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nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD)
process for ridding eukaryotic cells of aberrant mRNAs with premature termination codons. Upf1, Upf2, Upf3a, & Upf3b may be involved in NMD. Upf3a & Upf3b are nucleocytoplasmic shuttling proteins, Upf2 is perinuclear, & Upf1 cytoplasmic. Upf3a & Upf3b may associate with spliced mRNA & assembly of a dynamic hUpf complex in the nucleus at mRNA exon-exon junctions may trigger NMD in the cytoplasm when recognized downstream of a termination codon. [1]
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human Upf1 protein homolog (hUpf1)
References
- Lykke-Anderson J et al
Human Upf proteins target an mRNA for nonsense-mediated
decay when bound downstream of a termination codon.
Cell 103:1121-31, 2000
PMID: 11163187