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It's the 3' (3-prime) UTR (un-translated region). It can affect the translation of the mRNA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_prime_untranslated_region#:~:
by iso1337 5y ago
It's the 3' (3-prime) UTR (un-translated region). It can affect the translation of the mRNA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_prime_untranslated_region#:~:text=In%20molecular%20genetics%2C%20the%20three,post%2Dtranscriptionally%20influence%20gene%20expression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_prime_untranslated_regio....
The next thing is the poly-A tail:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyadenylation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyadenylation
blasting the 3' UTR, we see it ~50% of it was copied from the human mitochondria
tldr, extra regulatory signals (often not well understood)
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- dnautics 5y agoDoesn't really make sense for it to copy from the mitochondrion; I presume this thing gets expressed in the cytosol.