AmiGO 2: Term Details for "U2 snRNP" (GO:0005686)

Accession: GO:0005686
Name: U2 snRNP
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: snRNP U2, 17S U2 snRNP
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A ribonucleoprotein complex that contains small nuclear RNA U2, a heptameric ring of Sm proteins, as well as several proteins that are unique to the U2 snRNP, most of which remain associated with the U2 snRNA both while the U2 snRNP is free or assembled into a series of spliceosomal complexes. Source: GOC:krc, ISBN:0879695897, GOC:mah
Comment: U2 snRNP refers to the U2 small nuclear RNA and the proteins that associate with it. U2 snRNP is not considered to be a type of spliceosomal complex by itself.
History: See term history for GO:0005686 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
U2 snRNP	is_a	spliceosomal snRNP complex (GO:0097525)

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