Recombinant Human Poly (A)-specific ribonuclease PARN (PARN)

Uniprot Id

O95453

Target Species

Human

Target Name

PARN

Target Full Name

Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease PARN

Target Function

3'-exoribonuclease that has a preference for poly(A) tails of mRNAs, thereby efficiently degrading poly(A) tails. Exonucleolytic degradation of the poly(A) tail is often the first step in the decay of eukaryotic mRNAs and is also used to silence certain maternal mRNAs translationally during oocyte maturation and early embryonic development. Interacts with both the 3'-end poly(A) tail and the 5'-end cap structure during degradation, the interaction with the cap structure being required for an efficient degradation of poly(A) tails. Involved in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, a critical process of selective degradation of mRNAs that contain premature stop codons. Also involved in degradation of inherently unstable mRNAs that contain AU-rich elements (AREs) in their 3'-UTR, possibly via its interaction with KHSRP. Probably mediates the removal of poly(A) tails of AREs mRNAs, which constitutes the first step of destabilization. Also able to recognize and trim poly(A) tails of microRNAs such as MIR21 and H/ACA box snoRNAs (small nucleolar RNAs) leading to microRNAs degradation or snoRNA increased stability.

Target Involvement

Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal recessive, 6 (DKCB6); Pulmonary fibrosis, and/or bone marrow failure, telomere-related, 4 (PFBMFT4)

Target Subcellular Location

Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Nucleus, nucleolus. Note=Some nuclear fraction is nucleolar.

Target Protein Families

CAF1 family

Target Tissue Specificity

Ubiquitous.

Target Research Area

Transcription

Target Synonyms

DAN; Deadenylating nuclease; Deadenylation nuclease; PARN; PARN_HUMAN; Poly A specific ribonuclease; Poly(A) specific ribonuclease; Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease PARN; Polyadenylate specific ribonuclease; Polyadenylate-specific ribonuclease

Target Background

The protein encoded by this gene is a 3'-exoribonuclease, with similarity to the RNase D family of 3'-exonucleases. It prefers poly(A) as the substrate, hence, efficiently degrades poly(A) tails of mRNAs. Exonucleolytic degradation of the poly(A) tail is often the first step in the decay of eukaryotic mRNAs. This protein is also involved in silencing of certain maternal mRNAs during oocyte maturation and early embryonic development, as well as in nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) of mRNAs that contain premature stop codons. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.