Exosome component 9
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Exosome component 9, also known as EXOSC9, is a human gene
, the protein product of which is part of the exosome complex
and is an autoantigen is patients with certain auto immune diseases, most notably scleromyositis
.
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
, the protein product of which is part of the exosome complex
Exosome complex
The exosome complex is a multi-protein complex capable of degrading various types of RNA molecules...
and is an autoantigen is patients with certain auto immune diseases, most notably scleromyositis
Scleromyositis
Scleromyositis or the PM/Scl overlap syndrome is a complex autoimmune disease . Patients with scleromyositis have symptoms of both systemic scleroderma and either polymyositis or dermatomyositis, and is therefore considered an overlap syndrome...
.