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This page first provides some general reference information about the 23S rRNA data set used to generate the base pair frequency data. Links to this information appear at appropriate places within the base pair frequency tables and associated help files.

Then, the list of base pairs is shown. When a link is selected from this table, the base pair frequencies and other selected data will appear in a separate tab or window (depending upon your browser settings).

23S rRNA Reference Sequence: Escherichia coli.

GenBank Accession Numbers: Secondary Structure Diagrams:
U00006, J01695, D12649 5' half: PS | PDF
3' half: PS | PDF

Alignments Used:

Code Descriptions # Sequences
B (eu)Bacteria 326
A Archaea 41
C Chloroplasts 103
E Eucarya 263
M Mitochondria 312

The three phylogenetic domains are defined in (Woese, C. R., Kandler, O., & Wheelis, M.L. (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87:4576-4579): Archaea, (eu)Bacteria, and Eucarya (nuclear).


23S rRNA AA.AG@helix.ends Base Pair List

BP/X EP Or LT M Conf SN Stacking XN
52:118 5' M   absent aa
75:111   5' M   I 75,111 76:110 GA
83:103 5' I   S 83,103 82:104 AG
124:127 3' H T NH / ND --
149:177 5' M C G7 149,177 150:176 AG
182:215 5' M   I 182,215 183:214 AG
189:207 3' I E S 189,207 187:208, 190:206 AG
223:232 5' M   absent ag
244:254 5' I E S 244,254 243:256, 245:253 AG
247:251 3' H   NH / ND CA
294:344 5' I C NH / ND CG
298:340 3' M EL S 298,340 297:341 AG
374:400 5' M E S 374,400 375:399 AG
460:469 5' M E S 460,469 461:468 AG
463:466 3' H T, U S 463,466 462:467 AG
483:497 5' M   S 483,497 484:498 AG
602:655 3' M 2C absent aa
603:625 5' M 2C absent aa
609:619 5' I X S 609,619 610:618 AG
627:636 5' M 2C G3 636 628:635 AG
637:651 5' M 2C NH / ND CG
684:793 3' M   absent ag
699:733 5' M C S 699,733 700:732 AG
706:725 5' I GU S 706,725 705:726, 707:824 AG
713:718 3' H U NH / ND CG
818:1189 3' M E S 818,1189 817:1190 AG
861:916 5' I E A3 861,916 862:915 AA
945:972 5' M   NH / ND ca
975:988 5' M   A3 975,988 976:987 AA
1000:1155 5' I GA absent aa
1001:1154 5' I GA S 1001,1154 1002:1153 AG
1029:1125 5' M GA NH / ND AC
1056:1103 3' M C S 1056,1103 1055:1104 AG
1093:1098 3' H U S 1093,1098 1092:1099 AG
1214:1235 5' I GU S 1214,1235 1215:1234 AG
1223:1226 3' H T, U S 1223 1222:1227 AG
1268:2012 5' I GA, E S 1268,2012 1267:2013, 1269:2011 AG
1299:1641 3' M   NH / ND ua
1354:1377 5' I GA, U S 1354,1377 1355:1376 AG
1419:1579 5' I GA NH / ND --
1426:1572 3' I GA S 1426,1572 1425:1573 AG
1477:1514 5' I GA, GU NH / ND --
1613:1618 3' H   absent ag
1631:1635 3' H   S 1631,1635 1630:1636 AG
1655:2005 5' I C S 1655,2005 1656:2004 AG
1687:1701 3' I EL S 1687,1701 1686:1702 AG
1689:1698 5' I EL A7 1689,1698 1690:1697 AA
1773:1978 3' M   absent aa
1791:1828 5' M   S 1828 1792:1827 AG
1802:1815 5' I GA NH / ND AU
1807:1810 3' H T S 1807,1810 1806:1811 AG
1866:1875 5' I GA NH / ND --
1932:1968 5' M GA, EL S 1932,1968 1931:1969, 1933:1967 AG
2125:2173 3' M 2C NH / ND ag
2126:2162 5' M 2C NH / ND aa
2199:2224 5' M GA, U S 2199,2224 2197:2225, 2200:2223 AG
2287:2345 5' M 2C absent ag
2327:2388 5' I PK absent aa
2346:2371 5' M 2C absent aa
2358:2429 5' M PK NH / ND --
2375:2378 3' H T, U S 2375 2374:2379 AG
2469:2481 5' I GA S 2469,2481 2468:2482, 2470:2480 AG
2472:2478 3' H   S 2472,2478 2471:2479 AG
2518:2566 3' M   absent aa
2547:2561   5' M   I 2547,2561 2548:2560 GA
2587:2607 5' M C, U absent ag
2595:2598 3' H T, U S 2595 2594:2599 AG
2639:2775 5' M GA S 2639,2775 2638:2778, 2640:2774 AG
2657:2664 5' I GA, E S 2657,2664 2656:2665, 2658:2663 AG
2659:2662 3' H T, U S 2659,2662 2658:2663 AG
2741:2763 5' I U S 2741,2763 2742:2762 AG
2747:2757 3' H GA S 2747,2757 2746:2758 AG
2810:2890 5' I C A3 2810,2890 2811:2889 AA
2835:2883 5' M   absent aa
2857:2860 3' H T S 2857,2860 2856:2861 AG