RNASEH2C

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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Ribonuclease H2 subunit C is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RNASEH2C gene. [1] RNase H2 is composed of a single catalytic subunit (A) and two non-catalytic subunits (B and C), and degrades the RNA of RNA:DNA hybrids.

Mutations in this gene are a cause of Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome type 3 (AGS3).[1][2]

Function

This gene encodes a ribonuclease H subunit that can cleave ribonucleotides from RNA:DNA duplexes. Mutations in this gene cause Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome-3, a disease that causes severe neurologic dysfunction. A pseudogene for this gene has been identified on chromosome Y, near the sex determining region Y (SRY) gene.

References

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: Ribonuclease H2 subunit C". Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  2. ^ Crow YJ, Leitch A, Hayward BE, Garner A, Parmar R, Griffith E, et al. (Aug 2006). "Mutations in genes encoding ribonuclease H2 subunits cause Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and mimic congenital viral brain infection". Nature Genetics. 38 (8): 910–6. doi:10.1038/ng1842. PMID 16845400. S2CID 8076225.

Further reading

External links

  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q8TDP1 (Human Ribonuclease H2 subunit C (RNASEH2C)) at the PDBe-KB.

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