LSM4 polyclonal antibody

Sm and Sm-like (LSm) proteins form donut shaped heptameric complexes that are involved in various steps of RNA metabolism. Lsm proteins facilitate RNA protein interactions and structural changes that are required during ribosomal subunit assembly. LSm4, also called U6 snRNA-associated Sm-like protein or Glycine-rich protein (GRP), binds specifically to the 3'-terminal U-tract of U6 snRNA. Human LSm4 localizes to the cytoplasm in small, discrete foci. These foci are also the localization site for the mRNA decapping enzyme Dcp1/2 and the exonuclease, Xm1.