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double-stranded RNA binding motif of endoribonuclease Dicer and similar proteins Dicer (also known as helicase with RNase motif (HERNA), or helicase MOI) is a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) endoribonuclease playing a central role in short dsRNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing. It cleaves naturally occurring long dsRNAs and short hairpin pre-microRNAs (miRNA) into fragments of twenty-one to twenty-three nucleotides with 3' overhang of two nucleotides, producing respectively short interfering RNAs (siRNA) and mature microRNAs. Dicer contains a double-stranded RNA binding motif (DSRM) at the C-terminus. DSRM is not sequence specific, but highly specific for dsRNAs of various origin and structure.
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