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Small nucleolar RNA SNORD26
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of SNORD26
Identifiers
Symbol	SNORD26
Alt. Symbols	U26
Rfam	RF00087
Other data
RNA type	Gene; snRNA; snoRNA; CD-box
Domain(s)	Eukaryota
GO	GO:0006396 GO:0005730
SO	SO:0001263
PDB structures	PDBe

In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA SNORD26 (U26) is a member of the C/D class of snoRNA which contain the C (UGAUGA) and D (CUGA) box motifs. U26 is encoded within the U22 snoRNA host gene (UHG) in mammals and is thought to act as a 2'-O-ribose methylation guide for ribosomal RNA.

References

1. Tycowski KT, Shu MD, Steitz JA (February 1996). "A mammalian gene with introns instead of exons generating stable RNA products". Nature. 379 (6564): 464–6. Bibcode:1996Natur.379..464T. doi:10.1038/379464a0. PMID 8559254. S2CID 4319950.
2. Tycowski KT, Smith CM, Shu MD, Steitz JA (December 1996). "A small nucleolar RNA requirement for site-specific ribose methylation of rRNA in Xenopus". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 93 (25): 14480–5. Bibcode:1996PNAS...9314480T. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.25.14480. PMC 26158. PMID 8962077.

External links

• Page for Small nucleolar RNA SNORD26 at Rfam

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