Small nucleolar RNA SNORD30 (original) (raw)

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Small nucleolar RNA SNORD30
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of SNORD30
Identifiers
Symbol SNORD30
Alt. Symbols U30
Rfam RF00088
Other data
RNA type Gene; snRNA; snoRNA; CD-box
Domain(s) Eukaryota
GO GO:0006396 GO:0005730
SO SO:0000593
PDB structures PDBe

In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA SNORD30 (U30) is a member of the C/D class of snoRNA which contain the C (UGAUGA) and D (CUGA) box motifs. U30 is encoded within the U22 snoRNA host gene (UHG) in mammals[1] and is thought to act as a 2'-O-ribose methylation guide for ribosomal RNA.[2]

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  2. ^ Tycowski KT, Smith CM, Shu MD, Steitz JA (December 1996). "A small nucleolar RNA requirement for site-specific ribose methylation of rRNA in Xenopus". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 93 (25): 14480–5. Bibcode:1996PNAS...9314480T. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.25.14480. PMC 26158. PMID 8962077.