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Wang L, Chen B, Ma B, Wang Y, Wang H, Sun X, Tan BC. Maize Dek51 encodes a DEAD-box RNA helicase essential for pre-rRNA processing and seed development. Cell Rep 2024; 43:114673. [PMID: 39196780 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2024] [Revised: 07/09/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/30/2024] Open
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Pre-rRNA processing is essential to ribosome biosynthesis. However, the processing mechanism is not fully understood in plants. Here, we report a DEAD-box RNA helicase DEK51 that mediates the 3' end processing of 18S and 5.8S pre-rRNA in maize (Zea mays L.). DEK51 is localized in the nucleolus, and loss of DEK51 arrests maize seed development and blocks the 3' end processing of 18S and 5.8S pre-rRNA. DEK51 interacts with putative key factors in nuclear RNA exosome-mediated pre-rRNA processing, including ZmMTR4, ZmSMO4, ZmRRP44A, and ZmRRP6L2. This suggests that DEK51 facilitates pre-rRNA processing by interacting with the exosome. Loss of ZmMTR4 function arrests seed development and blocks the 3' end processing of 18S and 5.8S pre-rRNA, similar to dek51. DEK51 also interacts with endonucleases ZmUTP24 and ZmRCL1, suggesting that it may also be involved in the cleavage at site A2. These results show the critical role of DEK51 in promoting 3' end processing of pre-rRNA.
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- Le Wang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
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An W, Yan Y, Ye K. High resolution landscape of ribosomal RNA processing and surveillance. Nucleic Acids Res 2024:gkae606. [PMID: 38994562 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2024] [Revised: 06/21/2024] [Accepted: 06/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024] Open
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Ribosomal RNAs are processed in a complex pathway. We profiled rRNA processing intermediates in yeast at single-molecule and single-nucleotide levels with circularization, targeted amplification and deep sequencing (CircTA-seq), gaining significant mechanistic insights into rRNA processing and surveillance. The long form of the 5' end of 5.8S rRNA is converted to the short form and represents an intermediate of a unified processing pathway. The initial 3' end processing of 5.8S rRNA involves trimming by Rex1 and Rex2 and Trf4-mediated polyadenylation. The 3' end of 25S rRNA is formed by sequential digestion by four Rex proteins. Intermediates with an extended A1 site are generated during 5' degradation of aberrant 18S rRNA precursors. We determined precise polyadenylation profiles for pre-rRNAs and show that the degradation efficiency of polyadenylated 20S pre-rRNA critically depends on poly(A) lengths and degradation intermediates released from the exosome are often extensively re-polyadenylated.
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- Weidong An
- Key Laboratory of RNA Science and Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Science and Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Science and Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Saha U, Gaine R, Paira S, Das S, Das B. RRM1 and PAB domains of translation initiation factor eIF4G (Tif4631p) play a crucial role in the nuclear degradation of export-defective mRNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS J 2024; 291:897-926. [PMID: 37994298 DOI: 10.1111/febs.17016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the CBC-Tif4631p-dependent exosomal targeting (CTEXT) complex consisting of Cbc1/2p, Tif4631p and Upf3p promotes the exosomal degradation of aberrantly long 3'-extended, export-defective transcripts and a small group of normal (termed 'special') mRNAs. We carried out a systematic analysis of all previously characterized functional domains of the major CTEXT component Tif4631p by deleting each of them and interrogating their involvement in the nuclear surveillance of abnormally long 3'-extended and export-defective messages. Our analyses show that the N-terminal RNA recognition motif 1 (RRM1) and poly(A)-binding protein (PAB) domains of Tif4631p, spanning amino acid residues, 1-82 and 188-299 in its primary structure, respectively, play a crucial role in degrading these aberrant messages. Furthermore, the physical association of the nuclear exosome with the altered/variant CTEXT complex harboring any of the mutant Tif4631p proteins lacking either the RRM1 or PAB domain becomes abolished. This finding indicates that the association between CTEXT and the exosome is accomplished via interaction between these Tif4631p domains with the major exosome component, Rrp6p. Abolition of interaction between altered CTEXT (harboring any of the RRM1/PAB-deleted versions of Tif4631p) and the exosome further leads to the impaired recruitment of the RNA targets to the Rrp6p subunit of the exosome carried out by the RRM1/PAB domains of Tif4631p. When analyzing the Tif4631p-interacting proteins, we identified a DEAD-box RNA helicase (Dbp2p), as an interacting partner that turned out to be a previously unknown component of CTEXT. The present study provides a more complete description of the CTEXT complex and offers insight into the functional relationship of this complex with the nuclear exosome.
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Grants
- BT/PR27917/BRB/10/1673/2018 Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- BT/PR6078/BRB/10/1114/2012 Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- 38/1427/16/EMR-II Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
- 38/1280/11/EMR-II Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
- SR/SO/BB/0066/2012 Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- Department of Science & Technology and Biotechnology, Government of West Bengal
- SR/WOS-A/LS-1067/2014 Department of Science and Technology, India, WOS-A
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- Upasana Saha
- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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Yim MK, Stuart CJ, Pond MI, van Hoof A, Johnson SJ. Conserved Residues at the Mtr4 C-Terminus Coordinate Helicase Activity and Exosome Interactions. Biochemistry 2024; 63:159-170. [PMID: 38085597 PMCID: PMC10984559 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Mtr4 is an essential RNA helicase involved in nuclear RNA processing and degradation and is a member of the Ski2-like helicase family. Ski2-like helicases share a common core architecture that includes two RecA-like domains, a winged helix, and a helical bundle (HB) domain. In Mtr4, a short C-terminal tail immediately follows the HB domain and is positioned at the interface of the RecA-like domains. The tail ends with a SLYΦ sequence motif that is highly conserved in a subset of Ski2-like helicases. Here, we show that this sequence is critical for Mtr4 function. Mutations in the C-terminus result in decreased RNA unwinding activity. Mtr4 is a key activator of the RNA exosome complex, and mutations in the SLYΦ motif produce a slow growth phenotype when combined with a partial exosome defect in S. cerevisiae, suggesting an important role of the C-terminus of Mtr4 and the RNA exosome. We further demonstrate that C-terminal mutations impair RNA degradation activity by the major RNA exosome nuclease Rrp44 in vitro. These data demonstrate a role for the Mtr4 C-terminus in regulating helicase activity and coordinating Mtr4-exosome interactions.
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- Matthew K. Yim
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA
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Sterrett MC, Farchi D, Strassler SE, Boise LH, Fasken MB, Corbett AH. In vivo characterization of the critical interaction between the RNA exosome and the essential RNA helicase Mtr4 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2023; 13:jkad049. [PMID: 36861343 PMCID: PMC10411580 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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The RNA exosome is a conserved molecular machine that processes/degrades numerous coding and non-coding RNAs. The 10-subunit complex is composed of three S1/KH cap subunits (human EXOSC2/3/1; yeast Rrp4/40/Csl4), a lower ring of six PH-like subunits (human EXOSC4/7/8/9/5/6; yeast Rrp41/42/43/45/46/Mtr3), and a singular 3'-5' exo/endonuclease DIS3/Rrp44. Recently, several disease-linked missense mutations have been identified in structural cap and core RNA exosome genes. In this study, we characterize a rare multiple myeloma patient missense mutation that was identified in the cap subunit gene EXOSC2. This missense mutation results in a single amino acid substitution, p.Met40Thr, in a highly conserved domain of EXOSC2. Structural studies suggest that this Met40 residue makes direct contact with the essential RNA helicase, MTR4, and may help stabilize the critical interaction between the RNA exosome complex and this cofactor. To assess this interaction in vivo, we utilized the Saccharomyces cerevisiae system and modeled the EXOSC2 patient mutation into the orthologous yeast gene RRP4, generating the variant rrp4-M68T. The rrp4-M68T cells show accumulation of certain RNA exosome target RNAs and show sensitivity to drugs that impact RNA processing. We also identified robust negative genetic interactions between rrp4-M68T and specific mtr4 mutants. A complementary biochemical approach revealed that Rrp4 M68T shows decreased interaction with Mtr4, consistent with these genetic results. This study suggests that the EXOSC2 mutation identified in a multiple myeloma patient impacts the function of the RNA exosome and provides functional insight into a critical interface between the RNA exosome and Mtr4.
