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Threading the barrel of the RNA exosome

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Claudia SchneiderORCiD

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Abstract

In eukaryotes, the exosome complex degrades RNA backbones and plays key roles in RNA processing and surveillance. It was predicted that RNA substrates are threaded through a central channel. This pathway is conserved between eukaryotic and archaeal complexes, even though nuclease activity was lost from the nine-subunit eukaryotic core (EXO-9) and transferred to associated proteins. The exosome cooperates with nuclear and cytoplasmic cofactors, including RNA helicases Mtr4 and Ski2, respectively. Structures of an RNA-bound exosome and both helicases revealed how substrates are channeled through EXO-9 to the associated nuclease Rrp44. Recent high-throughput analyses provided fresh insights relating exosome structure to its diverse in vivo functions. They also revealed surprisingly high degradation rates for newly synthesized RNAs, particularly RNA polymerase III transcripts.

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Author(s): Schneider C, Tollervey D

Publication type: Review

Publication status: Published

Journal: Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Year: 2013

Volume: 38

Issue: 10

Pages: 485-493

Print publication date: 01/10/2013

Online publication date: 02/10/2013

ISSN (print): 0968-0004

ISSN (electronic): 1362-4326

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2013.06.013

DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2013.06.013

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