Reposted by Kiara Wang
Two new preprints featuring work from @ryanymuller.bsky.social on PABPC biology! With important contributions from @eugenevalkov.bsky.social, Tanner Myers, and @kxwang.bsky.social
biorxiv.org
The molecular determinants of PABPC-mediated deadenylation rate
Deadenylation, the enzymatic shortening of the poly(A) tail, is typically the first committed step of mRNA decay. Deadenylation rates span nearly a 1000-fold range between transcripts and are governed...