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- Maria C Sterrett
- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Biochemistry, Cell, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Biochemistry, Cell, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Nagel A, Leonard M, Maurus I, Starke J, Schmitt K, Valerius O, Harting R, Braus GH. The Frq-Frh Complex Light-Dependently Delays Sfl1-Induced Microsclerotia Formation in Verticillium dahliae. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:725. [PMID: 37504714 PMCID: PMC10381341 DOI: 10.3390/jof9070725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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The vascular plant pathogenic fungus Verticillium dahliae has to adapt to environmental changes outside and inside its host. V. dahliae harbors homologs of Neurospora crassa clock genes. The molecular functions and interactions of Frequency (Frq) and Frq-interacting RNA helicase (Frh) in controlling conidia or microsclerotia development were investigated in V. dahliae JR2. Fungal mutant strains carrying clock gene deletions, an FRH point mutation, or GFP gene fusions were analyzed on transcript, protein, and phenotypic levels as well as in pathogenicity assays on tomato plants. Our results support that the Frq-Frh complex is formed and that it promotes conidiation, but also that it suppresses and therefore delays V. dahliae microsclerotia formation in response to light. We investigated a possible link between the negative element Frq and positive regulator Suppressor of flocculation 1 (Sfl1) in microsclerotia formation to elucidate the regulatory molecular mechanism. Both Frq and Sfl1 are mainly present during the onset of microsclerotia formation with decreasing protein levels during further development. Induction of microsclerotia formation requires Sfl1 and can be delayed at early time points in the light through the Frq-Frh complex. Gaining further molecular knowledge on V. dahliae development will improve control of fungal growth and Verticillium wilt disease.
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- Alexandra Nagel
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Wang L, Guzmán M, Sola I, Enjuanes L, Zuñiga S. Cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein complexes, RNA helicases and coronavirus infection. FRONTIERS IN VIROLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fviro.2022.1078454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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RNA metabolism in the eukaryotic cell includes the formation of ribonucleoprotein complexes (RNPs) that, depending on their protein components, have a different function. Cytoplasmic RNPs, such as stress granules (SGs) or P-bodies (PBs) are quite relevant during infections modulating viral and cellular RNA expression and as key players in the host cell antiviral response. RNA helicases are abundant components of RNPs and could have a significant effect on viral infection. This review focuses in the role that RNPs and RNA helicases have during coronavirus (CoVs) infection. CoVs are emerging highly pathogenic viruses with a large single-stranded RNA genome. During CoV infection, a complex network of RNA-protein interactions in different RNP structures is established. In general, RNA helicases and RNPs have an antiviral function, but there is limited knowledge on whether the viral protein interactions with cell components are mediators of this antiviral effect or are part of the CoV antiviral counteraction mechanism. Additional data is needed to elucidate the role of these RNA-protein interactions during CoV infection and their potential contribution to viral replication or pathogenesis.
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Transcriptomic analysis of ribosome biogenesis and pre-rRNA processing during growth stress in Entamoeba histolytica. Exp Parasitol 2022; 239:108308. [PMID: 35718007 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2022.108308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ribosome biogenesis, a multi-step process involving transcription, modification, folding and processing of rRNA, is the major consumer of cellular energy. It involves sequential assembly of ribosomal proteins (RP)s via more than 200 ribogenesis factors. Unlike model organisms where transcription of rRNA and RP genes slows down during stress, in Entamoeba histolytica, pre-rRNA synthesis continues, and unprocessed pre-rRNA accumulates. Northern hybridization from different spacer regions depicted the accumulation of unprocessed intermediates during stress. To gain insight into the vast repertoire of ribosome biogenesis factors and understand the major components playing role during stress we computationally identified ribosome biogenesis factors in E. histolytica. Of the ∼279 Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteins, we could only find 188 proteins in E. histolytica. Some of the proteins missing in E. histolytica were also missing in humans. A number of proteins represented by multiple genes in S. cerevisiae had a single copy in E. histolytica. Interestingly E. histolytica lacked mitochondrial ribosome biogenesis factors and had far less RNase components compared to S. cerevisiae. Transcriptomic studies revealed the differential regulation of ribosomal factors both in serum starved and RRP6 down-regulation conditions. These included the NEP1 and TSR3 proteins that chemically modify 18S-rRNA. Pre-rRNA precursors accumulate upon downregulation of the latter proteins in S. cerevisiae and humans. These data reveal the major factors that regulate pre-rRNA processing during stress in E. histolytica and provide the first complete repertoire of ribosome biogenesis factors in this early-branching protist.
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The Evolution and Functional Roles of miR408 and Its Targets in Plants. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23010530. [PMID: 35008962 PMCID: PMC8745667 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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MicroRNA408 (miR408) is an ancient and highly conserved miRNA, which is involved in the regulation of plant growth, development and stress response. However, previous research results on the evolution and functional roles of miR408 and its targets are relatively scattered, and there is a lack of a systematic comparison and comprehensive summary of the detailed evolutionary pathways and regulatory mechanisms of miR408 and its targets in plants. Here, we analyzed the evolutionary pathway of miR408 in plants, and summarized the functions of miR408 and its targets in regulating plant growth and development and plant responses to various abiotic and biotic stresses. The evolutionary analysis shows that miR408 is an ancient and highly conserved microRNA, which is widely distributed in different plants. miR408 regulates the growth and development of different plants by down-regulating its targets, encoding blue copper (Cu) proteins, and by transporting Cu to plastocyanin (PC), which affects photosynthesis and ultimately promotes grain yield. In addition, miR408 improves tolerance to stress by down-regulating target genes and enhancing cellular antioxidants, thereby increasing the antioxidant capacity of plants. This review expands and promotes an in-depth understanding of the evolutionary and regulatory roles of miR408 and its targets in plants.
