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TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY
卷 27, 期 9, 页码 685-696出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2017.04.006
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL130253] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAMS NIH HHS [R01 AR067294] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK099653] Funding Source: Medline
Advances in computational biology and large-scale transcriptome analyses have revealed that a much larger portion of the genome is transcribed than was previously recognized, resulting in the production of a diverse population of RNA molecules with both protein-coding and noncoding potential. Emerging evidence indicates that several RNA molecules have been mis-annotated as noncoding and in fact harbor short open reading frames (sORFs) that encode functional peptides and that have evaded detection until now due to their small size. sORF-encoded peptides (SEPs), or micropeptides, have been shown to have important roles in fundamental biological processes and in the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. These small proteins can act independently, for example as ligands or signaling molecules, or they can exert their biological functions by engaging with and modulating larger regulatory proteins. Given their small size, micropeptides may be uniquely suited to fine-tune complex biological systems.
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