cl10778

Nucleolar protein 12 (25kDa); Members of this family of proteins are part of the yeast nuclear pore complex-associated pre-60S ribosomal subunit. The family functions as a highly conserved exonuclease that is required for the 5'-end maturation of 5.8S and 25S rRNAs, demonstrating that 5'-end processing also has a redundant pathway. Nop25 binds late pre-60S ribosomes, accompanying them from the nucleolus to the nuclear periphery; and there is evidence for both physical and functional links between late 60S subunit processing and export.