Small nucleolar RNA SNORA44

Small nucleolar RNA SNORA44
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of SNORA44
Identifiers
Symbol	SNORA44
Alt. Symbols	snoACA44
Rfam	RF00405
Other data
RNA type	Gene; snRNA; snoRNA; H/ACA-box
Domain(s)	Eukaryota
GO	0006396 0005730
SO	0000594

Small nucleolar RNA SNORA44 (also known as ACA44) 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'.

ACA44 was originally cloned from HeLa cells^[1] and belongs to the H/ACA box class of snoRNAs as it has the predicted hairpin-hinge-hairpin-tail structure, has the conserved H/ACA-box motifs and is found associated with GAR1 protein. snoRNA ACA44 is predicted to guide the pseudouridylation of U822 and U686 of 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA). Pseudouridylation is the (isomerisation of the nucleoside uridine) to the different isomeric form pseudouridine.

snoRNA ACA44 is homologous to the mouse snoRNA sequence MBI-64 described by Hüttenhofer et al in 2001.^[2]

References

External links

• Page for Small nucleolar RNA SNORA44 at Rfam
• Entry for ACA44 at snoRNABase