Telomerase RNA component

TERC
Identifiers
AliasesTERC, DKCA1, PFBMFT2, SCARNA19, TR, TRC3, hTR, Telomerase RNA component, TER
External IDsOMIM: 602322; GeneCards: TERC; OMA:TERC - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

7012

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Ensembl

ENSG00000277925

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UniProt

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RefSeq (mRNA)

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RefSeq (protein)

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Location (UCSC)Chr 3: 169.76 – 169.77 Mbn/a
PubMed searchn/a
Wikidata
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Vertebrate telomerase RNA
Identifiers
SymbolTelomerase-vert
RfamRF00024
Other data
RNA typeGene
Domain(s)Eukaryote; Virus
PDB structuresPDBe
Ciliate telomerase RNA
Identifiers
SymbolTelomerase-cil
RfamRF00025
Other data
RNA typeGene
DomainEukaryote
PDB structuresPDBe
Saccharomyces cerevisiae telomerase RNA
Identifiers
SymbolSacc_telomerase
RfamRF01050
Other data
RNA typeGene
DomainEukaryote
PDB structuresPDBe

Telomerase RNA component (TERC), also abbreviated TER or TR, is a non-coding RNA found in eukaryotes that is a component of the telomerase enzyme, which extends telomeres at the ends of linear chromosomes. TERC folds into a complex secondary structure which binds to and interacts with TERT, the protein component of telomerase, and serves as the RNA template for the reverse transcription reaction catalyzed by TERT. Telomerase RNAs differ greatly in length, sequence and structure between vertebrates, ciliates and yeasts, but they share a 5' pseudoknot structure close to the template sequence; vertebrate telomerase RNAs also share a 3' H/ACA snoRNA-like domain.