EXOSC3

Highest pathogenic variant AF is 0.0007057202

Gene type

protein_coding

Transcript type

protein_coding

Transcript

ENST00000327304

Coding exons

4

Length

34460

Individuals with no LoFs

125695

Homozygous LoFs

0

Heterozygous LoFs

53

Defined

125748

p

0.000211

Function

FUNCTION: Non-catalytic component of the RNA exosome complex which has 3'->5' exoribonuclease activity and participates in a multitude of cellular RNA processing and degradation events. In the nucleus, the RNA exosome complex is involved in proper maturation of stable RNA species such as rRNA, snRNA and snoRNA, in the elimination of RNA processing by-products and non-coding 'pervasive' transcripts, such as antisense RNA species and promoter-upstream transcripts (PROMPTs), and of mRNAs with processing defects, thereby limiting or excluding their export to the cytoplasm. The RNA exosome may be involved in Ig class switch recombination (CSR) and/or Ig variable region somatic hypermutation (SHM) by targeting AICDA deamination activity to transcribed dsDNA substrates. In the cytoplasm, the RNA exosome complex is involved in general mRNA turnover and specifically degrades inherently unstable mRNAs containing AU-rich elements (AREs) within their 3' untranslated regions, and in RNA surveillance pathways, preventing translation of aberrant mRNAs. It seems to be involved in degradation of histone mRNA. The catalytic inactive RNA exosome core complex of 9 subunits (Exo-9) is proposed to play a pivotal role in the binding and presentation of RNA for ribonucleolysis, and to serve as a scaffold for the association with catalytic subunits and accessory proteins or complexes. EXOSC3 as peripheral part of the Exo-9 complex stabilizes the hexameric ring of RNase PH-domain subunits through contacts with EXOSC9 and EXOSC5. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11782436, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17545563, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19056938, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21255825}.;

Disease

DISEASE: Pontocerebellar hypoplasia 1B (PCH1B) [MIM:614678]: A severe autosomal recessive neurologic disorder characterized by a combination of cerebellar and spinal motor neuron degeneration beginning at birth. There is diffuse muscle weakness, progressive microcephaly, global developmental delay, and brainstem involvement. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22544365}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.;