Biology:Epstein–Barr virus small nucleolar RNA 1

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Human herpesvirus 1 small nucleolar RNA
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Sequence concservation of v-snoRNA1
Identifiers
Symbolv-snoRNA1
RfamRF01516
Other data
RNA typesnoRNA
PDB structuresPDBe

V-snoRNA1 is a box CD-snoRNA[clarification needed] identified in B lymphocytes infected with the Epstein–Barr virus (human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4)).[1] This snoRNA is the first known example of a snoRNA expressed from a viral genome.[2] It is homologous to eukaryotic snoRNAs because it contains the C and D boxes sequence motifs[clarification needed] but lacks a terminal stem-loop structure. The nucleolar localization of v-snoRNA1 was determined by in situ hybridization. V-snoRNA1 can form into a ribonucleoprotein complex (snoRNP) as co-immunoprecipitation (CoIP) assays showed that this snoRNA interacts with the snoRNA core proteins, fibrillarin, Nop56, Nop58.[clarification needed] It has also been proposed that this snoRNA may act as a miRNA-like precursor that is processed into 24-nucleotide-sized RNA fragments that target the 3'UTR[clarification needed] of viral DNA polymerase mRNA.[1]

See also

  • Epstein–Barr virus stable intronic sequence RNAs

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