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For example, human pre-miRNA 92b adopts a G-quadruplex structure which is resistant to the Dicer mediated cleavage in the cytoplasm. [75] Although either strand of the duplex may potentially act as a functional miRNA, only one strand is usually incorporated into the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) where the miRNA and its mRNA target interact.
Major proteins of RISC, Ago2, SND1, and AEG-1, act as crucial contributors to the gene silencing function of the complex. [ 16 ] RISC uses the guide strand of miRNA or siRNA to target complementary 3'-untranslated regions (3'UTR) of mRNA transcripts via Watson-Crick base pairing , allowing it to regulate gene expression of the mRNA transcript ...
RNA silencing describes several mechanistically related pathways which are involved in controlling and regulating gene expression. [5] [6] [7] RNA silencing pathways are associated with the regulatory activity of small non-coding RNAs (approximately 20–30 nucleotides in length) that function as factors involved in inactivating homologous sequences, promoting endonuclease activity ...
Gene silencing is the regulation of gene expression in a cell to prevent the expression of a certain gene. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Gene silencing can occur during either transcription or translation and is often used in research.
AGO2 (grey) in complex with a microRNA (light blue) and its target mRNA (dark blue) In humans, there are eight AGO family members, some of which are investigated intensively. However, even though AGO1–4 are capable of loading miRNA, endonuclease activity and thus RNAi-dependent gene silencing exclusively belongs to AGO2.
Trinucleotide repeat-containing gene 6A protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TNRC6A gene. [5] [6] This gene encodes a member of the trinucleotide repeat containing 6 protein family. The protein functions in post-transcriptional gene silencing through the RNA interference (RNAi) and microRNA pathways.
406947 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000283904 n/a UniProt n a n/a RefSeq (mRNA) n/a n/a RefSeq (protein) n/a n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 21: 25.57 – 25.57 Mb n/a PubMed search n/a Wikidata View/Edit Human MiR-155 is a microRNA that in humans is encoded by the MIR155 host gene or MIR155HG. MiR-155 plays a role in various physiological and pathological processes. [7] [8] [9] Exogenous molecular control in ...
microRNA mediated repression occurs in two ways, either by translational repression or stimulating mRNA decay. miRNA recruit the RISC complex to the mRNA to which they are bound. The link to P-bodies comes by the fact that many, if not most, of the proteins necessary for miRNA gene silencing are localized to P-bodies, as reviewed by Kulkarni et ...