Exosome complex
multi-protein intracellular complex capable of degrading various types of RNA molecules
The exosome complex is a protein complex which can degrade RNA strands (~stop them working). In eukaryotic cells, the exosome complex is present in the cytoplasm, nucleus, and especially the nucleolus.
The core of the complex has a ring structure consisting of six proteins that all belong to the same class of RNases, the 'RNase PH-like proteins'.[1]
Exosome complexes are found in both eukaryotic cells and archaea. In bacteria a simpler complex called the degradosome carries out similar functions.
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- ↑ Schilders G.; et al. (2006). Cell and molecular biology of the exosome: how to make or break an RNA. International Review of Cytology. Vol. 251. pp. 159–208. doi:10.1016/S0074-7696(06)51005-8. ISBN 9780123646552. PMID 16939780.