RNA capping

id: GO:0009452
name: RNA capping
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The sequence of enzymatic reactions by which the 5' cap structure, an inverted 7-methylguanosine linked via a 5'-5' triphosphate bridge (m7G(5')ppp(5')X) to the first transcribed residue, is added to a nascent RNA polymerase II transcript.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006370mRNA capping
GO:0006387snRNA capping

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006396RNA processing