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Moraleva AA, Deryabin AS, Rubtsov YP, Rubtsova MP, Dontsova OA. Eukaryotic Ribosome Biogenesis: The 40S Subunit. Acta Naturae 2022; 14:14-30. [PMID: 35441050 PMCID: PMC9013438 DOI: 10.32607/actanaturae.11540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The formation of eukaryotic ribosomes is a sequential process of ribosomal precursors maturation in the nucleolus, nucleoplasm, and cytoplasm. Hundreds of ribosomal biogenesis factors ensure the accurate processing and formation of the ribosomal RNAs' tertiary structure, and they interact with ribosomal proteins. Most of what we know about the ribosome assembly has been derived from yeast cell studies, and the mechanisms of ribosome biogenesis in eukaryotes are considered quite conservative. Although the main stages of ribosome biogenesis are similar across different groups of eukaryotes, this process in humans is much more complicated owing to the larger size of the ribosomes and pre-ribosomes and the emergence of regulatory pathways that affect their assembly and function. Many of the factors involved in the biogenesis of human ribosomes have been identified using genome-wide screening based on RNA interference. This review addresses the key aspects of yeast and human ribosome biogenesis, using the 40S subunit as an example. The mechanisms underlying these differences are still not well understood, because, unlike yeast, there are no effective methods for characterizing pre-ribosomal complexes in humans. Understanding the mechanisms of human ribosome assembly would have an incidence on a growing number of genetic diseases (ribosomopathies) caused by mutations in the genes encoding ribosomal proteins and ribosome biogenesis factors. In addition, there is evidence that ribosome assembly is regulated by oncogenic signaling pathways, and that defects in the ribosome biogenesis are linked to the activation of tumor suppressors.
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- A. A. Moraleva
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997 Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997 Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997 Russia
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow, 119991 Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997 Russia
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow, 119991 Russia
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, 121205 Russia
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Mitterer V, Pertschy B. RNA folding and functions of RNA helicases in ribosome biogenesis. RNA Biol 2022; 19:781-810. [PMID: 35678541 PMCID: PMC9196750 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2022.2079890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis involves the synthesis of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and its stepwise folding into the unique structure present in mature ribosomes. rRNA folding starts already co-transcriptionally in the nucleolus and continues when pre-ribosomal particles further maturate in the nucleolus and upon their transit to the nucleoplasm and cytoplasm. While the approximate order of folding of rRNA subdomains is known, especially from cryo-EM structures of pre-ribosomal particles, the actual mechanisms of rRNA folding are less well understood. Both small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) and proteins have been implicated in rRNA folding. snoRNAs hybridize to precursor rRNAs (pre-rRNAs) and thereby prevent premature folding of the respective rRNA elements. Ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) and ribosome assembly factors might have a similar function by binding to rRNA elements and preventing their premature folding. Besides that, a small group of ribosome assembly factors are thought to play a more active role in rRNA folding. In particular, multiple RNA helicases participate in individual ribosome assembly steps, where they are believed to coordinate RNA folding/unfolding events or the release of proteins from the rRNA. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on mechanisms of RNA folding and on the specific function of the individual RNA helicases involved. As the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the organism in which ribosome biogenesis and the role of RNA helicases in this process is best studied, we focused our review on insights from this model organism, but also make comparisons to other organisms where applicable.
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- Valentin Mitterer
- Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, Heidelberg, Germany
- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria
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- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstrasse 50, Graz, Austria
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Yim MK, Denson JM, Gold MD, Johnson SJ. Purification and characterization of Mtr4 and TRAMP from S. cerevisiae. Methods Enzymol 2022; 673:425-451. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2022.03.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sterrett MC, Enyenihi L, Leung SW, Hess L, Strassler SE, Farchi D, Lee RS, Withers ES, Kremsky I, Baker RE, Basrai MA, van Hoof A, Fasken MB, Corbett AH. A budding yeast model for human disease mutations in the EXOSC2 cap subunit of the RNA exosome complex. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 27:1046-1067. [PMID: 34162742 PMCID: PMC8370739 DOI: 10.1261/rna.078618.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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RNA exosomopathies, a growing family of diseases, are linked to missense mutations in genes encoding structural subunits of the evolutionarily conserved, 10-subunit exoribonuclease complex, the RNA exosome. This complex consists of a three-subunit cap, a six-subunit, barrel-shaped core, and a catalytic base subunit. While a number of mutations in RNA exosome genes cause pontocerebellar hypoplasia, mutations in the cap subunit gene EXOSC2 cause an apparently distinct clinical presentation that has been defined as a novel syndrome SHRF (short stature, hearing loss, retinitis pigmentosa, and distinctive facies). We generated the first in vivo model of the SHRF pathogenic amino acid substitutions using budding yeast by modeling pathogenic EXOSC2 missense mutations (p.Gly30Val and p.Gly198Asp) in the orthologous S. cerevisiae gene RRP4 The resulting rrp4 mutant cells show defects in cell growth and RNA exosome function. Consistent with altered RNA exosome function, we detect significant transcriptomic changes in both coding and noncoding RNAs in rrp4-G226D cells that model EXOSC2 p.Gly198Asp, suggesting defects in nuclear surveillance. Biochemical and genetic analyses suggest that the Rrp4 G226D variant subunit shows impaired interactions with key RNA exosome cofactors that modulate the function of the complex. These results provide the first in vivo evidence that pathogenic missense mutations present in EXOSC2 impair the function of the RNA exosome. This study also sets the stage to compare exosomopathy models to understand how defects in RNA exosome function underlie distinct pathologies.
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- Maria C Sterrett
- Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
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- Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Machado de Amorim A, Chakrabarti S. Assembly of multicomponent machines in RNA metabolism: A common theme in mRNA decay pathways. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2021; 13:e1684. [PMID: 34351053 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Multicomponent protein-RNA complexes comprising a ribonuclease and partner RNA helicase facilitate the turnover of mRNA in all domains of life. While these higher-order complexes provide an effective means of physically and functionally coupling the processes of RNA remodeling and decay, most ribonucleases and RNA helicases do not exhibit sequence specificity in RNA binding. This raises the question as to how these assemblies select substrates for processing and how the activities are orchestrated at the precise moment to ensure efficient decay. The answers to these apparent puzzles lie in the auxiliary components of the assemblies that might relay decay-triggering signals. Given their function within the assemblies, these components may be viewed as "sensors." The functions and mechanisms of action of the sensor components in various degradation complexes in bacteria and eukaryotes are highlighted here to discuss their roles in RNA decay processes. This article is categorized under: RNA Turnover and Surveillance > Regulation of RNA Stability RNA Turnover and Surveillance > Turnover/Surveillance Mechanisms RNA Interactions with Proteins and Other Molecules > Protein-RNA Recognition.
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Das M, Zattas D, Zinder JC, Wasmuth EV, Henri J, Lima CD. Substrate discrimination and quality control require each catalytic activity of TRAMP and the nuclear RNA exosome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2024846118. [PMID: 33782132 PMCID: PMC8040639 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2024846118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Quality control requires discrimination between functional and aberrant species to selectively target aberrant substrates for destruction. Nuclear RNA quality control in Saccharomyces cerevisiae includes the TRAMP complex that marks RNA for decay via polyadenylation followed by helicase-dependent 3' to 5' degradation by the RNA exosome. Using reconstitution biochemistry, we show that polyadenylation and helicase activities of TRAMP cooperate with processive and distributive exoribonuclease activities of the nuclear RNA exosome to protect stable RNA from degradation while selectively targeting and degrading less stable RNA. Substrate discrimination is lost when the distributive exoribonuclease activity of Rrp6 is inactivated, leading to degradation of stable and unstable RNA species. These data support a proofreading mechanism in which deadenylation by Rrp6 competes with Mtr4-dependent degradation to protect stable RNA while selectively targeting and degrading unstable RNA.
