miRBase entry: ppy-mir-216a

Stem-loop ppy-mir-216a

Accession

MI0002864

Description

Pongo pygmaeus ppy-mir-216a precursor miRNA

Gene family

MIPF0000054; mir-216

Sequence

gauggcugugaguuggcuUAAUCUCAGCUGGCAACUGUGagauguucauacaaucccucacaguggucucugggauuaugcuaaacagagcaauuuccuugcccucacga
......(((((((((((.(((((((((..(((.((((((((.(((....)))....)))))))).))).))))))))).))))).....((((.....)))).)))))).

Structure

gauggc      -------------------     u         CU   A        ---a   u 
      ugugag                   uuggc UAAUCUCAG  GGC ACUGUGag    ugu c
      ||||||                   ||||| |||||||||  ||| ||||||||    |||  
      gcacuc                   aaucg auuaggguc  cug ugacacuc    aca a
-----a      ccguuccuuuaacgagaca     u         -u   g        ccua   u

Annotation confidence Not enough data

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Comments

Berezikov et al. used primers designed from human miRNA gene flanking sequence to amplify miRNA precursor regions in primates [1]. The expression of the mature miRNA was not validated.

Genome context

chr2A: 55022400-55022509 [+]

Clustered miRNAs

1 other miRNA is < 10 kb from ppy-mir-216a

Name	Accession	Chromosome	Start	End	Strand	Confidence

Database links

Mature ppy-miR-216a

Accession	MIMAT0002561
Description	Pongo pygmaeus ppy-miR-216a mature miRNA
Sequence	19 - UAAUCUCAGCUGGCAACUGUG - 39
Evidence	not_experimental

References

PubMed ID: 15652478
Phylogenetic shadowing and computational identification of human microRNA genes
"Berezikov E, Guryev V, van de Belt J, Wienholds E, Plasterk RH, Cuppen E"
"Cell (2005) 120:21-24