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SUBMITTER: Kataoka N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3549538 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kataoka Naoyuki N Dobashi Izumi I Hagiwara Masatoshi M Ohno Mutsuhito M
Scientific reports 20130121
In higher eukaryotes most genes contain multiple introns. Introns are excised from pre-mRNAs by splicing and eventually degraded in the nucleus. It is likely that rapid intron turnover in the nucleus is important in higher eukaryotes, but this pathway is poorly understood. In order to gain insights into this pathway, we analyzed the human lariat RNA debranching enzyme1 (hDbr1) protein that catalyzes debranching of lariat-intron RNAs. Transfection experiments demonstrate that hDbr1 is localized i ...[more]