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- Mom Das
- Structural Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065
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- Structural Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065
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- Structural Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065
- Tri-Institutional Training Program in Chemical Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065
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- Structural Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065
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- Structural Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065
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- Structural Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065;
- HHMI, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065
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Lau B, Cheng J, Flemming D, La Venuta G, Berninghausen O, Beckmann R, Hurt E. Structure of the Maturing 90S Pre-ribosome in Association with the RNA Exosome. Mol Cell 2020; 81:293-303.e4. [PMID: 33326748 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ribosome assembly is catalyzed by numerous trans-acting factors and coupled with irreversible pre-rRNA processing, driving the pathway toward mature ribosomal subunits. One decisive step early in this progression is removal of the 5' external transcribed spacer (5'-ETS), an RNA extension at the 18S rRNA that is integrated into the huge 90S pre-ribosome structure. Upon endo-nucleolytic cleavage at an internal site, A1, the 5'-ETS is separated from the 18S rRNA and degraded. Here we present biochemical and cryo-electron microscopy analyses that depict the RNA exosome, a major 3'-5' exoribonuclease complex, in a super-complex with the 90S pre-ribosome. The exosome is docked to the 90S through its co-factor Mtr4 helicase, a processive RNA duplex-dismantling helicase, which strategically positions the exosome at the base of 5'-ETS helices H9-H9', which are dislodged in our 90S-exosome structures. These findings suggest a direct role of the exosome in structural remodeling of the 90S pre-ribosome to drive eukaryotic ribosome synthesis.
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- Benjamin Lau
- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CiPSM), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Straße 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CiPSM), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Straße 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CiPSM), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Straße 25, 81377 Munich, Germany.
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Du Y, An W, Zhu X, Sun Q, Qi J, Ye K. Cryo-EM structure of 90 S small ribosomal subunit precursors in transition states. Science 2020; 369:1477-1481. [PMID: 32943522 DOI: 10.1126/science.aba9690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The 90S preribosome is a large, early assembly intermediate of small ribosomal subunits that undergoes structural changes to give a pre-40S ribosome. Here, we gained insight into this transition by determining cryo-electron microscopy structures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae intermediates in the path from the 90S to the pre-40S The full transition is blocked by deletion of RNA helicase Dhr1. A series of structural snapshots revealed that the excised 5' external transcribed spacer (5' ETS) is degraded within 90S, driving stepwise disassembly of assembly factors and ribosome maturation. The nuclear exosome, an RNA degradation machine, docks on the 90S through helicase Mtr4 and is primed to digest the 3' end of the 5' ETS. The structures resolved between 3.2- and 8.6-angstrom resolution reveal key intermediates and the critical role of 5' ETS degradation in 90S progression.
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- Yifei Du
- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.,National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.,National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Micol-Ponce R, Sarmiento-Mañús R, Fontcuberta-Cervera S, Cabezas-Fuster A, de Bures A, Sáez-Vásquez J, Ponce MR. SMALL ORGAN4 Is a Ribosome Biogenesis Factor Involved in 5.8S Ribosomal RNA Maturation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 184:2022-2039. [PMID: 32913045 PMCID: PMC7723108 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.01540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Ribosome biogenesis is crucial for cellular metabolism and has important implications for disease and aging. Human (Homo sapiens) glioma tumor-suppressor candidate region gene2 (GLTSCR2) and yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) Nucleolar protein53 (Nop53) are orthologous proteins with demonstrated roles as ribosome biogenesis factors; knockdown of GLTSCR2 impairs maturation of 18S and 5.8S ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), and Nop53 is required for maturation of 5.8S and 25S rRNAs. Here, we characterized SMALL ORGAN4 (SMO4), the most likely ortholog of human GLTSCR2 and yeast Nop53 in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Loss of function of SMO4 results in a mild morphological phenotype; however, we found that smo4 mutants exhibit strong cytological and molecular phenotypes: nucleolar hypertrophy and disorganization, overaccumulation of 5.8S and 18S rRNA precursors, and an imbalanced 40S:60S ribosome subunit ratio. Like yeast Nop53 and human GLTSCR2, Arabidopsis SMO4 participates in 5.8S rRNA maturation. In yeast, Nop53 cooperates with mRNA transport4 (Mtr4) for 5.8S rRNA maturation. In Arabidopsis, we found that SMO4 plays similar roles in the 5.8S rRNA maturation pathway than those described for MTR4. However, SMO4 seems not to participate in the degradation of by-products derived from the 5'-external transcribed spacer (ETS) of 45S pre-rRNA, as MTR4 does.
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- Rosa Micol-Ponce
- Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Campus de Elche, 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Campus de Elche, 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Campus de Elche, 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Campus de Elche, 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5096, 66860 Perpignan, France
- Universite Perpignan Via Domitia, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5096, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5096, 66860 Perpignan, France
- Universite Perpignan Via Domitia, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5096, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Campus de Elche, 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain
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Wan G, Yan J, Fei Y, Pagano DJ, Kennedy S. A Conserved NRDE-2/MTR-4 Complex Mediates Nuclear RNAi in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 2020; 216:1071-1085. [PMID: 33055090 PMCID: PMC7768265 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.120.303631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Small regulatory RNAs, such as small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and PIWI-interacting RNAs, regulate splicing, transcription, and genome integrity in many eukaryotes. In Caenorhabditis elegans, siRNAs bind nuclear Argonautes (AGOs), which interact with homologous premessenger RNAs to recruit downstream silencing effectors, such as NRDE-2, to direct cotranscriptional gene silencing [or nuclear RNA interference (RNAi)]. To further our understanding of the mechanism of nuclear RNAi, we conducted immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry on C. elegans NRDE-2 The major NRDE-2 interacting protein identified was the RNA helicase MTR-4 Co-immunoprecipitation analyses confirmed a physical association between NRDE-2 and MTR-4 MTR-4 colocalizes with NRDE-2 within the nuclei of most/all C. elegans somatic and germline cells. MTR-4 is required for nuclear RNAi, and interestingly, MTR-4 is recruited to premessenger RNAs undergoing nuclear RNAi via a process requiring nuclear siRNAs, the nuclear AGO HRDE-1, and NRDE-2, indicating that MTR-4 is a component of the C. elegans nuclear RNAi machinery. Finally, we confirm previous reports showing that human (Hs)NRDE2 and HsMTR4 also physically interact. Our data show that the NRDE-2/MTR-4 interactions are evolutionarily conserved, and that, in C. elegans, the NRDE-2/MTR-4 complex contributes to siRNA-directed cotranscriptional gene silencing.
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- Gang Wan
- Ministry Of Education Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 510275
- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China 210095
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Cheng J, Lau B, La Venuta G, Ameismeier M, Berninghausen O, Hurt E, Beckmann R. 90 S pre-ribosome transformation into the primordial 40 S subunit. Science 2020; 369:1470-1476. [PMID: 32943521 DOI: 10.1126/science.abb4119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Production of small ribosomal subunits initially requires the formation of a 90S precursor followed by an enigmatic process of restructuring into the primordial pre-40S subunit. We elucidate this process by biochemical and cryo-electron microscopy analysis of intermediates along this pathway in yeast. First, the remodeling RNA helicase Dhr1 engages the 90S pre-ribosome, followed by Utp24 endonuclease-driven RNA cleavage at site A1, thereby separating the 5'-external transcribed spacer (ETS) from 18S ribosomal RNA. Next, the 5'-ETS and 90S assembly factors become dislodged, but this occurs sequentially, not en bloc. Eventually, the primordial pre-40S emerges, still retaining some 90S factors including Dhr1, now ready to unwind the final small nucleolar U3-18S RNA hybrid. Our data shed light on the elusive 90S to pre-40S transition and clarify the principles of assembly and remodeling of large ribonucleoproteins.
