Structural highlights
Function
DXO1_KLULA Ribonuclease that specifically degrades pre-mRNAs with a defective 5' end cap and is part of a pre-mRNA capping quality control. Has decapping and 5'-3' exonuclease activities. Has decapping activity toward incomplete 5' end cap mRNAs such as unmethylated 5' end-capped RNA to release GpppN and 5' end monophosphate RNA. The 5' end monophosphate RNA is then degraded by the 5'-3' exoribonuclease activity, enabling this enzyme to decap and degrade incompletely capped mRNAs.[1]
References
- ↑ Chang JH, Jiao X, Chiba K, Oh C, Martin CE, Kiledjian M, Tong L. Dxo1 is a new type of eukaryotic enzyme with both decapping and 5'-3' exoribonuclease activity. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2012 Sep 9. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2381. PMID:22961381 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.2381
