Abstract
The CCR4-NOT complex is a highly conserved specific gene silencer that also serves more general post-transcriptional functions. Specific regulatory proteins including the miRNA-induced silencing complex and its associated proteins, bind to 3'-UTR elements of mRNA and recruit the CCR4-NOT complex thereby promoting poly(A) shortening and repressing translation and/or mRNA degradation. Recent studies have shown that the CCR4-NOT complex that is tethered to mRNA by such regulator(s) represses translation and facilitates mRNA decay independent of a poly(A) tail and its shortening. In addition to deadenylase activity, the CCR4-NOT complex also has an E3 ubiquitin ligase activity and is involved in a novel protein quality control system, i.e., co-translational proteasomal-degradation of aberrant proteins. In this review, we describe recent progress in elucidation of novel roles of the multi-functional complex CCR4-NOT in post-transcriptional regulation.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 135 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Genetics |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | MAY |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Deadenylation
- Decapping
- Proteasome
- Protein quality control
- Translation
- Ubiquitin-protein ligases
- mRNA stability
- miRNA
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Medicine
- Genetics
- Genetics(clinical)