Pseudouridine

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Pseudouridine (abbreviated Ψ) is the C-glycoside isomer of the nucleoside uridine, and it is the most prevalent of the over one hundred different modified nucleosides found in RNA.[1] Ψ is found in all species and in all classes of RNA except mRNA.[2] Ψ is formed by enzymes called Ψ synthases, which post-transcriptionally isomerize specific uridine residues in RNA in a process termed pseudouridylation.[3]

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  2. ^ Charette M, Gray MW (2000). "Pseudouridine in RNA: what, where, how, and why". IUBMB Life 49 (5): 341–51. doi:10.1080/152165400410182. PMID 10902565. 
  3. ^ Ferré-D'Amaré AR (2003). "RNA-modifying enzymes". Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 13 (1): 49–55. doi:10.1016/S0959-440X(02)00002-7. PMID 12581659. 


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