Basic Information

Symbol
hsa-mir-338
RNA class
miRNA miRNA hairpin
Alias
MIR338 MicroRNA 338 Hsa-MiR-338-3p Hsa-MiR-338-5p Hsa-Mir-338 MIRN338 Hsa-Mir-338-P2_pre MIMAT0000763 MIMAT0004701 MI0000814 Mir-338
Location (GRCh38)
17:81125883-81125949
UCSC Genome Browser Search in Marker Scope
Forensic tag(s)
Individual identification
External database
HGNC NCBI Ensembl OMIM miRBase RNAcentral

Sequence & Structure

Transcript ID
hsa-mir-338
Sequence length
67 nt
GC content
0.4627

Secondary Structure

Generated by RNAfold
Minimum free energy (MFE) structure:
Secondary structure that contributes a minimum of free energy.
Ensemble properties:
Thermodynamic properties of the Boltzmann ensemble.
Minimum free energy
-26.90 kcal/mol
Thermodynamic ensemble
Free energy: -28.44 kcal/mol
Frequency: 0.0822
Diversity: 5.00
MFE Structure Visualization
Structure Prediction
MFE Structure Prediction
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Thermodynamic Ensemble Prediction
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Forensic Context

A study in humans demonstrated that the mir-338 was differentially expressed in three pairs of monozygotic twins via miRNA sequencing, identifying it as a candidate for personal identification [Wang et al. DOI:10.1016/j.fsigen.2025.103230]. A study in rats demonstrated that the mir-338 was significantly up-regulated in the corpus cavernosum of a bilateral cavernous nerve crush model of post-radical prostatectomy erectile dysfunction, with a validated relative expression level of 11.53 ± 13.14 compared to controls [Liu et al. DOI:10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.05.006].