gene: rde-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables DEAD/H-box RNA helicase binding activity; RNA endonuclease activity, producing 5'-phosphomonoesters; and siRNA binding activity. Involved in obsolete conversion of ds siRNA to ss siRNA involved in RNA interference; regulatory ncRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation; and regulatory ncRNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing. Part of RISC complex. Expressed in male.