ALTERNATE NAMES: None reported
LENGTH: 245 nts
PROCESS: Pseudouridine formation in rRNA, Cleavage
TARGET SITE(S): 25S rRNA: Y2923
GENOMIC ORGANIZATION: Independent gene
GENE DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE: Cold-Sensitive
CORRESPONDENCES IN HUMANS AND PLANTS: Click here and see that yeast and humans have corresponding modifications and guide snoRNAs.
Click here and see that yeast and Arabidopsis have corresponding modifications and guide snoRNAs.
PHYLOGENETIC CONSERVATION IN FUNGI: Schizosaccharomyces pombe has an orthologous snoRNA. Click here to examine conservation of the snoRNA in fungal genomes using BLAST.
RNA SEQUENCE:
1 aacgcaaauu uaacagccau ucguaacacg uacaguaucu cgucgagguu gaaccccucc 61 ggggcguucu ugacccauga agaaugugga uugguguugc aauauauuua uuauuggcuu 121 ggacuggaga acaaauuuau cgaucuuggg ugcaacaguc uuucugucgu cuguuuuuua 181 gcagaucuaa ggguuuaccu ucgugugccc ggaugaggac cguugcaagg auugauaaua 241 caacu
YEAST GENOME DATABASE ENTRY:Click here to view the SGD entry for this snoRNA.
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