2wp8
yeast rrp44 nucleaseyeast rrp44 nuclease
Structural highlights
FunctionRRP45_YEAST Non-catalytic component of the RNA exosome complex which has 3'->5' exoribonuclease activity and participates in a multitude of cellular RNA processing and degradation events. In the nucleus, the RNA exosome complex is involved in proper maturation of stable RNA species such as rRNA, snRNA and snoRNA, in the elimination of RNA processing by-products and non-coding 'pervasive' transcripts, such as antisense RNA species and cryptic unstable transcripts (CUTs), and of mRNAs with processing defects, thereby limiting or excluding their export to the cytoplasm. In the cytoplasm, the RNA exosome complex is involved in general mRNA turnover and in RNA surveillance pathways, preventing translation of aberrant mRNAs. The catalytic inactive RNA exosome core complex of 9 subunits (Exo-9) is proposed to play a pivotal role in the binding and presentation of RNA for ribonucleolysis, and to serve as a scaffold for the association with catalytic subunits and accessory proteins or complexes. RRP45 is part of the hexameric ring of RNase PH domain-containing subunits proposed to form a central channel which threads RNA substrates for degradation.[1] [2] Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe exosome is a conserved macromolecular complex essential for RNA degradation. The nine-subunit core of the eukaryotic exosome shares a similar barrel-like architecture with prokaryotic complexes, but is catalytically inert. Here, we investigate how the Rrp44 nuclease functions in the active ten-subunit exosome. The 3.0 A resolution crystal structure of the yeast Rrp44-Rrp41-Rrp45 complex shows how the nuclease interacts with the exosome core and the relative accessibility of its endoribonuclease and exoribonuclease sites. Biochemical studies indicate that RNAs thread through the central channel of the core to reach the Rrp44 exoribonuclease site. This channeling mechanism involves evolutionary conserved residues. It allows the processive unwinding and degradation of RNA duplexes containing a sufficiently long single-stranded 3' extension, without the requirement for helicase activities. Although the catalytic function of the exosome core has been lost during evolution, the substrate recruitment and binding properties have been conserved from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. The yeast exosome functions as a macromolecular cage to channel RNA substrates for degradation.,Bonneau F, Basquin J, Ebert J, Lorentzen E, Conti E Cell. 2009 Oct 30;139(3):547-59. PMID:19879841[3] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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