Remodeling of RNA-protein complexes (mRNPs) plays a critical role in mRNA biogenesis and metabolism. However, relatively little is known about the underlying mechanism and regulation of the mRNP remodeling. In this issue of Genes & Development, Zhou and colleagues (pp. 1046-1058) report that a protein remodeling machine, the p97-UBXD8 complex, disassembles mRNPs containing the AU-rich elements (AREs) bound by HuR proteins in a nondegradative, ubiquitin signaling-dependent manner, revealing a novel mechanism to regulate mRNA turnover.
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