LivK RNA motif

The "livK" RNA motif describes a conserved RNA structured that was discovered using bioinformatics. The "livK" motif is detected only in the species "Pseudomonas syringae". It is found in the potential 5' untranslated regions (5' UTRs) of "livK" genes and downstream "livM" and "livH" genes, as well as the 5' UTRs of amidase genes. The "liv" genes are predicted to be transporters of branched-chain amino acids, i.e., leucine, isoleucine or valine. The specific reaction catalyzed the amidase genes is not predicted.