SMG5-SMG7 authorize nonsense-mediated mRNA decay by enabling SMG6 endonucleolytic activity

Degradation of nonsense mediated mRNA decay (NMD) substrates is carried out by two seemingly independent pathways, SMG6-mediated endonucleolytic cleavage and/or SMG5-SMG7-induced accelerated deadenylation. Here the authors show that SMG5-SMG7 maintain NMD activity by permitting SMG6 activation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Volker Boehm, Sabrina Kueckelmann, Jennifer V. Gerbracht, Sebastian Kallabis, Thiago Britto-Borges, Janine Altmüller, Marcus Krüger, Christoph Dieterich, Niels H. Gehring
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24046-3