Biology:Small nucleolar RNA SNORD75

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Small nucleolar RNA SNORD75
RF00612.jpg
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of SNORD75
Identifiers
SymbolSNORD75
RfamRF00612
Other data
RNA typeGene; snRNA; snoRNA; C/D-box
Domain(s)Eukaryota
GO0006396 0005730
SO0000593
PDB structuresPDBe

In molecular biology, Small Nucleolar RNA SNORD75 (also known as U75) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the biogenesis (modification) of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is 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.

U75 (SNORD75) belongs to the C/D box class of snoRNAs which contain the C (UGAUGA) and D (CUGA) box motifs. Most of the members of the box C/D family function in directing site-specific 2′-O-methylation of substrate RNAs.[1] The mouse snoRNA Z19 is orthologous to human U75. U75 is predicted to guide the 2′-O-ribose methylation of 28S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) residue C4032.[2] In humans U75 shares the same non-protein coding host gene (gas5) with 9 other snoRNAs (U44, U47, U74, U76, U77, U78, U79, U80 and U81).[3]

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