Small nucleolar RNA SNORD83

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Small nucleolar RNA SNORD83
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Type: Gene; snRNA; guide; CD-box;
2° structure: Predicted; PFOLD
Seed alignment: Griffiths-Jones SR
Avg length: 76.9 nucleotides
Avg identity: 85%

Small nucleolar RNA SNORD83 (also known as U83 and U84) 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. snoRNA SNORD83 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]. snoRNA SNORD83 are spliced from introns 5 and 4 of the BAT1 gene in mammals [2] [3].

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  1. ^ Galardi, S; Fatica A, Bachi A, Scaloni A, Presutti C, Bozzoni I (2002). "Purified box C/D snoRNPs are able to reproduce site-specific 2'-O-methylation of target RNA in vitro". Mol Cell Biol 22: 6663–6668. doi:10.1128/MCB.22.19.6663-6668.2002. PMID 12215523. 
  2. ^ Jady BE, Kiss T (2000). "Characterisation of the U83 and U84 small nucleolar RNAs: two novel 2'-O-ribose methylation guide RNAs that lack complementarities to ribosomal RNAs.". Nucleic Acids Res 28 (6): 1348–54. doi:10.1093/nar/28.6.1348. PMID 10684929. 
  3. ^ Duga S, Asselta R, Malcovati M, Tenchini ML, Ronchi S, Simonic T (2000). "The intron-containing L3 ribosomal protein gene (RPL3): sequence analysis and identification of U43 and of two novel intronic small nucleolar RNAs.". Biochim Biophys Acta 1490 (3): 225–36. PMID 10684968. 

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