We purify a fully recombinant S. pombe Ccr4-Not complex
The complex has an intrinsic substrate preference, and both Ccr4 and Caf1 are active
Ccr4-Not stably interacts with the YTH domain RNA-binding protein Mmi1
Mmi1 accelerates deadenylation of RNAs by Ccr4-Not in a sequence-specific manner