mir-650 | |
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Identifiers | |
Symbol | mir-650 |
Rfam | RF00952 |
miRBase family | MIPF0000457 |
Other data | |
RNA type | microRNA |
Domain | Eukaryota; |
PDB structures | PDBe |
In molecular biology mir-650 microRNA is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs function to regulate the expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms.
miR-650 is one of a group of six miRNAs with altered expression levels in diabetic and non-diabetic heart failure. This altered expression corresponds to various enriched cardiac dysfunctions.[1]
miR-650 has further been reported to target a homologous DNA region in the promoter region of the NDRG2 gene.[2] There is direct regulation of this gene at a transcriptional level, leading to repressed NDRG2 expression.