
Carbon Catabolite Repression 4—Negative On TATA-less, or CCR4-Not, is a
multiprotein complex that functions in gene expression.
The complex has multiple enzymatic activities as both a
poly(A) 3′-5′
exonuclease and a
ubiquitin ligase.
The exonuclease activity of CCR4-Not shortens the poly(A) tail found at 3' end of almost every eukaryotic mRNA. The complex is present both in the
nucleus where it regulates transcription and in the
cytoplasm
The cytoplasm describes all the material within a eukaryotic or prokaryotic cell, enclosed by the cell membrane, including the organelles and excluding the nucleus in eukaryotic cells. The material inside the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell a ...
where it associates with translating ribosomes and
RNA processing bodies.
In mammalian cell, it has a function in the regulation of the cell cycle, chromatin modification, activation and inhibition of transcription initiation, control of transcription elongation, RNA export, nuclear RNA surveillance, and DNA damage repair in nucleus. Ccr4–Not complex plays an important role in mRNA decay and protein quality control in the cytoplasm.
Subunits
The human CCR4-Not complex is composed of structural (non-catalytic) subunits and those that have
exonuclease and
E3 ligase activity. Some but not all of the human subunits are conserved in
budding yeast.
In yeast the complex has nine core subunits, comprising Ccr4 (carbon catabolite repression), Caf proteins (Ccr4 associated factor) (Caf1, Caf40, Caf130) and Not proteins (Not1, Not2, Not3, Not4, and Not5).
Molecular weight of human subunits from Uniprot.
See also
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Deadenylation
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Gene expression
Gene expression is the process (including its Regulation of gene expression, regulation) by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product that enables it to produce end products, proteins or non-coding RNA, ...
References
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Gene expression
Protein complexes
RNA-binding proteins