first type I K homology (KH) RNA-binding domain found in Pyrococcus horikoshii Dim2p and similar proteins
The family includes a group of conserved KH domain-containing protein mainly from archaea, such as Dim2p homologues from Pyrococcus horikoshii and Aeropyrum pernix. Dim2p acts as a preribosomal RNA processing factor that has been identified as an essential protein for the maturation of 40S ribosomal subunit in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It is required for the cleavage at processing site A2 to generate the pre-20S rRNA and for the dimethylation of the 18S rRNA by 18S rRNA dimethyltransferase, Dim1p. Dim2p contains two K-homology (KH) RNA-binding domains. The model corresponds to the first one.
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