Protein
Protein argonaute 18
Organism
Oryza sativa subsp. japonica
Function
Probably involved in the RNA silencing pathway. May bind to short RNAs such as microRNAs (miRNAs) or short interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and represses the translation of mRNAs which are complementary to them (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the argonaute family. Ago subfamily.
Sequence
MASRGGGQHQRHQQQQQQPGGYGRGGGGGRGRGRDGAPYSGGRGRGQDGSYPGGRGGGYGGGGGGGGPPYYGGGGGGGGGGGGQGRGYYDDGGDGRGYQRGMEGGGGRGGYRGDGDGGYGRGGGGYHGDGERGYGRGGGGGGGGGGGYRGDDEGRSSYGRARGGGGGGGGYHGDGEAGYGRGRGGRDYDGGRGGGGRRGGRGGGGSSYHQQPPPDLPQAPEPRLAAQYAREIDIAALRAQFKGLTTTTPGAASSQFPARPGFGAAGEECLVKVNHFFVGLKNDNFHHYDVAIAPDPVLKGLFRTIISKLVTERRHTDFGGRLPVYDGRANLYTAGELPFRSRELEVELSGSRKFKVAIRHVAPVSLQDLRMVMAGCPAGIPSQALQLLDIVLRDMVLAERNDMGYVAFGRSYFSPGLGSRELDKGIFAWKGFYQSCRVTQQGLSLNIDMSSTAFIEPGRVLNFVEKAIGRRITNAITVGYFLNNYGNELMRTLKGVKVEVTHRGNLRKKYRIAGFTEQSADVQTFTSSDGIKTVKEYFNKKYNLKLAFGYLPCLQVGSKERPNYLPMELCNIVPGQRYKNRLSPTQVSNLINITNDRPCDRESSIRQTVSSNQYNSTERADEFGIEVDSYPTTLKARVLKAPMLKYHDSGRVRVCTPEDGAWNMKDKKVVNGATIKSWACVNLCEGLDNRVVEAFCLQLVRTSKITGLDFANVSLPILKADPHNVKTDLPMRYQEACSWSRDNKIDLLLVVMTDDKNNASLYGDVKRICETEIGVLSQCCRAKQVYKERNVQYCANVALKINAKAGGRNSVFLNVEASLPVVSKSPTIIFGADVTHPGSFDESTPSIASVVASADWPEVTKYNSVVRMQASRKEIIQDLDSIVRELLNAFKRDSKMEPKQLIFYRDGVSEGQFQQVVESEIPEIEKAWKSLYAGKPRITFIVVQKRHHTRLFPNNYNDPRGMDGTGNVRPGTVVDTVICHPREFDFFLCSQAGIKGTSRPSHYHVLRDDNNFTADQLQSVTNNLCYLYTSCTRSVSIPPPVYYAHKLAFRARFYLTQVPVAGGDPGAAKFQWVLPEIKEEVKKSMFFC