Reference - PMID:18438419 - The exonuclease ERI-1 has a conserved dual role in 5.8S rRNA processing and RNAi.
Reference summary
- PubMed ID
- PMID:18438419
- Title
- The exonuclease ERI-1 has a conserved dual role in 5.8S rRNA processing and RNAi.
- Authors
- Gabel HW, Ruvkun G
- Citation
- Nat Struct Mol Biol 2008 May;15(5):531-3
- Publication year
- 2008
- Abstract
- The exonuclease ERI-1 negatively regulates RNA interference in Caenorhabditis elegans and Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and is required for production of some C. elegans endogenous small interfering RNAs. We show that ERI-1 performs 3' end processing of the 5.8S ribosomal RNA in both C. elegans and S. pombe. In C. elegans, two protein isoforms of ERI-1 are localized to the cytoplasm, and each has distinct functions in ribosomal RNA processing and negative regulation of RNA interference.