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Background
TARBP2 (TAR (HIV-1) RNA binding protein 2) , along with Dicer and Argonaute-2, is part of the RISC (RNA induced silencing complex). As part of the RISC, TRBP2 is important in viral defense. Dicer cleaves dsRNA into siRNA. Through TRBP2-Dicer interaction, the siRNA template is loaded onto Argonaute-2, which cleaves encountered viral mRNA strands complementary to the loaded siRNA base-pair sequence.