SNORA38 Gene

HGNC Family Non-coding RNAs
Name small nucleolar RNA, H/ACA box 38
Description Predicted to be involved in RNA processing. Predicted to be located in Cajal body and nucleolus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]
Summary
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Typically, SNORA38—as a member of the H/ACA box small nucleolar RNAs—is known from other work to guide pseudouridylation of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and thereby contribute to rRNA maturation and ribosome biogenesis; however, its role is not explored or referenced in these abstracts."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_fs", "start_ref": "1", "end_ref": "5"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n\n"}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\nInstead, several studies focus on the regulation of cell motility and cytoskeletal dynamics—with molecules such as Rac1, Nap1, and the SCAR/WAVE complex—in processes like lamellipodia formation, embryonic morphogenesis, myoblast fusion, and differentiation."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "1"}, {"type": "fg_f", "ref": "3"}, {"type": "fg_f", "ref": "2"}, {"type": "fg_f", "ref": "5"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " These studies highlight the importance of actin polymerization in cellular functions and, by extension, underscore the complexity of post‐transcriptional regulation in cellular systems—an area where small nucleolar RNAs like SNORA38 would typically be considered, even though they are not discussed in these works.\n"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n\n"}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\nOther abstracts detail the roles of the relaxin-3 neuropeptide and its receptor RXFP3 in modulating neural circuits that regulate arousal, stress responses, feeding, circadian activity, cognitive performance, and sodium appetite."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_fs", "start_ref": "6", "end_ref": "17"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " Although these studies provide extensive insight into neuropeptide-mediated signal transduction and behavior, they too do not investigate or mention SNORA38.\n"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n\n"}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\nIn summary, while the abstracts collectively shed light on critical aspects of cytoskeletal regulation and neuromodulatory signaling, they do not offer any experimental data or insights concerning the function of SNORA38. 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Synonyms ACA38
NCBI Gene ID 677820
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Predicted Functions View SNORA38's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Co-expressed Genes View SNORA38's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Expression in Tissues and Cell Lines View SNORA38's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.

Functional Associations

SNORA38 has 754 functional associations with biological entities spanning 4 categories (molecular profile, chemical, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 14 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of SNORA38 gene relative to other cell lines from the CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
ChEA Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles transcription factor binding site profiles with transcription factor binding evidence at the promoter of SNORA38 gene from the CHEA Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles dataset.
ChEA Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors binding the promoter of SNORA38 gene in low- or high-throughput transcription factor functional studies from the CHEA Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
COSMIC Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of SNORA38 gene relative to other cell lines from the COSMIC Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Histone Modification Site Profiles histone modification site profiles with high histone modification abundance at SNORA38 gene from the ENCODE Histone Modification Site Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles transcription factor binding site profiles with transcription factor binding evidence at the promoter of SNORA38 gene from the ENCODE Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors binding the promoter of SNORA38 gene in ChIP-seq datasets from the ENCODE Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Small Molecules small molecule perturbations changing expression of SNORA38 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Small Molecules dataset.
GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles tissues with high or low expression of SNORA38 gene relative to other tissues from the GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors regulating expression of SNORA38 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of SNORA38 gene relative to other cell lines from the Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
MotifMap Predicted Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors regulating expression of SNORA38 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the MotifMap Predicted Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
Roadmap Epigenomics Histone Modification Site Profiles histone modification site profiles with high histone modification abundance at SNORA38 gene from the Roadmap Epigenomics Histone Modification Site Profiles dataset.
TCGA Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Tumors tissue samples with high or low expression of SNORA38 gene relative to other tissue samples from the TCGA Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Tumors dataset.