SNRPD2 belongs to the small nuclear ribonucleoprotein core protein family. It is required for pre mRNA splicing and small nuclear ribonucleoprotein biogenesis. Alternative splicing occurs at this locus and two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified.
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