Table 1. Characteristics of Small Nucleolar RNAs

Human snoRNAs

snoRNA Box Elements Functiona Associated Proteinsb rRNA Duplexc Intron Encoded
U3 C/D Cleavage Fb + -
U8 C/D Cleavage Fb - -
U13 C/D ND Fb - -
U14 C/D Cleavage/2'OMe Fb + +
U15-U16 C/D 2'OMe Fb + +
U17 H/ACA ND ? - +
E2,E3 H/ACA Pseudo-U ? + +
U18 C/D 2'OMe Fb + +
U19 H/ACA Pseudo-U ? + +
U20-U21 C/D 2'OMe Fb + +
U22 C/D Cleavage Fb - +
U23 H/ACA Pseudo-U ? + +
U24-U63 C/D 2'OMe Fb + +
U64-U72 H/ACA Pseudo-U ? + +
MRP -- Cleavage Th/To - -
Yeast snoRNAs
snoRNA Box Elements Functiona Associated Proteinsb rRNA Duplexc Essential in Yeast
U3 C/D Cleavage Fb + +
U14 C/D Cleavage/2'OMe Fb + +
U18 C/D 2'OMe Fb + -
U24 C/D 2'OMe Fb + -
snR3 H/ACA Pseudo-U Gar1 + -
snR4 C/D ND Fb - -
snR5 H/ACA Pseudo-U Gar1 + -
snR8 H/ACA Pseudo-U Gar1 + -
snR9 H/ACA ND Gar1 - -
snR10 H/ACA --[Dagger] Gar1/SSB1 ± ts
snR11 H/ACA Pseudo-U GAR1/SSB1 + -
snR13 C/D ND Fb - -
snR189 H/ACA Pseudo-U Gar1 + -
snR190 C/D 2'OMe Fb + -
snR30 H/ACA Cleavage Gar1 - +
snR31-snR36 H/ACA Pseudo-U Gar1 + -
snR37 H/ACA Pseudo-U Gar1 + -
snR38-snR41 C/D 2'OMe Fb + -
snR42 H/ACA Pseudo-U Gar1 + -
snR43 H/ACA ND Gar1 - -
snR44 H/ACA Pseudo-U Gar1 + -
snR45 C/D ND Fb - -
snR46 H/ACA Pseudo-U Gar1 + -
snR47-snR48 C/D 2'OMe Fb + -
snR49 H/ACA Pseudo-U Gar1 + -
MRP -- Cleavage POP1/SNM1 - +

a Cleavage of pre-rRNA, ribose methylation of 2' hydroxyl groups (2'OMe), pseudouridylation (Pseudo-U), function not yet determined (ND).

b Human homolog of yeast Gar1 has not been identified (?); fibrillarin (Fb), Th/To autoantigens.

c Despite conforming to box C/D or box H/ACA consensus structures, complementarity of U17, snR4, snR9, and snR13, snR37, snR43, snR45, to rRNA is not apparent; U3 exhibits complementarity to the 5' external transcribed spacer and 18S.

\|[Dagger]\| Ni et al., 1997 report snR10 functions in Pseudo-U while Ganot et al., 1997b report snR10 does not conform to the box H/ACA consensus structure; snR10 temperature sensitive (ts) mutation results in rRNA cleavage defects (see Maxwell and Fournier, 1995).