Protein argonaute-2

UniProtKB accession:  Q9VUQ5

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UniProtKB description:  Essential for RNA interference (RNAi); double-stranded RNA induces potent and specific gene silencing (PubMed:11498593, PubMed:12368261, PubMed:14508492, PubMed:32504809). RNAi is mediated by the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), a sequence-specific, multicomponent nuclease that destroys or silences messenger RNAs homologous to the silencing trigger (PubMed:11498593, PubMed:12368261, PubMed:14508492).