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Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease
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Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease (PARN), also known as polyadenylate-specific ribonuclease or deadenylating nuclease (DAN), is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PARN gene.[5][6]

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Exonucleolytic degradation of the poly(A) tail is often the first step in the decay of eukaryotic mRNAs. The amino acid sequence of poly(A)-specific ribonuclease shows homology to the RNase D family of 3'-exonucleases. The protein appears to be localized in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is not stably associated with polysomes or ribosomal subunits.[6] Hereditary mutations in PARN lead to the bone marrow failure disease dyskeratosis congenita which is caused by defective telomerase RNA processing and degradation in patients.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

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