Abstract
The processing of ribosomal RNA occurs through meticulous maturation steps coordinated by protein cofactors and ribonucleoproteins, which act from the nucleolus until the complete maturation of rRNA in the cytoplasm. In the final stages of 7S pre-rRNA processing, the Nop53 protein recruits the exosome complex for the processing of the 3' end of 7S pre-rRNA through the RNA helicase Mtr4, g…