SL1 RNA

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SL1 RNA
File:RF00198.jpg
Identifiers
SymbolSL1
RfamRF00198
Other data
RNA typeGene
DomainEukaryota
GOGO:0000365
SOSO:0000233
PDB structuresPDBe

This family represents the SL1 RNA. The gene encoding SL1 RNA is commonly, but not always, located in the spacer region between 5S-rRNA genes. The SL1 RNA is involved in trans-splicing, which is a form of RNA processing. The acquisition of a spliced leader from an SL RNA is an inter-molecular reaction that precisely joins exons derived from separately transcribed RNAs. This mechanism of mRNA maturation has been shown to occur in a number of lower eukaryotes and is commonplace in nematodes.[1]

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