Jockey_LINE_retrotransposon

Term ID

SO:0002271

Synonyms

• Jockey LINE retrotransposon
• LINE Jockey element
• RIJ retrotransposon

Definition

Jockey retrotransposons are LINE elements (SO:0000194) found only in arthropods. The full-length element is ~ 5 kb and contains two open reading frames (SO:0000236), ORF1 (568 aa) and ORF2 (916 aa), the second of which encodes an apurinic endonuclease (APE) and a reverse transcriptase (RT). 31709017

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Ontology

Sequence Ontology