Small nucleolar RNA R16

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Small nucleolar RNA R16
RF00296.jpg
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of snoR16
Identifiers
SymbolsnoR16
RfamRF00296
Other data
RNA typeGene; snRNA; snoRNA; CD-box
Domain(s)Eukaryota
GOGO:0006396 GO:0005730
SOSO:0000593
PDB structuresPDBe

In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA R16 is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule identified in plants which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It is known as a small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) and also often referred to as a guide RNA.

snoRNA R16 belongs to the C/D box class of snoRNAs which contain the conserved sequence motifs known as the C box (UGAUGA) and the D box (CUGA). Most of the members of the box C/D family function in directing site-specific 2'-O-methylation of substrate RNAs.[1]

snoR16 was identified in Arabidopsis thaliana.[2] snoRNA R16 is related to another Arabidopsis snoRNA called R40.

References[]

  1. ^ Galardi S, Fatica A, Bachi A, Scaloni A, Presutti C, Bozzoni I (October 2002). "Purified box C/D snoRNPs are able to reproduce site-specific 2'-O-methylation of target RNA in vitro". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22 (19): 6663–8. doi:10.1128/MCB.22.19.6663-6668.2002. PMC 134041. PMID 12215523.
  2. ^ Marker C, Zemann A, Terhörst T, Kiefmann M, Kastenmayer JP, Green P, Bachellerie JP, Brosius J, Hüttenhofer A (December 2002). "Experimental RNomics: identification of 140 candidates for small non-messenger RNAs in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana". Current Biology. 12 (23): 2002–13. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01304-0. PMID 12477388. S2CID 18112420.

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