RNase_MRP_RNA (RELEASE_2.5.1) |
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| SO Accession: | SO:0000385 (SOWiki) |
| Definition: | The RNA molecule essential for the catalytic activity of RNase MRP, an enzymatically active ribonucleoprotein with two distinct roles in eukaryotes. In mitochondria it plays a direct role in the initiation of mitochondrial DNA replication. In the nucleus it is involved in precursor rRNA processing, where it cleaves the internal transcribed spacer 1 between 18S and 5.8S rRNAs. |
| Synonyms: | RNase MRP RNA |
| DB Xrefs: | URL: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rfam/getacc?RF00030 |
| Parent: | ncRNA (SO:0000655) |
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