TROVE2, also named as RO60 or RoRNP, is a 538 amino acid protein, which is localized in cytoplasmic mRNP granules containing untranslated mRNAs. TROVE2 as a RNA-binding protein that binds to misfolded non-coding RNAs, pre-5S rRNA, and several small cytoplasmic RNA molecules known as Y RNAs. TROVE2 may stabilize some of these RNAs and protect them from degradation. TROVE2 binds to endogenous Alu retroelements which are induced by type I IFN and stimulate porinflammaotry cytokine secretion.
