NCBI Accession #
NP_197602.2
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_122111.3
NCBI Official Full Name
PAZ domain-containing protein / piwi domain-containing protein
NCBI Official Symbol
AT5G21030
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
T10F18.3
NCBI Protein Information
PAZ domain-containing protein / piwi domain-containing protein
UniProt Protein Name
Protein argonaute 8
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q3E984
UniProt Related Accession #
Q3E984
UniProt Comments
Involved in RNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS). Main component of the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) that binds to a short guide RNA such as a microRNA (miRNA) or small interfering RNA (siRNA). RISC uses the mature miRNA or siRNA as a guide for slicer-directed cleavage of homologous mRNAs to repress gene expression .