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- Jingdong Cheng
- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Biochemistry Center (BZH), University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Biochemistry Center (BZH), University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Biochemistry Center (BZH), University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, University of Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.
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Aguilar LC, Paul B, Reiter T, Gendron L, Arul Nambi Rajan A, Montpetit R, Trahan C, Pechmann S, Oeffinger M, Montpetit B. Altered rRNA processing disrupts nuclear RNA homeostasis via competition for the poly(A)-binding protein Nab2. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:11675-11694. [PMID: 33137177 PMCID: PMC7672433 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are key mediators of RNA metabolism. Whereas some RBPs exhibit narrow transcript specificity, others function broadly across both coding and non-coding RNAs. Here, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we demonstrate that changes in RBP availability caused by disruptions to distinct cellular processes promote a common global breakdown in RNA metabolism and nuclear RNA homeostasis. Our data shows that stabilization of aberrant ribosomal RNA (rRNA) precursors in an enp1-1 mutant causes phenotypes similar to RNA exosome mutants due to nucleolar sequestration of the poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) Nab2. Decreased nuclear PABP availability is accompanied by genome-wide changes in RNA metabolism, including increased pervasive transcripts levels and snoRNA processing defects. These phenotypes are mitigated by overexpression of PABPs, inhibition of rDNA transcription, or alterations in TRAMP activity. Our results highlight the need for cells to maintain poly(A)-RNA levels in balance with PABPs and other RBPs with mutable substrate specificity across nucleoplasmic and nucleolar RNA processes.
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- Lisbeth-Carolina Aguilar
- Department for Systems Biology, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Food Science Graduate Group, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Group, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department for Systems Biology, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department for Systems Biology, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, QC, Canada
- Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- Food Science Graduate Group, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
- Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Group, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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Excessive rDNA Transcription Drives the Disruption in Nuclear Homeostasis during Entry into Senescence in Budding Yeast. Cell Rep 2020; 28:408-422.e4. [PMID: 31291577 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Budding yeast cells undergo a limited number of divisions before they enter senescence and die. Despite recent mechanistic advances, whether and how molecular events are temporally and causally linked during the transition to senescence remain elusive. Here, using real-time observation of the accumulation of extrachromosomal rDNA circles (ERCs) in single cells, we provide evidence that ERCs build up rapidly with exponential kinetics well before any physiological decline. We then show that ERCs fuel a massive increase in ribosomal RNA (rRNA) levels in the nucleolus, which do not mature into functional ribosomes. This breakdown in nucleolar coordination is followed by a loss of nuclear homeostasis, thus defining a chronology of causally related events leading to cell death. A computational analysis supports a model in which a series of age-independent processes lead to an age-dependent increase in cell mortality, hence explaining the emergence of aging in budding yeast.
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Delan-Forino C, Spanos C, Rappsilber J, Tollervey D. Substrate specificity of the TRAMP nuclear surveillance complexes. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3122. [PMID: 32561742 PMCID: PMC7305330 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16965-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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During nuclear surveillance in yeast, the RNA exosome functions together with the TRAMP complexes. These include the DEAH-box RNA helicase Mtr4 together with an RNA-binding protein (Air1 or Air2) and a poly(A) polymerase (Trf4 or Trf5). To better determine how RNA substrates are targeted, we analyzed protein and RNA interactions for TRAMP components. Mass spectrometry identified three distinct TRAMP complexes formed in vivo. These complexes preferentially assemble on different classes of transcripts. Unexpectedly, on many substrates, including pre-rRNAs and pre-mRNAs, binding specificity is apparently conferred by Trf4 and Trf5. Clustering of mRNAs by TRAMP association shows co-enrichment for mRNAs with functionally related products, supporting the significance of surveillance in regulating gene expression. We compared binding sites of TRAMP components with multiple nuclear RNA binding proteins, revealing preferential colocalization of subsets of factors. TRF5 deletion reduces Mtr4 recruitment and increases RNA abundance for mRNAs specifically showing high Trf5 binding.
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- Clémentine Delan-Forino
- Wellcome Center for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, Swann Building, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- Wellcome Center for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, Swann Building, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- Wellcome Center for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, Swann Building, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
- Bioanalytics, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, 13355, Berlin, Germany
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- Wellcome Center for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, Swann Building, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.
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Cepeda LPP, Bagatelli FFM, Santos RM, Santos MDM, Nogueira FCS, Oliveira CC. The ribosome assembly factor Nop53 controls association of the RNA exosome with pre-60S particles in yeast. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:19365-19380. [PMID: 31662437 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.010193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic ribosomal biogenesis is a high-energy-demanding and complex process that requires hundreds of trans-acting factors to dynamically build the highly-organized 40S and 60S subunits. Each ribonucleoprotein complex comprises specific rRNAs and ribosomal proteins that are organized into functional domains. The RNA exosome complex plays a crucial role as one of the pre-60S-processing factors, because it is the RNase responsible for processing the 7S pre-rRNA to the mature 5.8S rRNA. The yeast pre-60S assembly factor Nop53 has previously been shown to associate with the nucleoplasmic pre-60S in a region containing the "foot" structure assembled around the 3' end of the 7S pre-rRNA. Nop53 interacts with 25S rRNA and with several 60S assembly factors, including the RNA exosome, specifically, with its catalytic subunit Rrp6 and with the exosome-associated RNA helicase Mtr4. Nop53 is therefore considered the adaptor responsible for recruiting the exosome complex for 7S processing. Here, using proteomics-based approaches in budding yeast to analyze the effects of Nop53 on the exosome interactome, we found that the exosome binds pre-ribosomal complexes early during the ribosome maturation pathway. We also identified interactions through which Nop53 modulates exosome activity in the context of 60S maturation and provide evidence that in addition to recruiting the exosome, Nop53 may also be important for positioning the exosome during 7S processing. On the basis of these findings, we propose that the exosome is recruited much earlier during ribosome assembly than previously thought, suggesting the existence of additional interactions that remain to be described.
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- Leidy Paola P Cepeda
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Proteomics Unit and Laboratory of Proteomics/LADETEC, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 22410-001 Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil
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- Laboratory for Structural and Computational Proteomics, Carlos Chagas Institute, Fiocruz, Curitiba, PR, CEP 81350-010, Brazil
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- Proteomics Unit and Laboratory of Proteomics/LADETEC, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 22410-001 Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Pillon MC, Lo YH, Stanley RE. IT'S 2 for the price of 1: Multifaceted ITS2 processing machines in RNA and DNA maintenance. DNA Repair (Amst) 2019; 81:102653. [PMID: 31324529 PMCID: PMC6764878 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.102653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Cells utilize sophisticated RNA processing machines to ensure the quality of RNA. Many RNA processing machines have been further implicated in regulating the DNA damage response signifying a strong link between RNA processing and genome maintenance. One of the most intricate and highly regulated RNA processing pathways is the processing of the precursor ribosomal RNA (pre-rRNA), which is paramount for the production of ribosomes. Removal of the Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2), located between the 5.8S and 25S rRNA, is one of the most complex steps of ribosome assembly. Processing of the ITS2 is initiated by the newly discovered endoribonuclease Las1, which cleaves at the C2 site within the ITS2, generating products that are further processed by the polynucleotide kinase Grc3, the 5'→3' exonuclease Rat1, and the 3'→5' RNA exosome complex. In addition to their defined roles in ITS2 processing, these critical cellular machines participate in other stages of ribosome assembly, turnover of numerous cellular RNAs, and genome maintenance. Here we summarize recent work defining the molecular mechanisms of ITS2 processing by these essential RNA processing machines and highlight their emerging roles in transcription termination, heterochromatin function, telomere maintenance, and DNA repair.
