Small nucleolar RNA snoMBI-87

Small nucleolar RNA SNORA36 family
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of SNORA36
Identifiers
SymbolSNORA36
Alt. SymbolssnoMBI-87
RfamRF00340
Other data
RNA typeGene; snRNA; snoRNA; H/ACA-box
Domain(s)Eukaryota
GOGO:0006396 GO:0005730
SOSO:0000594
PDB structuresPDBe

In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA MBI-87 is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the biogenesis (modification) of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is 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".[1]

snoRNA MBI-87 was originally cloned from mouse brain tissues[2] and belongs to the H/ACA box class of snoRNAs as it has the predicted hairpin-hinge-hairpin-tail structure and has the conserved H/ACA-box motifs.

References

  1. ^ Kiss T (April 2002). "Small nucleolar RNAs: an abundant group of noncoding RNAs with diverse cellular functions". Cell. 109 (2): 145–8. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00718-3. PMID 12007400. S2CID 8968788.
  2. ^ Hüttenhofer A, Kiefmann M, Meier-Ewert S, O'Brien J, Lehrach H, Bachellerie JP, Brosius J (June 2001). "RNomics: an experimental approach that identifies 201 candidates for novel, small, non-messenger RNAs in mouse". The EMBO Journal. 20 (11): 2943–53. doi:10.1093/emboj/20.11.2943. PMC 125495. PMID 11387227.


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