MicroRNA 494 is a microRNA sequence which is encoded in humans by the MIR494 gene.[3]

MIR494
Identifiers
AliasesMIR494, MIRN494, hsa-mir-494, mir-494, microRNA 494
External IDsOMIM: 616036; GeneCards: MIR494; OMA:MIR494 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

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RefSeq (protein)

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Location (UCSC)Chr 14: 101.03 – 101.03 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
Wikidata
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Function

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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short (20–24 nucleotides) non-coding RNAs which are involved in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in multicellular organisms by affecting both the stability and translation of mRNAs. miRNAs are transcribed by RNA polymerase II as part of capped and polyadenylated primary transcripts (pri-miRNAs) that can be either protein-coding or non-coding. The primary transcript is cleaved by the Drosha ribonuclease III enzyme to produce an approximately 70-nucleotide stem-loop precursor miRNA (pre-miRNA), which is further cleaved by the cytoplasmic Dicer ribonuclease to generate the mature miRNA and antisense miRNA* ("mi-RNA star") products. The mature miRNA is incorporated into an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), which recognises target miRNAs through imperfect base pairing with the miRNA and most commonly results in translational inhibition or destabilisation of the target mRNA. This RefSeq represents the predicted microRNA stem-loop.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000194717Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: MicroRNA 494". Retrieved 2017-10-19.

Further reading

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.