MIR34A

MicroRNA 34a
Identifiers
Symbols MIR34A ; MIRN34A; miRNA34A; mir-34
External IDs OMIM: 611172 GeneCards: MIR34A Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 407040 n/a
Ensembl ENSG00000207865 n/a
UniProt n/a n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NR_029610 n/a
RefSeq (protein) n/a n/a
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
9.15 – 9.15 Mb
n/a
PubMed search n/a

MicroRNA 34a is a MicroRNA that in humans is encoded by the MIR34A gene.[1]

Function

microRNAs (miRNAs) are short (20-24 nt) non-coding RNAs that are involved in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in multicellular organisms by affecting both the stability and translation of mRNAs. miRNAs are transcribed by RNA polymerase II as part of capped and polyadenylated primary transcripts (pri-miRNAs) that can be either protein-coding or non-coding. The primary transcript is cleaved by the Drosha ribonuclease III enzyme to produce an approximately 70-nt stem-loop precursor miRNA (pre-miRNA), which is further cleaved by the cytoplasmic Dicer ribonuclease to generate the mature miRNA and antisense miRNA star (miRNA*) products. The mature miRNA is incorporated into a RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), which recognizes target mRNAs through imperfect base pairing with the miRNA and most commonly results in translational inhibition or destabilization of the target mRNA. The RefSeq represents the predicted microRNA stem-loop.

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