CD Accession:
cd02576
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Pseudouridine synthase, TruD family; This group consists of eukaryotic pseudouridine synthases similar to Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pus7. Pseudouridine synthases catalyze the isomerization of specific uridines in an RNA molecule to pseudouridines (5-ribosyluracil, psi). Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pus7 makes psi35 in U2 small nuclear RNA (U2 snRNA), psi13 in cytoplasmic tRNAs and psi35 in pre-tRNATyr. Psi35 in yeast U2 snRNA and psi13 in tRNAs are highly phylogenetically conserved. Psi34 is the mammalian U2 snRNA counterpart of yeast U2 snRNA psi35.
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