NCBI Accession #
NP_180853.2
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_128854.4
NCBI Official Full Name
Argonaute family protein
NCBI Official Symbol
AGO6
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ARGONAUTE 6; T21L14.12; T21L14_12
NCBI Protein Information
Argonaute family protein
NCBI Summary
Encodes a nuclear localized 879-amino-acid protein that contains conserved PAZ and PIWI domains that is important for the accumulation of specific heterochromatin-related siRNAs, and for DNA methylation and transcriptional gene silencing.
UniProt Protein Name
Protein argonaute 6
UniProt Primary Accession #
O48771
UniProt Related Accession #
O48771
UniProt Comments
Involved in transcriptional gene silencing (TGS). Component of the RISC complex that associate with the small interfering RNA (siRNA) pathway involved in direct cytosine methylation at endogenous DNA repeats. Required for the accumulation of specific siRNAs derived from transgene and heterochromatin-related endogenous loci. Involved in RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) at specific endogenous loci. Probably not required for the accumulation of siRNAs derived from transgene inverted repeats that induce post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS). Associates mainly with small RNAs of 24 nucleotide in length and preferentially recruits small RNAs with a 5' terminal adenosine. Targeted by turnip yellows virus (TuYV) protein P0 (via F-box-like domain) for probable proteasome degradation and thereby inactivating AGO6 function in RNA silencing.