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- Monica C Pillon
- Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 111 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 111 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 111 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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Martín-Villanueva S, Fernández-Pevida A, Kressler D, de la Cruz J. The Ubiquitin Moiety of Ubi1 Is Required for Productive Expression of Ribosomal Protein eL40 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cells 2019; 8:cells8080850. [PMID: 31394841 PMCID: PMC6721733 DOI: 10.3390/cells8080850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Ubiquitin is a highly conserved small eukaryotic protein. It is generated by proteolytic cleavage of precursor proteins in which it is fused either to itself, constituting a polyubiquitin precursor of head-to-tail monomers, or as a single N-terminal moiety to ribosomal proteins. Understanding the role of the ubiquitin fused to ribosomal proteins becomes relevant, as these proteins are practically invariably eS31 and eL40 in the different eukaryotes. Herein, we used the amenable yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to study whether ubiquitin facilitates the expression of the fused eL40 (Ubi1 and Ubi2 precursors) and eS31 (Ubi3 precursor) ribosomal proteins. We have analyzed the phenotypic effects of a genomic ubi1∆ub-HA ubi2∆ mutant, which expresses a ubiquitin-free HA-tagged eL40A protein as the sole source of cellular eL40. This mutant shows a severe slow-growth phenotype, which could be fully suppressed by increased dosage of the ubi1∆ub-HA allele, or partially by the replacement of ubiquitin by the ubiquitin-like Smt3 protein. While expression levels of eL40A-HA from ubi1∆ub-HA are low, eL40A is produced practically at normal levels from the Smt3-S-eL40A-HA precursor. Finally, we observed enhanced aggregation of eS31-HA when derived from a Ubi3∆ub-HA precursor and reduced aggregation of eL40A-HA when expressed from a Smt3-S-eL40A-HA precursor. We conclude that ubiquitin might serve as a cis-acting molecular chaperone that assists in the folding and synthesis of the fused eL40 and eS31 ribosomal proteins.
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- Sara Martín-Villanueva
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, E-41013 Seville, Spain
- Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41012 Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, E-41013 Seville, Spain
- Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41012 Seville, Spain
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- Unit of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, E-41013 Seville, Spain.
- Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41012 Seville, Spain.
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Shu S, Ye K. Structural and functional analysis of ribosome assembly factor Efg1. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:2096-2106. [PMID: 29361028 PMCID: PMC5829643 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Ribosome biogenesis in eukaryotes is a complicated process that involves association and dissociation of numerous assembly factors and snoRNAs. The yeast small ribosomal subunit is first assembled into 90S pre-ribosomes in an ordered and dynamic manner. Efg1 is a protein with no recognizable domain that is associated with early 90S particles. Here, we determine the crystal structure of Efg1 from Chaetomium thermophilum at 3.3 Å resolution, revealing a novel elongated all-helical structure. Efg1 is not located in recently determined cryo-EM densities of 90S likely due to its low abundance in mature 90S. Genetic analysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae shows that the functional core of Efg1 contains two helical hairpins composed of highly conserved residues. Depletion of Efg1 blocks 18S rRNA processing at sites A1 and A2, but not at site A0, and production of small ribosomal subunits. Efg1 is initially recruited by the 5′ domain of 18S rRNA. Its absence disturbs the assembly of the 5′ domain and inhibits release of U14 snoRNA from 90S. Our study shows that Efg1 is required for early assembly and reorganization of the 5′ domain of 18S rRNA.
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- Sheng Shu
- Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.,National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China.,Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.,Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Zhang E, Khanna V, Dacheux E, Namane A, Doyen A, Gomard M, Turcotte B, Jacquier A, Fromont‐Racine M. A specialised SKI complex assists the cytoplasmic RNA exosome in the absence of direct association with ribosomes. EMBO J 2019; 38:e100640. [PMID: 31304628 PMCID: PMC6627227 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2018100640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The Ski2-Ski3-Ski8 (SKI) complex assists the RNA exosome during the 3' to 5' degradation of cytoplasmic transcripts. Previous reports showed that the SKI complex is involved in the 3' to 5' degradation of mRNAs, including 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) and devoid of ribosomes. Paradoxically, we recently showed that the SKI complex directly interacts with ribosomes during the co-translational mRNA decay and that this interaction is necessary for its RNA degradation promoting activity. Here, we characterised a new SKI-associated factor, Ska1, that associates with a subpopulation of the SKI complex. We showed that Ska1 is specifically involved in the degradation of long 3'UTR-containing mRNAs, poorly translated mRNAs as well as other RNA regions not associated with ribosomes, such as cytoplasmic lncRNAs. We further show that the overexpression of SKA1 antagonises the SKI-ribosome association. We propose that the Ska1-SKI complex assists the cytoplasmic exosome in the absence of direct association of the SKI complex with ribosomes.
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- Elodie Zhang
- Génétique des Interactions MacromoléculairesInstitut PasteurUMR3525 CNRSParisFrance
- Sorbonne UniversitéCollège DoctoralParisFrance
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- Génétique des Interactions MacromoléculairesInstitut PasteurUMR3525 CNRSParisFrance
- Hub Bioinformatique et BiostatistiqueInstitut Pasteur ‐ C3BIUSR 3756 IP CNRSParisFrance
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- Génétique des Interactions MacromoléculairesInstitut PasteurUMR3525 CNRSParisFrance
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- Génétique des Interactions MacromoléculairesInstitut PasteurUMR3525 CNRSParisFrance
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- Génétique des Interactions MacromoléculairesInstitut PasteurUMR3525 CNRSParisFrance
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- Génétique des Interactions MacromoléculairesInstitut PasteurUMR3525 CNRSParisFrance
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- Department of MedicineMcGill University Health CentreMontréalQCCanada
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- Génétique des Interactions MacromoléculairesInstitut PasteurUMR3525 CNRSParisFrance
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Telekawa C, Boisvert FM, Bachand F. Proteomic profiling and functional characterization of post-translational modifications of the fission yeast RNA exosome. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:11169-11183. [PMID: 30321377 PMCID: PMC6265454 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The RNA exosome is a conserved multi-subunit complex essential for processing and degradation of several types of RNAs. Although many of the functions of the RNA exosome are well established, whether the activity of this complex is regulated remains unclear. Here we performed a proteomic analysis of the RNA exosome complex purified from Schizosaccharomyces pombe and identified 39 post-translational modifications (PTMs), including phosphorylation, methylation, and acetylation sites. Interestingly, most of the modifications were identified in Dis3, a catalytic subunit of the RNA exosome, as well as in the exosome-associated RNA helicase, Mtr4. Functional analysis of selected PTM sites using modification-deficient and -mimetic versions of exosome subunits revealed substitutions that affected cell growth and exosome functions. Notably, our results suggest that site-specific phosphorylation in the catalytic center of Dis3 and in the helical bundle domain of Mtr4 control their activity. Our findings support a view in which post-translational modifications fine-tune exosome activity and add a layer of regulation to RNA degradation.
