Small nucleolar RNA snR64
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of snosnR64
Identifiers
SymbolsnosnR64
RfamRF00509
Other data
RNA typeGene; snRNA; snoRNA; CD-box
Domain(s)Eukaryota
GOGO:0006396 GO:0005730
SOSO:0000593
PDB structuresPDBe

In molecular biology, snR64 is an RNA molecule belonging to the C/D class of small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA), which contain the C (UGAUGA) and D (CUGA) box motifs. Similar to most members of the box C/D family, snR64 is conjectured to help direct site-specific 2'-O-methylation of substrate RNAs.[1]

References

  1. Lowe TM, Eddy SR (February 1999). "A computational screen for methylation guide snoRNAs in yeast". Science. 283 (5405): 1168–71. Bibcode:1999Sci...283.1168L. doi:10.1126/science.283.5405.1168. PMID 10024243.
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