caiA RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics.[1] caiA motifs are found in Clostridiales.
caiA RNAs are found upstream of genes whose protein products function as acyl CoA dehydrogenases, although in one case the annotated substrate is butyryl-CoA. caiA RNAs might regulate these genes (i.e. function as cis-regulatory elements), but it is also possible that their association with these genes is a coincidence.