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Small nucleolar RNA SNORD37
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of SNORD37
Identifiers
SymbolSNORD37
Alt. SymbolsU37
RfamRF00440
Other data
RNA typeGene; snRNA; snoRNA; C/D-box
Domain(s)Eukaryota
GOGO:0006396 GO:0005730
SOSO:0000593
PDB structuresPDBe

In molecular biology, SNORD37 (also known as U37) 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 U37 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 C/D box family function in directing site-specific 2'-O-methylation of substrate RNAs.

This snoRNA was originally identified by computational screening of vertebrate genomes for conserved C/D box motifs within intronic regions and expression experimentally verified by northern blotting. The mouse orthologue was identified.

SNORD37 is predicted to guide the 2'O-ribose methylation of the 28S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) at residue A3697.

References

  1. Galardi S, Fatica A, Bachi A, Scaloni A, Presutti C, Bozzoni I (October 2002). "Purified box C/D snoRNPs are able to reproduce site-specific 2'-O-methylation of target RNA in vitro". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22 (19): 6663–8. doi:10.1128/MCB.22.19.6663-6668.2002. PMC 134041. PMID 12215523.
  2. Kiss T (April 2002). "Small nucleolar RNAs: an abundant group of noncoding RNAs with diverse cellular functions". Cell. 109 (2): 145–8. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00718-3. PMID 12007400. S2CID 8968788.
  3. Nicoloso M, Qu LH, Michot B, Bachellerie JP (July 1996). "Intron-encoded, antisense small nucleolar RNAs: the characterization of nine novel species points to their direct role as guides for the 2'-O-ribose methylation of rRNAs". Journal of Molecular Biology. 260 (2): 178–95. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1996.0391. PMID 8764399.
  4. Hüttenhofer A, Kiefmann M, Meier-Ewert S, O'Brien J, Lehrach H, Bachellerie JP, Brosius J (June 2001). "RNomics: an experimental approach that identifies 201 candidates for novel, small, non-messenger RNAs in mouse". The EMBO Journal. 20 (11): 2943–53. doi:10.1093/emboj/20.11.2943. PMC 125495. PMID 11387227.
  5. Lestrade L, Weber MJ (January 2006). "snoRNA-LBME-db, a comprehensive database of human H/ACA and C/D box snoRNAs". Nucleic Acids Research. 34 (Database issue): D158-62. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.105.7552. doi:10.1093/nar/gkj002. PMC 1347365. PMID 16381836.

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