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Neither RPP25 nor RPP20 alone binds P3 RNA appreciably; heterodimerization is a prerequisite for RNA recognition, and the pre-formed heterodimer engages the P3 RNA distal stem and internal loop through a conserved positively charged surface, adopting a homodimer-of-heterodimers quaternary architecture evolutionarily derived from archaeal Alba chromatin proteins [PMID:20215441, PMID:33571640, PMID:29625199]. RPP25 and RPP20 expression levels are codependent, and their heterodimerization controls nucleolar accumulation; knockdown of RPP25 reduces levels of other RNase P subunits, indicating coordinated subunit stability within the holoenzyme [PMID:17119099, PMID:15351636]. Disease-related RMRP mutations in the P3 domain cluster at the RPP20–RPP25–RNA interface, linking disruption of this interaction to cartilage-hair hypoplasia pathogenesis [PMID:33571640]."},"prefetch_data":{"uniprot":{"accession":"Q9BUL9","full_name":"Ribonuclease P protein subunit p25","aliases":[],"length_aa":199,"mass_kda":20.6,"function":"Component of ribonuclease P, a ribonucleoprotein complex that generates mature tRNA molecules by cleaving their 5'-ends (PubMed:12003489, PubMed:16723659, PubMed:30454648). 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