Hua-Enhancer1 (HE1) is a RNA methyltransferase protein that plays a role in the maturation of miRNA in plants. HE1 methylates the 3' overhangs of miRNA:miRNA* duplexes, before they are exported out of the nucleus to the cytoplasm.[1]

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  1. ^ Tsai HL, Li YH, Hsieh WP, Lin MC, Ahn JH, Wu SH (2014). "HUA ENHANCER1 is involved in posttranscriptional regulation of positive and negative regulators in Arabidopsis photomorphogenesis". Plant Cell. 26 (7): 2858–72. doi:10.1105/tpc.114.126722. PMC 4145119. PMID 25052717.