In molecular biology, snoRNA U103 (also known as SNORD103) 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.
| Small nucleolar RNA SNORD103/SNORD85 | |
|---|---|
 Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of SNORD103 | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | SNORD103 |
| Alt. Symbols | U103 |
| Rfam | RF00188 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Gene; snRNA; snoRNA; CD-box |
| Domain(s) | Eukaryota |
| GO | GO:0006396 GO:0005730 |
| SO | SO:0000593 |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
snoRNA U103 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]
U103 was identified by computational screening of the introns of ribosomal protein genes for conserved C/D box sequence motifs and expression experimentally verified by northern blotting.[2]
U103 is predicted to guide the 2'O-ribose methylation of 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) residue G601.[2][3] In both the human and mouse genome there are two U103 gene copies (called U103A or SNORD103A and U103B or SNORD103B) located within introns 17 and 21 of the PUM1 gene.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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): 6663–6668. doi:10.1128/MCB.22.19.6663-6668.2002. PMC 134041. PMID 12215523.
- ^ a b c Vitali P, Royo H, Seitz H, Bachellerie JP, Hüttenhofer A, Cavaillé J (2003). "Identification of 13 novel human modification guide RNAs". Nucleic Acids Res. 31 (22): 6543–51. doi:10.1093/nar/gkg849. PMC 275545. PMID 14602913.
- ^ Lestrade, Laurent; Weber, Michel J. (2006). "snoRNA-LBME-db, a comprehensive database of human H/ACA and C/D box snoRNAs". Nucleic Acids Research. 34 (Supplement 1: Database Issue): D158–D162. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.105.7552. doi:10.1093/nar/gkj002. PMC 1347365. PMID 16381836.
External links
edit- Page for Small nucleolar RNA SNORD103 at Rfam
- Entry for SNORD103A at snoRNABase
- Entry for SNORD103B at snoRNABase
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