Vahideh Hamidi Sofiani¹, Arefeh Ebrahimian Shiadeh¹, Mohammadreza Kalani² and Abdolvahab Moradi¹*

¹Department of Microbiology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
²Department of Molecular Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Golestan, Iran

*Corresponding Author: Abdolvahab Moradi, Department of Microbiology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.

Received: September 12, 2021; Published: November 16, 2021

Abstract

The mammalian mitochondrial genome can encode tRNAs, rRNAs, and mRNA. Moreover, the mitochondrion is an important site for RNA degradation phenomenon in addition to transcriptional duties, however, there are different assumptions related to this phenomenon. It has been suggested that the presence of RNA granules along with a variety of enzymes in the mitochondria may be involved in the RNA degradation process. In this paper, we try to investigate the factors affecting RNA degradation in mitochondria.

Keywords: Mitochondria; RNA; mRNA

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Citation

Citation: Abdolvahab Moradi., et al. “RNA Processing and Degradation in Eukaryotic Cells’ Mitochondria". Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences 5.12 (2021): 58-62.

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