mir-BHRF1-3 microRNA precursor family

The mir-BHRF1-3 microRNA precursor found in Human herpesvirus 4 (Epstein–Barr virus).[1] In Epstein-Barr virus, mir-BHRF1-3 is found in the 3' UTR of the BHRF1 (Bam HI fragment H rightward open reading frame 1) gene, which is known to encode a distant Bcl-2 homolog. The mature sequence is excised from the 5' arm of the hairpin.[2] Two other miRNA precursors were found in this reading frame, namely Mir-BHRF1-1 and Mir-BHRF1-2.[2]

mir-BHRF1-3 microRNA precursor family
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of mir-BHRF1-3
Identifiers
Symbolmir-BHRF1-3
RfamRF00367
Other data
RNA typeGene; miRNA
Domain(s)Viruses
GOGO:0035195 GO:0035068
SOSO:0001244
PDB structuresPDBe

BHRF-1-3 miRNA is thought to operate as part of a 'miRNA cluster' with two other microRNAs also found in the Epstein–Barr virus genome.[3] BHRF-3 has been shown to be expressed in latency-III infected lymphoblasts.[4]

References

  1. Qureshi A, Thakur N, Monga I, Thakur A, Kumar M (1 January 2014). "VIRmiRNA: a comprehensive resource for experimentally validated viral miRNAs and their targets". Database. 2014: bau103. doi:10.1093/database/bau103. PMC 4224276. PMID 25380780.
  2. Pfeffer S, Zavolan M, Grässer FA, Chien M, Russo JJ, Ju J, John B, Enright AJ, Marks D, Sander C, Tuschl T (April 2004). "Identification of virus-encoded microRNAs". Science. 304 (5671): 734–6. doi:10.1126/science.1096781. PMID 15118162. S2CID 25287167.
  3. Feederle R, Haar J, Bernhardt K, Linnstaedt SD, Bannert H, Lips H, Cullen BR, Delecluse HJ (October 2011). "The members of an Epstein–Barr virus microRNA cluster cooperate to transform B lymphocytes". Journal of Virology. 85 (19): 9801–10. doi:10.1128/JVI.05100-11. PMC 3196389. PMID 21752900.
  4. Xing L, Kieff E (September 2007). "Epstein–Barr virus BHRF1 micro- and stable RNAs during latency III and after induction of replication". Journal of Virology. 81 (18): 9967–75. doi:10.1128/JVI.02244-06. PMC 2045418. PMID 17626073.
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