U6 snRNA-associated Sm-like protein LSm5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LSM5 gene.[1][2][3]

Sm-like proteins were identified in a variety of organisms based on sequence homology with the Sm protein family (see SNRPD2; MIM 601061). Sm-like proteins contain the Sm sequence motif, which consists of 2 regions separated by a linker of variable length that folds as a loop. The Sm-like proteins are thought to form a stable heteromer present in tri-snRNP particles, which are important for pre-mRNA splicing.[supplied by OMIM][3]

References

  1. ^ Salgado-Garrido J, Bragado-Nilsson E, Kandels-Lewis S, Seraphin B (Aug 1999). "Sm and Sm-like proteins assemble in two related complexes of deep evolutionary origin". EMBO J. 18 (12): 3451–62. doi:10.1093/emboj/18.12.3451. PMC 1171424. PMID 10369684
  2. ^ Ingelfinger D, Arndt-Jovin DJ, Luhrmann R, Achsel T (Jan 2003). "The human LSm1-7 proteins colocalize with the mRNA-degrading enzymes Dcp1/2 and Xrnl in distinct cytoplasmic foci". RNA. 8 (12): 1489–501. doi:10.1017/S1355838202021726. PMC 1370355. PMID 12515382
  3. ^ "Entrez Gene: LSM5 LSM5 homolog, U6 small nuclear RNA associated (S. cerevisiae)"

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