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Published on: April 6, 2019
Families of H/ACA ncRNA molecules in trypanosomatids
Tirza Doniger1, Shulamit Michaeli, Ron Unger
1The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Abstract:
H/ACA molecules are small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) that guide the conversion of a uridine into a pseudouridine. This modification is crucial for ribosomal RNA (rRNA) function. In addition, H/ACA RNA also function in ribosomal RNA processing. Unlike the double hairpin structure of H/ACA molecules in other organisms, H/ACA molecules in Trypanosomes have a single hairpin structure. Here we describe the repertoire of the 46 published H/ACA molecules in Trypanosoma brucei, as well as identify the orthologous counterparts in other Trypanosomatids enlarging the H/ACA collection in this family to over 300.
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