page_title: Exosome complex
hierarchical_section_title: Exosome complex
caption_attribution_description: Ribbon view of the human en:exosome complex.
context_page_description: The exosome complex is a protein complex which can degrade RNA strands. In eukaryotic cells, the exosome complex is present in the cytoplasm, nucleus, and especially the nucleolus.
  The core of the complex has a ring structure consisting of six proteins that all belong to the same class of RNases, the 'RNase PH-like proteins'.
  Exosome complexes are found in both eukaryotic cells and archaea. In bacteria a simpler complex called the degradosome carries out similar functions.
context_section_description: The exosome complex is a protein complex which can degrade RNA strands (~stop them working). In eukaryotic cells, the exosome complex is present in the cytoplasm, nucleus, and especially the nucleolus. 
  The core of the complex has a ring structure consisting of six proteins that all belong to the same class of RNases, the 'RNase PH-like proteins'.
  Exosome complexes are found in both eukaryotic cells and archaea. In bacteria a simpler complex called the degradosome carries out similar functions.
caption: "Ribbon view" of the human exosome complex. PDB 2NN6. The channel through which RNA passes during degradation is visible at the center of the protein complex
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