Eukaryotic RNases and their Partners in RNA Degradation and Biogenesis: Part A

This special issue of The Enzymes is targeted towards researchers in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, pharmacology, and cancer. This volume discusses Eukaryotic RNases and their partners in RNA degradation and biogenesis.

1. Biochemistry and Function of RNA Exosomes

1. Plant Exosomes and Cofactors

Heike Lange and Dominique Gagliardi

2. Structure and Activities of the Eukaryotic RNA Exosome

Elizabeth V. Wasmuth and Christopher D. Lima

3. TRAMP Stimulation of Exosome

Peter Holub and Stepanka Vanacova

4. XRN1: A Major 5’ to 3’ Exoribonuclease in Eukaryotic Cells

1. Structures of 5’-3’ Exoribonucleases (XRNs)

Jeong Ho Chang, Song Xiang and Liang Tong

2. The Diverse Functions of the Nuclear Rat1/Xrn2 Exonuclease

Michal Krzyszton, Monika Zakrzewska-Placzek, Michal Koper and Joanna Kufel

3. Normal and Aberrantly Capped mRNA Decapping

Megerditch Kiledjian, Mi Zhou and Xinfu Jiao

4. Activity and Function of Deadenylases

Christiane Harnisch, Bodo Moritz, Christiane Rammelt, Claudia Temme and Elmar Wahle

5. The Diverse Functions of Fungal RNase III Enzymes in RNA Metabolism