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'''DGCR8''' (DiGeorge syndrome chromosomal region 8) is a [[protein]] that in humans is encoded by the ''DGCR8'' [[gene]].<ref name="entrez">{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: DGCR8 DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene 8| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=54487| accessdate = }}</ref> In other animals, particularly the common [[model organism]]s ''[[Drosophila melanogaster]]'' and ''[[Caenorhabditis elegans]]'', the protein is known as ''Pasha'' (partner of [[Drosha]]).<ref>{{
== Function ==
The protein is localized to the [[cell nucleus]] and is required for [[microRNA]] (miRNA) processing. It binds to [[Drosha]], an [[RNase III]] [[enzyme]], to form the ''Microprocessor complex'' that cleaves a [[primary transcript]] known as pri-miRNA to a characteristic [[stem-loop]] structure known as a pre-miRNA, which is then further processed to miRNA fragments by the enzyme [[Dicer]]. Pasha contains an [[RNA]]-binding ___domain and is thought to bind pri-miRNA to stabilize it for processing by Drosha.<ref>{{cite journal | pmid=16963499 | year=2006 | last1=Yeom | first1=KH | last2=Lee | first2=Y | last3=Han | first3=J | last4=Suh | first4=MR | last5=Kim | first5=VN | title=Characterization of DGCR8/Pasha, the essential cofactor for Drosha in primary miRNA processing | volume=34 | issue=16 | pages=4622–9 | doi=10.1093/nar/gkl458 | pmc=1636349 | journal=Nucleic acids research}}</ref>▼
▲The protein is localized to the [[cell nucleus]] and is required for [[microRNA]] (miRNA) processing. It binds to [[Drosha]], an [[RNase III]] [[enzyme]], to form the ''Microprocessor complex'' that cleaves a [[primary transcript]] known as pri-miRNA to a characteristic [[stem-loop]] structure known as a pre-miRNA, which is then further processed to miRNA fragments by the enzyme [[Dicer]]. Pasha contains an [[RNA]]-binding ___domain and is thought to bind pri-miRNA to stabilize it for processing by Drosha.<ref>{{
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== Further reading ==
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* {{vcite2 journal | vauthors = Maruyama K, Sugano S | title = Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides | journal = Gene | volume = 138 | issue = 1-2 | pages = 171–4 | year = 1994 | date = Jan 1994 | pmid = 8125298 | doi = 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8 }}
* {{vcite2 journal | vauthors = Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, Suyama A, Sugano S | title = Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library | journal = Gene | volume = 200 | issue = 1-2 | pages = 149–56 | year = 1997 | date = Oct 1997 | pmid = 9373149 | doi = 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3 }}
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