Term Information

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
Subset
None
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U2 snRNP [is_a relation] is_a  spliceosomal snRNP complex (GO:0097525)

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