Type: | Domain | Name: | mRNA triphosphatase CET1-like |
Description: | The mRNA capping enzyme in yeast is composed of two subunits, alpha and beta. The alpha subunit has guanylyltransferase activity, whilst the beta subunit is an RNA 5'-triphosphatase []. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae the RNA 5'-triphosphatase subunit is known as Cet1. A protein resembling the C-terminal region of Cet1 has been identified in S. cerevisiae, named CTL1 (capping enzyme RNAtriphosphatase-like 1), probably involved in an RNA processing event other than mRNA capping [].This entry represents a domain found in the mRNA capping enzyme beta subunit and in CTL1. The domain is related to the CYTH domain. | Short Name: | mRNA_triPase_CET1 |