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- Caroline Telekawa
- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Sarkar D, Paira S, Das B. Nuclear mRNA degradation tunes the gain of the unfolded protein response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:1139-1156. [PMID: 29165698 PMCID: PMC5814838 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Unfolded protein response (UPR) is triggered by the accumulation of unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which is accomplished by a dramatic induction of genes encoding ER chaperones. Activation of these genes involves their rapid transcription by Hac1p, encoded by the HAC1 precursor transcript harboring an intron and a bipartite element (3′-BE) in the 3′-UTR. ER stress facilitates intracellular targeting and recruitment of HAC1 pre-mRNA to Ire1p foci (requiring 3′-BE), leading to its non-spliceosomal splicing mediated by Ire1p/Rlg1p. A critical concentration of the pre-HAC1 harboring a functional 3′-BE element is governed by its 3′→5′ decay by the nuclear exosome/DRN. In the absence of stress, pre-HAC1 mRNA undergoes a rapid and kinetic 3′→5′ decay leading to a precursor pool, the majority of which lack the BE element. Stress, in contrast, causes a diminished decay, thus resulting in the production of a population with an increased abundance of pre-HAC1 mRNA carrying an intact BE, which facilitates its more efficient recruitment to Ire1p foci. This mechanism plays a crucial role in the timely activation of UPR and its prompt attenuation following the accomplishment of homeostasis. Thus, a kinetic mRNA decay provides a novel paradigm for mRNA targeting and regulation of gene expression.
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- Debasish Sarkar
- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, West Bengal, India
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Helicase-Dependent RNA Decay Illuminated by a Cryo-EM Structure of a Human Nuclear RNA Exosome-MTR4 Complex. Cell 2019; 173:1663-1677.e21. [PMID: 29906447 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Revised: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The ribonucleolytic RNA exosome interacts with RNA helicases to degrade RNA. To understand how the 3' to 5' Mtr4 helicase engages RNA and the nuclear exosome, we reconstituted 14-subunit Mtr4-containing RNA exosomes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and human and show that they unwind structured substrates to promote degradation. We loaded a human exosome with an optimized DNA-RNA chimera that stalls MTR4 during unwinding and determined its structure to an overall resolution of 3.45 Å by cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM). The structure reveals an RNA-engaged helicase atop the non-catalytic core, with RNA captured within the central channel and DIS3 exoribonuclease active site. MPP6 tethers MTR4 to the exosome through contacts to the RecA domains of MTR4. EXOSC10 remains bound to the core, but its catalytic module and cofactor C1D are displaced by RNA-engaged MTR4. Competition for the exosome core may ensure that RNA is committed to degradation by DIS3 when engaged by MTR4.
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Cells must make careful use of the resources available to them. A key area of cellular regulation involves the biogenesis of ribosomes. Transcriptional regulation of ribosome biogenesis factor genes through alterations in histone acetylation has been well studied. This work identifies a post-transcriptional mechanism of ribosome biogenesis regulation by Puf protein control of mRNA stability. Puf proteins are eukaryotic mRNA binding proteins that play regulatory roles in mRNA degradation and translation via association with specific conserved elements in the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of target mRNAs and with degradation and translation factors. We demonstrate that several ribosome biogenesis factor mRNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae containing a canonical Puf4p element in their 3' UTRs are destabilized by Puf2p, Puf4, and Puf5p, yet stabilized by Puf1p and Puf3p. In the absence of all Puf proteins, these ribosome biogenesis mRNAs are destabilized by a secondary mechanism involving the same 3' UTR element. Unlike other targets of Puf4p regulation, the decay of these transcripts is not altered by carbon source. Overexpression of Puf4p results in delayed ribosomal RNA processing and altered ribosomal subunit trafficking. These results represent a novel role for Puf proteins in yeast as regulators of ribosome biogenesis transcript stability.
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- Anthony D Fischer
- a Department of Biology , University of Missouri-St. Louis , St. Louis , MO , USA
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- a Department of Biology , University of Missouri-St. Louis , St. Louis , MO , USA
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Singh SS, Naiyer S, Bharadwaj R, Kumar A, Singh YP, Ray AK, Subbarao N, Bhattacharya A, Bhattacharya S. Stress-induced nuclear depletion of Entamoeba histolytica 3'-5' exoribonuclease EhRrp6 and its role in growth and erythrophagocytosis. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:16242-16260. [PMID: 30171071 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.004632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The 3'-5' exoribonuclease Rrp6 is a key enzyme in RNA homeostasis involved in processing and degradation of many stable RNA precursors, aberrant transcripts, and noncoding RNAs. We previously have shown that in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica, the 5'-external transcribed spacer fragment of pre-rRNA accumulates under serum starvation-induced growth stress. This fragment is a known target of degradation by Rrp6. Here, we computationally and biochemically characterized EhRrp6 and found that it contains the catalytically important EXO and HRDC domains and exhibits exoribonuclease activity with both unstructured and structured RNA substrates, which required the conserved DEDD-Y catalytic-site residues. It lacked the N-terminal PMC2NT domain for binding of the cofactor Rrp47, but could functionally complement the growth defect of a yeast rrp6 mutant. Of note, no Rrp47 homologue was detected in E. histolytica Immunolocalization studies revealed that EhRrp6 is present both in the nucleus and cytosol of normal E. histolytica cells. However, growth stress induced its complete loss from the nuclei, reversed by proteasome inhibitors. EhRrp6-depleted E. histolytica cells were severely growth restricted, and EhRrp6 overexpression protected the cells against stress, suggesting that EhRrp6 functions as a stress sensor. Importantly EhRrp6 depletion reduced erythrophagocytosis, an important virulence determinant of E. histolytica This reduction was due to a specific decrease in transcript levels of some phagocytosis-related genes (Ehcabp3 and Ehrho1), whereas expression of other genes (Ehcabp1, Ehcabp6, Ehc2pk, and Eharp2/3) was unaffected. This is the first report of the role of Rrp6 in cell growth and stress responses in a protozoan parasite.
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- the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- the School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, and
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- the School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, and
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- the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067 India
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Chaker-Margot M. Assembly of the small ribosomal subunit in yeast: mechanism and regulation. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2018; 24:881-891. [PMID: 29712726 PMCID: PMC6004059 DOI: 10.1261/rna.066985.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The eukaryotic ribosome is made of four intricately folded ribosomal RNAs and 79 proteins. During rapid growth, yeast cells produce an incredible 2000 ribosomes every minute. Ribosome assembly involves more than 200 trans-acting factors, intervening from the transcription of the preribosomal RNA in the nucleolus to late maturation events in the cytoplasm. The biogenesis of the small ribosomal subunit, or 40S, is especially intricate, requiring more than four times the mass of the small subunit in assembly factors for its full maturation. Recent studies have provided new insights into the complex assembly of the 40S subunit. These data from cryo-electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, and other biochemical and molecular biology methods, have elucidated the role of many factors required in small subunit maturation. Mechanisms of the regulation of ribosome assembly have also emerged from this body of work. This review aims to integrate these new results into an updated view of small subunit biogenesis and its regulation, in yeast, from transcription to the formation of the mature small subunit.
