NCBI Accession #
NP_175851.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_104327.4
NCBI Official Full Name
exoribonuclease 4
NCBI Official Symbol
XRN4
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
5'-3' EXORIBONUCLEASE; ACC INSENSITIVE 1; AIN1; ATXRN4; EIN5; ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE 5; exoribonuclease 4; EXORIBONUCLEASE 4; F20D21.30; F20D21_30
NCBI Protein Information
exoribonuclease 4
NCBI Summary
Involved in the ethylene response. XRN4 does not appear to regulate ethylene signaling via an RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX-based RNA silencing mechanism but acts by independent means. Endogenous suppressor of posttranscriptional gene silencing.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
AIN1; EIN5
UniProt Protein Name
5'-3' exoribonuclease 4
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Protein ACC INSENSITIVE 1; Protein ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE 5; Protein EXORIBONUCLEASE 4
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9FQ04
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q9SLI5
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9FQ04
UniProt Comments
Possesses 5'->3' exoribonuclease activity. Acts as an endogenous post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) suppressor. Degrades miRNA target cleavage products that lack a 5'-cap structure. Antagonizes the negative feedback regulation on EIN3 by promoting EBF1 and EBF2 mRNA decay, which consequently allows the accumulation of EIN3 protein to trigger the ethylene response.