Small nucleolar RNA snR64

Small nucleolar RNA snR64

Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of snosnR64
Identifiers
Symbol snosnR64
Rfam RF00509
Other data
RNA type Gene; snRNA; snoRNA; CD-box
Domain(s) Eukaryota
GO 0006396 0005730
SO 0000593

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, T. M.; Eddy, S. R. (February 1999). "A Computational Screen for Methylation Guide snoRNAs in Yeast". Science. 283 (5405): 1168–1171. Bibcode:1999Sci...283.1168L. doi:10.1126/science.283.5405.1168. PMID 10024243.
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