The mature sequence shown here represents the most commonly cloned form from large-scale cloning studies . The 5' end of the miRNA may be offset with respect to previous annotations.
RNA Secondary Structure
Mature miRNA Information
Mature miRNA
mmu-miR-203-3p
Sequence
48| GUGAAAUGUUUAGGACCACUAG |69
Evidence
Experimental
Experiments
Cloned
Putative Targets
Gene Information
Gene Symbol
Ces2g
Synonyms
2210023G05Rik, Ces2l
Description
carboxylesterase 2G
Transcript
NM_197999
Expression
Putative miRNA Targets on Ces2g
3'UTR of Ces2g (miRNA target sites are highlighted)
- Zhang X; Zuo X; Yang B; Li Z; Xue Y; Zhou et al.
- Cell, 2014
MicroRNAs are well known to mediate translational repression and mRNA degradation in the cytoplasm. Various microRNAs have also been detected in membrane-compartmentalized organelles, but the functional significance has remained elusive. Here, we report that miR-1, a microRNA specifically induced during myogenesis, efficiently enters the mitochondria where it unexpectedly stimulates, rather than represses, the translation of specific mitochondrial genome-encoded transcripts. We show that this positive effect requires specific miR:mRNA base-pairing and Ago2, but not its functional partner GW182, which is excluded from the mitochondria. We provide evidence for the direct action of Ago2 in mitochondrial translation by crosslinking immunoprecipitation coupled with deep sequencing (CLIP-seq), functional rescue with mitochondria-targeted Ago2, and selective inhibition of the microRNA machinery in the cytoplasm. These findings unveil a positive function of microRNA in mitochondrial translation and suggest a highly coordinated myogenic program via miR-1-mediated translational stimulation in the mitochondria and repression in the cytoplasm.
