The diversity of RNAs inside living cells is amazing. We have known of the more “classic” RNA species: mRNA, tRNA, rRNA, snRNA and snoRNA for some time now, but in a steady stream new types of molecules are being described as it is becoming clear that most of the genomic information of cells ends up in RNA. Todeal with the enormous load of resulting RNA processing and degradation reactions, cells need adequate and efficient molecular machines. The RNA exosome isarising as a major facilitator to this effect. Structural and functional datagathered over the last decade have illustrated the biochemical importance of this multimeric complex and its many co-factors, revealing its enormous regulatory power. By gathering some of the most prominent researchers in the exosomefield, it is the aim of the book to introduce this fascinating protein complex and to give a timely and rich account of its many functions. Discusses structural organization of eukaryotic exosomes and their evolutionary counterparts in bacteria and archaea Presents recently discovered roles in the elimination of transcriptional noise and in heterochromatization Gives a historic perspective on the parallel discovery of the exosome and discusses the occurrence of autoantibodies to exosome components in autoimmune diseases and the connection of the exosome with cancer INDICE: Finding The Exosome.- Structural Components And Architectures Of Rna Exosomes.- The Archaeal Exosome.- The Exosomes Of Trypanosomes And Other Protists.- The Exosome And 3??5? Rna Degradation In Plants.- Catalytic Properties Of The Eukaryotic Exosome.- Functions Of The Cytopl Asmic Exosome.- Rrp6, Rrp477 And Cofacto Rs Of The Nuclear Exosome.- The Exosome And Heterochromatin: Multilevel Regulation Of Gene Silencing.- Control Of Cryptic Transcription In Eukaryotes.- The Human Exosome And Disease
- ISBN: 978-1-4419-7840-0
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 144
- Fecha Publicación: 26/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés