SNORD121A
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Summary
SNORD121A (small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 121A, HGNC:33560) is a small nucleolar RNA gene on chromosome 9p13.3.
Predicted to be involved in RNA processing. Predicted to be located in nucleolus.
Source: NCBI Gene 100113379 — RefSeq curated summary.
At a glance
- Gene type: non-coding (snoRNA) — no protein product; not a drug target. Variant/disease associations are omitted (they would be positional, from an overlapping protein-coding gene).
Identifiers
Gene identifiers
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| HGNC ID | HGNC:33560 |
| Approved symbol | SNORD121A |
| Name | small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 121A |
| Location | 9p13.3 |
| Locus type | RNA, small nucleolar |
| Status | Approved |
| Ensembl gene | ENSG00000238886 |
| Ensembl biotype | snoRNA |
| Entrez | 100113379 |
| RNAcentral | URS000075D829 — snoRNA, 91 nt, 1 organism(s) |
Gene structure
Transcript identifiers
Ensembl transcripts: 1 — 1 snoRNA
ENST00000459386
RefSeq mRNA: 0 — MANE Select: None
Canonical transcript exons
ENST00000459386 — 1 exons
| Exon | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| ENSE00001809105 | 33952769 | 33952850 |
Expression profiles
Bgee: expression breadth broad, 92 present calls, max score 96.07.
Top tissues by expression
92 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):
| Tissue | Anatomy ID | Expression score | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| sural nerve | UBERON:0015488 | 96.07 | gold quality |
| vermiform appendix | UBERON:0001154 | 87.26 | gold quality |
| calcaneal tendon | UBERON:0003701 | 86.01 | gold quality |
| liver | UBERON:0002107 | 80.78 | gold quality |
| adult mammalian kidney | UBERON:0000082 | 80.50 | gold quality |
| endometrium | UBERON:0001295 | 80.50 | gold quality |
| bone marrow | UBERON:0002371 | 79.63 | gold quality |
| monocyte | CL:0000576 | 76.46 | gold quality |
| kidney | UBERON:0002113 | 75.80 | gold quality |
| placenta | UBERON:0001987 | 75.39 | gold quality |
| adrenal tissue | UBERON:0018303 | 75.32 | gold quality |
| lymph node | UBERON:0000029 | 75.09 | gold quality |
| blood | UBERON:0000178 | 74.70 | gold quality |
| muscle of leg | UBERON:0001383 | 74.20 | gold quality |
| gastrocnemius | UBERON:0001388 | 73.86 | gold quality |
| gall bladder | UBERON:0002110 | 72.29 | gold quality |
| fundus of stomach | UBERON:0001160 | 71.36 | gold quality |
| lower esophagus mucosa | UBERON:0035834 | 71.15 | gold quality |
| right frontal lobe | UBERON:0002810 | 71.02 | gold quality |
| urinary bladder | UBERON:0001255 | 70.87 | gold quality |
| islet of Langerhans | UBERON:0000006 | 70.86 | gold quality |
| heart | UBERON:0000948 | 70.16 | gold quality |
| stomach | UBERON:0000945 | 69.68 | gold quality |
| heart left ventricle | UBERON:0002084 | 69.35 | gold quality |
| lung | UBERON:0002048 | 68.66 | gold quality |
| left coronary artery | UBERON:0001626 | 68.61 | gold quality |
| body of pancreas | UBERON:0001150 | 68.60 | gold quality |
| right atrium auricular region | UBERON:0006631 | 68.40 | gold quality |
| body of stomach | UBERON:0001161 | 68.33 | gold quality |
| right lobe of liver | UBERON:0001114 | 67.72 | gold quality |
Single-cell (SCXA)
Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 0.
| Experiment | Marker? | Max mean expression |
|---|---|---|
| E-ANND-3 | no | 0.21 |
Regulation
Is transcription factor: no
Cross-species orthologs
4 orthologs
| Organism | Symbol | Gene ID |
|---|---|---|
| mus_musculus | Gm24837 | ENSMUSG00000089308 |
| mus_musculus | Gm23090 | ENSMUSG00000093562 |
| rattus_norvegicus | Snord121a | ENSRNOG00000053973 |
| rattus_norvegicus | LOC120103358 | ENSRNOG00000055005 |
Paralogs (1): SNORD121B (ENSG00000238300)
Protein
Non-coding RNA — no protein product; not a drug target.
Function
No curated pathway, Gene-Ontology, or interaction data.
Disease & clinical
No curated disease, variant, or cancer-driver associations.
Drugs & pharmacology
No drug or pharmacology data — not an established drug target.
Related Atlas pages
No linked Atlas pages yet — the cross-entity mesh grows as the corpus expands.