Type: | Domain | Name: | Piwi domain |
Description: | The piwi domain [] is a protein domain found in piwi proteins and a large number of related nucleic acid-binding proteins, especially those that bind and cleave RNA. The function of the domain is double stranded-RNA-guided hydrolysis of single stranded-RNA, as has been determined in the argonaute family of related proteins []. | Short Name: | Piwi |