| Small nucleolar RNA SNORD48 | |
|---|---|
 Predicted
secondary structure and
sequence conservation of SNORD48 | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | SNORD48 |
| Alt. Symbols | U48 |
| Rfam | RF00282 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Gene; snRNA; snoRNA; C/D-box |
| Domain(s) | Eukaryota |
| GO | GO:0006396 GO:0005730 |
| SO | SO:0000593 |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
In molecular biology, SNORD48 (also known as U48) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule 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.
U48 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]
This snoRNA was originally cloned from HeLa cells and experimentally verified by northern blotting. [2] SNORD48 is predicted to guide the 2'O-ribose methylation of 28S rRNA C2279. [3] In the human genome this snoRNA is located in the introns of the same host gene (C6orf48) as another C/D box snoRNA U52 (also known as SNORD52). [3]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kiss-László Z, Henry Y, Bachellerie JP, Caizergues-Ferrer M, Kiss T (June 1996). "Site-specific ribose methylation of preribosomal RNA: a novel function for small nucleolar RNAs". Cell. 85 (7): 1077–88. doi: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81308-2. PMID 8674114. S2CID 10418885.
- ^ a b Lestrade L, Weber MJ (January 2006). "snoRNA-LBME-db, a comprehensive database of human H/ACA and C/D box snoRNAs". Nucleic Acids Research. 34 (Database issue): D158-62. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.105.7552. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkj002. PMC 1347365. PMID 16381836.
External links
- Page for Small nucleolar RNA SNORD48 at Rfam
- Entry for SNORD52 at snoRNABase
- Entry for SNORD48 at snoRNABase
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