Small nucleolar RNA SNORA21

Small nucleolar RNA SNORA21
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of SNORA21
Identifiers
Symbol SNORA21
Alt. Symbols snoACA21
Rfam RF00412
Other data
RNA type Gene; snRNA; snoRNA; H/ACA-box
Domain(s) Eukaryota
GO 0006396 0005730
SO 0000594

In molecular biology, SNORA21 (also known as ACA21) is a member of the H/ACA class of small nucleolar RNA that guide the sites of modification of uridines to pseudouridines.[1]

This family also contains the mouse sequence MBI-3.[2]

References

  1. Kiss, Arnold M.; Jády, Beáta E.; Bertrand, Edouard; Kiss, Tamás (2004). "Human Box H/ACA Pseudouridylation Guide RNA Machinery". Molecular and Cellular Biology 24 (13): 5797–5807. doi:10.1128/MCB.24.13.5797-5807.2004. PMC 480876. PMID 15199136.
  2. Huttenhofer, Alexander; Kiefmann, Martin; Meier-Ewert, Sebastian; O'Brien, John; Lehrach, Hans; Bachellerie, Jean-Pierre; Brosius, Jürgen (1 June 2001). "RNomics: an experimental approach that identifies 201 candidates for novel, small, non-messenger RNAs in mouse". The EMBO Journal 20 (11): 2943–2953. doi:10.1093/emboj/20.11.2943. PMC 125495. PMID 11387227.

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