Liu Q, Greimann JC, Lima CD.
Reconstitution, activities, and structure of the eukaryotic RNA exosome.
Cell. 2006 Dec 15;127(6):1223-37.
The RNA exosome is a multisubunit 30 to 50
exoribonuclease complex that participates in
degradation and processing of cellular RNA.
To determine the activities and structure of the
eukaryotic exosome, we report the reconstitution
of 9-subunit exosomes from yeast and
human and reconstitution of 10- and 11-subunit
exosomes from yeast. Comparative biochemical
analysis between purified subunits and reconstituted
exosomes using AU-rich, polyadenylated
(poly[A]), generic, and structured RNA
substrates reveals processive phosphorolytic
activities for human Rrp41/Rrp45 and the 9-
subunit human exosome, processive hydrolytic
activities for yeast Rrp44 and the yeast 10-subunit
exosome, distributive hydrolytic activities
for Rrp6, and processive and distributive hydrolytic
activities for the yeast 11-subunit exosome.
To elucidate the architecture of a eukaryotic
exosome, its conserved surfaces, and the structural
basis for RNA decay, we report the X-ray
structure determination for the 286 kDa ninesubunit
human exosome at 3.35A°
.