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ArticleNucleic acids research2026

The DinG exonuclease acts as a primary quality controller to remove unprocessed ribosomal RNAs.

Karolis Vaitkevičius, Jörgen Johansson

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors.

Karolis VaitkevičiusDepartment of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Jörgen JohanssonDepartment of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-0904-497X

Funding

Stiftelsen Olle Engkvist ByggmästareSwedish Research Council 2020-02005_3Swedish Research Council 2023-02679Umeå University
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria lacking DEAD-box RNA-helicases often show reduced growth and aberrant maturation of ribosomal subunits resulting in fewer active ribosomes. Here, we show that the slow growth observed in a strain lacking the RNA-helicase CshC in the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes can be suppressed by mutations in the exonuclease DinG. A strain lacking both CshC and DinG increased the number of mature and active ribosomes compared to the parental ΔcshC mutant. DinG acts as a 3'- to 5'-exoribonuclease, targeting immature, unprocessed ribosomal RNA in vitro and in vivo while leaving processed rRNA undisturbed. In addition, DinG directly or indirectly interferes with the ribonuclease M5 mediated pre-5S rRNA processing. We suggest that DinG acts as a primary ribosome quality control ribonuclease that initiates degradation of unprocessed rRNA.

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Bacterial ProteinsExoribonucleasesListeria monocytogenesRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalRNA, RibosomalMutationRibosomesRNA HelicasesRNA PrecursorsRNA, Ribosomal, 5SRNA StabilityBacterial ProteinsExoribonucleasesRNA HelicasesRNA PrecursorsRNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 5S

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PMID41495906
PMCPMC12774634

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