NCBI Accession #
NP_565114.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_106217.3
NCBI Official Full Name
5'-3' exoribonuclease 3
NCBI Official Symbol
XRN3
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
5'-3' exoribonuclease 3; 5'-3' EXORIBONUCLEASE 3; AtXRN3; F10A5.15; F10A5_15
NCBI Protein Information
5'-3' exoribonuclease 3
NCBI Summary
Encodes a protein with similarity to yeast 5'-3'exonucleases and can functionally complement the yeast mutations. In Arabidopsis XRN3 acts as a suppressor of posttranscriptional gene silencing. Mutants accumulate excised miRNA products suggesting that XRN3 is involved in degradation of these products.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
AtXRN3
UniProt Protein Name
5'-3' exoribonuclease 3
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Protein EXORIBONUCLEASE 3Curated
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9FQ03
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q8L7A3; Q9LR05
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9FQ03
UniProt Comments
Possesses 5'->3' exoribonuclease activity (PubMed:11106401). Acts as an endogenous post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) suppressor. Degrades miRNA-derived loops, excised during miRNA maturation in the nucleus. Required for proper development (PubMed:17993620). Involved in pre-rRNA processing. Involved with XRN2 in the 5'-end exonucleolytic processing of 5.8S and 25S rRNAs. Contributes with XRN2 to polyadenylation-dependent nuclear RNA surveillance. Involved in the degradation of aberrant polyadenylated pre-rRNA through 5'-end processing (PubMed:20338880).