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Small nucleolar RNA SNORD31

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Small nucleolar RNA SNORD31
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of SNORD31
Identifiers
SymbolSNORD31
Alt. SymbolsU31
RfamRF00089
Other data
RNA typeGene; snRNA; snoRNA; CD-box
Domain(s)Eukaryota
GOGO:0006396 GO:0005730
SOSO:0000593
PDB structuresPDBe

In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA SNORD31 (U31) is a member of the C/D class of snoRNA which contain the C (UGAUGA) and D (CUGA) box motifs. U31 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.

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