Main description:

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.

Contents:

Biochemistry and Function of RNA Exosomes

Michal Lubas, Aleksander Chlebowski, Andrzej Dziembowski and Torben Heick Jensen

Plant Exosomes and Cofactors
Heike Lange and Dominique Gagliardi

Structure and Activities of the Eukaryotic RNA Exosome
Elizabeth V. Wasmuth and Christopher D. Lima

TRAMP Stimulation of Exosome
Peter Holub and Stepanka Vanacova

XRN1: A Major 5' to 3' Exoribonuclease in Eukaryotic Cells

Sarah Geisler and Jeff Coller

Structures of 5'-3' Exoribonucleases (XRNs)
Jeong Ho Chang, Song Xiang and Liang Tong

The Diverse Functions of the Nuclear Rat1/Xrn2 Exonuclease
Michal Krzyszton, Monika Zakrzewska-Placzek, Michal Koper and Joanna Kufel

Normal and Aberrantly Capped mRNA Decapping
Megerditch Kiledjian, Mi Zhou and Xinfu Jiao

Activity and Function of Deadenylases
Christiane Harnisch, Bodo Moritz, Christiane Rammelt, Claudia Temme and Elmar Wahle

The Diverse Functions of Fungal RNase III Enzymes in RNA Metabolism

Kevin Roy and Guillaume F. Chanfreau