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The Eukaryotic RNA Exosome pp 291–325Cite as

Affinity Proteomic Analysis of the Human Exosome and Its Cofactor Complexes

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Abstract

In humans, the RNA exosome consists of an enzymatically inactive nine-subunit core, with ribonucleolytic activity contributed by additional components. Several cofactor complexes also interact with the exosome—these enable the recruitment of, and specify the activity upon, diverse substrates. Affinity capture coupled with mass spectrometry has proven to be an effective means to identify the compositions of RNA exosomes and their cofactor complexes: here, we describe a general experimental strategy for proteomic characterization of macromolecular complexes, applied to the exosome and an affiliated adapter protein, ZC3H18.

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Acknowledgments

This work is supported in part by National Institutes of Health grant R01GM126170. We gratefully acknowledge Ms. Hua Jiang and Ms. Kelly Molloy for additional proofreading.

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  1. School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Kinga Winczura

  2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Michal Domanski

  3. Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

    John LaCava

  4. European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, AV, The Netherlands

    John LaCava

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Winczura, K., Domanski, M., LaCava, J. (2020). Affinity Proteomic Analysis of the Human Exosome and Its Cofactor Complexes. In: LaCava, J., Vaňáčová, Š. (eds) The Eukaryotic RNA Exosome. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2062. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9822-7_15

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