The Hepatitis B virus PRE stem-loop alpha (HBV PRE SL alpha) is an RNA structure that is shown to play a role in nuclear export of HBV mRNAs.
| Hepatitis B virus PRE alpha | |
|---|---|
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | HBV_PREalpha |
| Rfam | HBV_PREalpha |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Cis-reg; |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
HBV PREalpha consists of a 30 nt stem-loop, with a 5 nt apical loop. The conserved stem-loop was predicted within the HBV PRE sequence and confirmed by mutagenesis.
The exact role of this structure in nuclear export has not yet been determined.
See also
- Hepatitis B virus PRE beta
- HBV RNA encapsidation signal epsilon
- Hepatitis_B virus PRE 1151–1410
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