Biology:CDKN2BAS

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Short description: Non-coding RNA in the species Homo sapiens


A representation of the 3D structure of the protein myoglobin showing turquoise α-helices.
Generic protein structure example
CDKN2B antisense RNA 1 intronic convserved region
CDKN2B-AS secondary structure.jpg
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of CDKN2B-AS
Identifiers
SymbolCDKN2B-AS
Alt. SymbolsANRIL
RfamRF01909
Other data
RNA typeGene;
Domain(s)Eukaryota;
GO0006342 0005515
SO0001463
PDB structuresPDBe

CDKN2B-AS, also known as ANRIL (antisense non-coding RNA in the INK4 locus) is a long non-coding RNA consisting of 19 exons, spanning 126.3kb in the genome, and its spliced product is a 3834bp RNA. It is located within the p15/CDKN2B-p16/CDKN2A-p14/ARF gene cluster, in the antisense direction. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) which alter the expression of CDKN2B-AS are associated with human healthy life expectancy, as well as with multiple diseases, including coronary artery disease, diabetes and many cancers.[1] It binds to chromobox 7 (CBX7) within the polycomb repressive complex 1 and to SUZ12, a component of polycomb repression complex 2 and through these interactions is involved in transcriptional repression.[2][3]

See also

  • Long noncoding RNA

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