Endoribonuclease Dicer

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:enzyme
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Dicer
gptkbp:crystalStructureAvailable yes
gptkbp:determines X-ray crystallography
cryo-electron microscopy
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Gregory_J._Hannon
gptkbp:domain helicase domain
PAZ domain
RNase III domain
dsRNA-binding domain
gptkbp:EC_number 3.1.26.3
gptkbp:expressedIn most human tissues
gptkbp:firstDescribed 2001
gptkbp:foundIn eukaryotes
gptkbp:function cleaves double-stranded RNA
produces microRNAs (miRNAs)
produces small interfering RNAs (siRNAs)
gptkbp:gene DICER1
gptkbp:GO_term GO:0004525 (ribonuclease III activity)
GO:0031050 (dsRNA processing)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Endoribonuclease Dicer
gptkbp:inhibitedBy RNA viruses
viral suppressors of RNA silencing
gptkbp:interactsWith gptkb:PACT
gptkb:TRBP
Argonaute proteins
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:RNA_interference
gene silencing
gptkbp:locale gptkb:cytoplasm
gptkbp:locatedOnChromosome chromosome 14q32.13 (human)
gptkbp:molecularWeight ~219 kDa (human)
gptkbp:mutationAssociatedWith gptkb:cancer
gptkb:DICER1_syndrome
gptkbp:OMIM 606241
gptkbp:orthologIn gptkb:Mus_musculus
gptkb:Homo_sapiens
gptkb:Caenorhabditis_elegans
gptkb:Drosophila_melanogaster
gptkbp:product gptkb:miRNA
gptkb:siRNA
gptkbp:regulates gene expression
gptkbp:requires development
stem cell maintenance
siRNA biogenesis
miRNA biogenesis
gptkbp:substrate double-stranded RNA
pre-microRNA
gptkbp:UniProtID Q9UPY3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:DICER1_gene
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7