Small nucleolar RNA SNORD17
SNORD17
Identifiers
SymbolSNORD17
RfamRF00567
Other data
RNA typeGene; snRNA; snoRNA; CD-box;
PDB structuresPDBe

SNORD17 (also known as HBI-43) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the biogenesis (modification) of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifiying 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.

HBI-43 belongs to the C/D box class of snoRNAs which contain the conserved sequence motifs known as the C box (UGAUGA) and the D box (CUGA). Most of the members of the box C/D family function in directing site-specific 2'-O-methylation of substrate RNAs.[1]

Alternative representation of the SNORD17 consensus structure.
Alternative representation of the SNORD17 consensus structure.

This snoRNA is the human orthologue of mouse HBI-43.[2] HBI-43 is predicted to guide 2'O-ribose methylation of 28s ribosomal RNA (rRNA) at position U3797.[3] This residue (U3797) is also predicted to be pseudouridylated (the uridine residue is converted to pseudouridine) by the H/ACA box snoRNA ACA48.[3]

All member of the HBI-43 family are exceptionally long for a C/D box snoRNA, ranging from 187 nt in Tetraodon to 256 nt in Spermophilus. Representative are reported in mammals [3] [4], gnathostomes as well as in C. elegans [5] In Eutheria, SNORD17 is located in an intron of SNX5. The second copy in the human genome is found in an intron of the adjacent OVOL2 gene. In T. belaneri, E. caballus, and S. araneus the annotated SNX5 gene is located downstream of SNORD17. Most likely, this is caused by incomplete gene models rather than a relocation of SNORD17. In Monodelphis, a second copy is located in CSRP2BP. In earlier gnathostomes, including the shark C. milii, however, SNORD17 is associated within dyskerin (DKC1), a key component of box H/ACA snoRNPs.


References

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  1. ^ Galardi, S.; Fatica, A.; Bachi, A.; Scaloni, A.; Presutti, C.; Bozzoni, I. (October 2002). "Purified Box C/D snoRNPs Are Able to Reproduce Site-Specific 2'-O-Methylation of Target RNA in Vitro". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22 (19): 6663–6668. doi:10.1128/MCB.22.19.6663-6668.2002. PMC 134041. PMID 12215523.
  2. ^ Huttenhofer, Alexander; Kiefmann, Martin; Meier-Ewert, Sebastian; O'Brien, John; Lehrach, Hans; Bachellerie, Jean-Pierre; Brosius, Jürgen (1 June 2001). "RNomics: an experimental approach that identifies 201 candidates for novel, small, non-messenger RNAs in mouse". The EMBO Journal. 20 (11): 2943–2953. doi:10.1093/emboj/20.11.2943. PMC 125495. PMID 11387227.
  3. ^ a b c Lestrade, Laurent; Weber, Michel J. (2006). "snoRNA-LBME-db, a comprehensive database of human H/ACA and C/D box snoRNAs". Nucleic Acids Research. 34 (Supplement 1: Database Issue): D158–D162. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.105.7552. doi:10.1093/nar/gkj002. PMC 1347365. PMID 16381836.
  4. ^ Zhang, Y. and Liu, J. and Jia, C. and Li, T. and Wu, R. and Wang, J. and Chen, Y. and Zou, X. and Chen, R. and Wang, X. J. and Zhu, D. (2010). "Systematic identification and evolutionary features of rhesus monkey small nucleolar RNAs". BMC Genomics. 11: 61. PMID 20100322. {{cite journal}}: line feed character in |author= at position 49 (help); line feed character in |title= at position 55 (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Caenorhabditis_elegans snoRNA :Y74C9A.6".
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