Stem-loop sequence aca-mir-375

Accession MI0018863
Description Anolis carolinensis miR-375 stem-loop
Gene family MIPF0000114; mir-375
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In molecular biology miR-375 microRNA is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small (18-25 nucleotides), non-coding RNAs that regulate genes post-transcriptionally by inhibiting translation and/or causing mRNA degradation. miR-375 is found on human chromosome 2 in between the CRYBA2 and CCDC108 genes. miR-375 is specifically expressed in the pancreatic islets and brain. miR-375 was one of the first miRNAs identified in the pancreas (Poy et al, 2004), and remains one of the best characterised in terms of function. It is expressed in the pancreas and pituitary gland, organs linked by their role in hormone secretion, and expression levels increase during pancreas organogenesis. Loss-of-function studies showed that miR-375 is essential for β-cell formation in zebrafish (Kloosterman et al, 2007). miR-375 knockout mice have decreased numbers of β-cells and increased numbers of α-cells. The increase in glucagon levels, combined with the reduction in insulin levels, results in hyperglycaemia. This shows the importance of miR-375 in the establishment of normal pancreatic cell mass through the targeting of a group of genes which control cellular growth and proliferation in the developing pancreas (Poy et al, 2009). Further evidence for the involvement of miR-375 in pancreas development includes the fact that its expression is regulated by several transcription factors important in pancreatic development and function, including HNF6, INSM1, NGN3, NEUROD1, and PDX-1 (Keller et al, 2007).

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Stem-loop
cugggcuacu    ug       c   u      cc   c       c ga 
          gcug  cuugccu gcg cgagcc  acg acaagac u  c
          ||||  ||||||| ||| ||||||  ||| ||||||| |  g
          cgac  ggacgga ugc gcucgg  ugc uguuuug a  u
----ucuauc    cu       u   -      cu   u       u ag 
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Genome context
Coordinates (AnoCar2.0) Overlapping transcripts
1: 87863736-87863835 [-]
intergenic

Mature sequence aca-miR-375-5p

Accession MIMAT0021950
Previous IDs aca-miR-375*
Sequence

25 - 

gcgucgagccccacgcacaaga

 - 46

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Evidence experimental; Solexa [1]

Mature sequence aca-miR-375-3p

Accession MIMAT0021951
Previous IDs aca-miR-375
Sequence

61 - 

uuuguucguucggcucgcguua

 - 82

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Evidence experimental; Solexa [1]

References

1
PMID:21775315 "MicroRNAs support a turtle + lizard clade" Lyson TR, Sperling EA, Heimberg AM, Gauthier JA, King BL, Peterson KJ Biol Lett. 8:104-107(2012).