Connecting Versatile lncRNAs with Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein K and Pathogenic Disorders.

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNPK) is an RNA-binding protein that regulates multiple biological processes, including paraspeckles formation and cellular signal transduction. Recently, hnRNPK has been shown to interact with SINE-derived nuclear RNA localization (SIRLOIN)-containing RNAs, and orchestrate nuclear enrichment and cellular functions of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs). hnRNPK-lncRNAs interaction is potentially implicated in various pathogenic disorders including tumorigenesis, and Kabuki-like, Au-Kline, and Okamoto syndromes.