most of these (not all) seem to contain the motif acgaac
does anyone know more about this motif?
is this sars cov 2 specific or does it appear in other sequences?
edit: found a paper where this sequence has been mentioned:
How cool that you found this sequence and research showing the role it plays in viral transcription. I’m going to guess those six nucleotides line up exactly with two amino acids, if you would like to check the amino acid sequence (either in the puzzle or elsewhere). That sequence does seem like an intriguing therapeutic target given that it repeats 10x and primarily occurs in stem loops, if I’m reading the paper correctly.
Oh wait, your original post was about non-coding regions. Nothing to do with the amino acid sequence or our puzzles. Scratch what I suggested. Your second post is listing a complementary sequence found in ACE2 that might pair up with the acgaac sequence in SARS-CoV-2?