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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 837-846Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr782
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- Lundbeck Foundation [98/06]
- Novo Nordisk Foundation
- Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for mRNP Biogenesis and Metabolism
- Danish National Research Council (FNU) [09-072378]
- Novo Nordisk Foundation, Denmark
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Deadenylation is the first and rate-limiting step during turnover of mRNAs in eukaryotes. In the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, two distinct 3'-5' exonucleases, Pop2p and Ccr4p, have been identified within the Ccr4-NOT deadenylase complex, belonging to the DEDD and Exonuclease-Endonuclease-Phosphatase (EEP) families, respectively. Ngl3p has been identified as a new member of the EEP family of exonucleases based on sequence homology, but its activity and biological roles are presently unknown. Here, we show using in vitro deadenylation assays on defined RNA species mimicking poly-A containing mRNAs that yeast Ngl3p is a functional 3'-5' exonuclease most active at slightly acidic conditions. We further show that the enzyme depends on divalent metal ions for activity and possesses specificity towards poly-A RNA similar to what has been observed for cellular deadenylases. The results suggest that Ngl3p is naturally involved in processing of polyadenylated RNA and provide insights into the mechanistic variations observed among the redundant set of EEP enzymes found in yeast and higher eukaryotes.
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