SNORD20
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Also known as U20
Summary
SNORD20 (small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 20, HGNC:10143) is a small nucleolar RNA gene on chromosome 2q37.1.
Predicted to be involved in RNA processing. Predicted to be located in nucleolus.
Source: NCBI Gene 6082 — 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:10143 |
| Approved symbol | SNORD20 |
| Name | small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 20 |
| Location | 2q37.1 |
| Locus type | RNA, small nucleolar |
| Status | Approved |
| Aliases | U20 |
| Ensembl gene | ENSG00000207280 |
| Ensembl biotype | snoRNA |
| OMIM | 604012 |
| Entrez | 6082 |
| RNAcentral | URS000053D4AB — snoRNA, 80 nt, 23 organism(s) |
Gene structure
Transcript identifiers
Ensembl transcripts: 1 — 1 snoRNA
ENST00000384550
RefSeq mRNA: 0 — MANE Select: None
Canonical transcript exons
ENST00000384550 — 1 exons
| Exon | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| ENSE00001499558 | 231456444 | 231456523 |
Expression profiles
Bgee: expression breadth broad, 18 present calls, max score 99.31.
Top tissues by expression
18 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):
| Tissue | Anatomy ID | Expression score | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| sural nerve | UBERON:0015488 | 99.31 | gold quality |
| liver | UBERON:0002107 | 95.54 | gold quality |
| stomach | UBERON:0000945 | 73.40 | gold quality |
| gastrocnemius | UBERON:0001388 | 71.27 | gold quality |
| blood | UBERON:0000178 | 70.72 | gold quality |
| Brodmann (1909) area 9 | UBERON:0013540 | 67.88 | gold quality |
| heart | UBERON:0000948 | 65.31 | gold quality |
| caudate nucleus | UBERON:0001873 | 64.93 | gold quality |
| intestine | UBERON:0000160 | 62.17 | gold quality |
| right hemisphere of cerebellum | UBERON:0014890 | 54.55 | gold quality |
| heart left ventricle | UBERON:0002084 | 54.10 | gold quality |
| lung | UBERON:0002048 | 53.24 | gold quality |
| subcutaneous adipose tissue | UBERON:0002190 | 51.05 | gold quality |
| ascending aorta | UBERON:0001496 | 50.88 | gold quality |
| muscle layer of sigmoid colon | UBERON:0035805 | 45.55 | gold quality |
| lower esophagus muscularis layer | UBERON:0035833 | 43.45 | silver quality |
| C1 segment of cervical spinal cord | UBERON:0006469 | 43.14 | gold quality |
| skin of leg | UBERON:0001511 | 41.60 | silver quality |
Single-cell (SCXA)
Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 0.
| Experiment | Marker? | Max mean expression |
|---|---|---|
| E-ANND-3 | no | 0.67 |
Regulation
Is transcription factor: no
Cross-species orthologs
2 orthologs
| Organism | Symbol | Gene ID |
|---|---|---|
| mus_musculus | Gm55462 | ENSMUSG00002076827 |
| rattus_norvegicus | Snord20 | ENSRNOG00000060216 |
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.