Small nucleolar RNA SNORA63

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Small nucleolar RNA SNORA63
Identifiers
SymbolSNORA63
Alt. SymbolsE3
RfamRF00092
Other data
RNA typeGene; snRNA; snoRNA; HACA-box
Domain(s)Eukaryota
GOGO:0006396 GO:0005730
SOSO:0000594
PDB structuresPDBe

In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA SNORA63 (E3) is part of the H/ACA class of snoRNAs. It plays a role in the processing of eukaryotic pre-rRNA and has regions of complementarity to 18S rRNA. E3 is encoded within the introns of the gene for protein synthesis initiation factor 4AII.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Mishra RK, Eliceiri GL (May 1997). "Three small nucleolar RNAs that are involved in ribosomal RNA precursor processing". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 94 (10): 4972–7. Bibcode:1997PNAS...94.4972M. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.10.4972. PMC 24615. PMID 9144174.
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