NCBI Accession #
NP_199069.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_123619.4
NCBI Official Full Name
exoribonuclease 2
NCBI Official Symbol
XRN2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
AtXRN2; exoribonuclease 2; EXORIBONUCLEASE 2; K16E1.2; K16E1_2
NCBI Protein Information
exoribonuclease 2
NCBI Summary
Encodes a protein with similarity to yeast 5'-3'exonucleases and can functionally complement the yeast mutations. In Arabidopsis XRN2 acts as a suppressor of posttranscriptional gene silencing.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
AtXRN2
UniProt Protein Name
5'-3' exoribonuclease 2
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Protein EXORIBONUCLEASE 2Curated
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9FQ02
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q56WR6; Q570J7; Q9AST0; Q9FH70; Q9FH71
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9FQ02
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 (PubMed:17993620). Involved in pre-rRNA processing. Involved in the primary exonucleolytic shortening of the 5' external transcribed spacer (5'ETS), required for endonucleolytic processing at site P by the U3 snoRNP complex. Involved with XRN3 in the 5'-end processing of 5.8S and 25S rRNAs. Contributes with XRN3 to polyadenylation-dependent nuclear RNA surveillance. Involved in the degradation of aberrant polyadenylated pre-rRNA through 5'-end processing (PubMed:20338880).