21U-RNA metabolic process

id: GO:0034585
name: 21U-RNA metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving 21U-RNAs, a class of single-stranded RNA molecules of about 21 nucleotides in length characterized by a uridine 5'-monophosphate and a modified 3' end resistant to periodate degradation. 21U-RNAs are derived from distinct, autonomously expressed loci within the genome.

Child Functions

idname
GO:003458621U-RNA catabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0034660ncRNA metabolic process