1ZRJ319251810ENSG00000153187ENSMUSG00000039630Q00839Q5RI18Q8VEK3NM_004501NM_031844NM_016805NP_004492NP_114032NP_058085Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein U is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HNRNPU gene.

[4][5] This gene belongs to the subfamily of ubiquitously expressed heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs).

The hnRNP proteins have distinct nucleic acid binding properties.

This protein is also thought to be involved in the packaging of hnRNA into large ribonucleoprotein complexes.

But this cleavage does not affect the function of the encoded protein in RNA metabolism.