EXOSC10: Putative catalytic component of the RNA exosome complex which has 3'->5' exoribonuclease activity and participates in a multitude of cellular RNA processing and degradation events. In the nucleus, the RNA exosome complex is involved in proper maturation of stable RNA species such as rRNA, snRNA and snoRNA, in the elimination of RNA processing by-products and non-coding 'pervasive' transcripts, such as antisense RNA species and promoter-upstream transcripts (PROMPTs), and of mRNAs with processing defects, thereby limiting or excluding their export to the cytoplasm. The RNA exosome may be involved in Ig class switch recombination (CSR) and/or Ig variable region somatic hypermutation (SHM) by targeting AICDA deamination activity to transcribed dsDNA substrates. In the cytoplasm, the RNA exosome complex is involved in general mRNA turnover and specifically degrades inherently unstable mRNAs containing AU-rich elements (AREs) within their 3' untranslated regions, and in RNA surveillance pathways, preventing translation of aberrant mRNAs. It seems to be involved in degradation of histone mRNA. EXOSC10 has 3'-5' exonuclease activity. EXOSC10 is required for nucleolar localization of C1D and probably mediates the association of SKIV2L2, C1D and MPP6 wth the RNA exosome involved in the maturation of 5.8S rRNA. 2 isoforms of the human protein are produced by alternative splicing.
Protein type: Vesicle; EC 3.1.13.-; Nucleolus
Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 1p36.22
Cellular Component: cytoplasm; exosome (RNase complex); membrane; nuclear exosome (RNase complex); nucleolus; nucleoplasm; nucleus
Molecular Function: 3'-5'-exoribonuclease activity; exoribonuclease activity; nucleotide binding; protein binding
Biological Process: dosage compensation, by inactivation of X chromosome; maturation of 5.8S rRNA; mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay; rRNA processing
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