Box C/D snoRNP catalysed methylation is aided by additional pre-rRNA base-pairing

Box C/D small nucleolar RNPs catalyse 2′-O-methylation of eukaryotic ribosomal RNA. A large-scale analysis of yeast box C/D snoRNAs reveals conserved ‘extra base-pairing' between snoRNAs and regions adjacent to their rRNA methylation site and points to a role for the non-catalytic protein subun...

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Main Authors: van Nues, Robert Willem, Granneman, Sander, Kudla, Grzegorz, Sloan, Katherine Elizabeth, Chicken, Matthew, Tollervey, David, Watkins, Nicholas James
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3116282/