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- Malik Chaker-Margot
- The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA
- Tri-Institutional Program in Chemical Biology, New York, New York 10065, USA
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Perumal K, Reddy R. The 3' end formation in small RNAs. Gene Expr 2018; 10:59-78. [PMID: 11868988 PMCID: PMC5977532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Small RNAs are a major class of RNAs along with transfer RNAs, ribosomal RNAs, and messenger RNAs. They vary in size from less than 100 nucleotides to several thousand nucleotides and have been identified and characterized both in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Small RNAs participate in a variety of cellular functions including regulating RNA synthesis, RNA processing, guiding modifications in RNA, and in transport of proteins. Small RNAs are generated by a series of posttranscriptional processing steps following transcription. While RNA 5' end structure, 5' cap formation, and RNA processing mechanisms have been fairly well characterized, the 3' end processing is poorly understood. Recent data point to an emerging theme in small RNAs metabolism in which the 3' end processing is mediated by the exosome, a large multienzyme complex. In addition to removal of nucleotides by the exosome, there is simultaneous rebuilding of the 3' end of some small RNA by adenylation and/or uridylation. This review presents a picture of both degradative and rebuilding reactions operative on the 3' end of some small RNA molecules in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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- Karthika Perumal
- Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
- Address correspondence to Ram Reddy, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030. Tel: (713) 798-7906; Fax: (713) 798-3145; E-mail:
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Structural basis for MTR4-ZCCHC8 interactions that stimulate the MTR4 helicase in the nuclear exosome-targeting complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E5506-E5515. [PMID: 29844170 PMCID: PMC6004480 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1803530115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Aberrant or unwanted transcripts can be degraded by the RNA exosome with the help of the nuclear exosome-targeting (NEXT) complex. NEXT, composed of RNA-binding protein RBM7, scaffold ZCCHC8, and helicase MTR4, is implicated in stress response, neurodegeneration, and viral ribogenesis. Here, we characterize the activities of NEXT that support its role in exosome-mediated decay. NEXT catalyzes 3′→5′ helicase activity and disrupts RNA:RNA and DNA:RNA duplexes more efficiently than MTR4. Optimal activity is observed when substrates include a uridine-rich motif, for interactions with RBM7, and a 3′ poly(A) tail. The ZCCHC8 C-terminal domain binds the helicase core and can stimulate MTR4 helicase/ATPase activities. Our results highlight the interplay among NEXT subunits to ensure effective targeting of substrates. The nuclear exosome-targeting (NEXT) complex functions as an RNA exosome cofactor and is involved in surveillance and turnover of aberrant transcripts and noncoding RNAs. NEXT is a ternary complex composed of the RNA-binding protein RBM7, the scaffold zinc-knuckle protein ZCCHC8, and the helicase MTR4. While RNA interactions with RBM7 are known, it remains unclear how NEXT subunits collaborate to recognize and prepare substrates for degradation. Here, we show that MTR4 helicase activity is enhanced when associated with RBM7 and ZCCHC8. While uridine-rich substrates interact with RBM7 and are preferred, optimal activity is observed when substrates include a polyadenylated 3′ end. We identify a bipartite interaction of ZCCHC8 with MTR4 and uncover a role for the conserved C-terminal domain of ZCCHC8 in stimulating MTR4 helicase and ATPase activities. A crystal structure reveals that the ZCCHC8 C-terminal domain binds the helicase core in a manner that is distinct from that observed for Saccharomyces cerevisiae exosome cofactors Trf4p and Air2p. Our results are consistent with a model whereby effective targeting of substrates by NEXT entails recognition of elements within the substrate and activation of MTR4 helicase activity.
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Singh P, Saha U, Paira S, Das B. Nuclear mRNA Surveillance Mechanisms: Function and Links to Human Disease. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:1993-2013. [PMID: 29758258 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Production of export-competent mRNAs involves transcription and a series of dynamic processing and modification events of pre-messenger RNAs in the nucleus. Mutations in the genes encoding the transcription and mRNP processing machinery and the complexities involved in the biogenesis events lead to the formation of aberrant messages. These faulty transcripts are promptly eliminated by the nuclear RNA exosome and its cofactors to safeguard the cells and organisms from genetic catastrophe. Mutations in the components of the core nuclear exosome and its cofactors lead to the tissue-specific dysfunction of exosomal activities, which are linked to diverse human diseases and disorders. In this article, we examine the structure and function of both the yeast and human RNA exosome complex and its cofactors, discuss the nature of the various altered amino acid residues implicated in these diseases with the speculative mechanisms of the mutation-induced disorders and project the frontier and prospective avenues of the future research in this field.
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- Pragyan Singh
- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
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An W, Du Y, Ye K. Structural and functional analysis of Utp24, an endonuclease for processing 18S ribosomal RNA. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0195723. [PMID: 29641590 PMCID: PMC5895043 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The precursor ribosomal RNA is processed by multiple steps of nucleolytic cleavage to generate mature rRNAs. Utp24 is a PIN domain endonuclease in the early 90S precursor of small ribosomal subunit and is proposed to cleave at sites A1 and A2 of pre-rRNA. Here we determine the crystal structure of Utp24 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe at 2.1 angstrom resolution. Utp24 structurally resembles the ribosome assembly factor Utp23 and both contain a Zn-finger motif. Functional analysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae shows that depletion of Utp24 disturbs the assembly of 90S and abolishes cleavage at sites A0, A1 and A2. The 90S assembled with inactivated Utp24 is arrested at a post-A0-cleavage state and contains enriched nuclear exosome for degradation of 5' ETS. Despite of high sequence conservation, Utp24 from other organisms is unable to form an active 90S in S. cerevisiae, suggesting that Utp24 needs to be precisely positioned in 90S. Our study provides biochemical and structural insight into the role of Utp24 in 90S assembly and activity.
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- Weidong An
- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Bresson S, Tollervey D. Surveillance-ready transcription: nuclear RNA decay as a default fate. Open Biol 2018; 8:170270. [PMID: 29563193 PMCID: PMC5881035 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.170270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic cells synthesize enormous quantities of RNA from diverse classes, most of which are subject to extensive processing. These processes are inherently error-prone, and cells have evolved robust quality control mechanisms to selectively remove aberrant transcripts. These surveillance pathways monitor all aspects of nuclear RNA biogenesis, and in addition remove nonfunctional transcripts arising from spurious transcription and a host of non-protein-coding RNAs (ncRNAs). Surprisingly, this is largely accomplished with only a handful of RNA decay enzymes. It has, therefore, been unclear how these factors efficiently distinguish between functional RNAs and huge numbers of diverse transcripts that must be degraded. Here we describe how bona fide transcripts are specifically protected, particularly by 5' and 3' modifications. Conversely, a plethora of factors associated with the nascent transcripts all act to recruit the RNA quality control, surveillance and degradation machinery. We conclude that initiating RNAPII is 'surveillance ready', with degradation being a default fate for all transcripts that lack specific protective features. We further postulate that this promiscuity is a key feature that allowed the proliferation of vast numbers of ncRNAs in eukaryotes, including humans.
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- Stefan Bresson
- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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Han J, van Hoof A. The RNA Exosome Channeling and Direct Access Conformations Have Distinct In Vivo Functions. Cell Rep 2018; 16:3348-3358. [PMID: 27653695 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.08.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Revised: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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The RNA exosome is a 3'-5' ribonuclease complex that is composed of nine core subunits and an essential catalytic subunit, Rrp44. Two distinct conformations of Rrp44 were revealed in previous structural studies, suggesting that Rrp44 may change its conformation to exert its function. In the channeling conformation, (Rrp44(ch)), RNA accesses the active site after traversing the central channel of the RNA exosome, whereas in the other conformation, (Rrp44(da)), RNA gains direct access to the active site. Here, we show that the Rrp44(da) exosome is important for nuclear function of the RNA exosome. Defects caused by disrupting the direct access conformation are distinct from those caused by channel-occluding mutations, indicating specific functions for each conformation. Our genetic analyses provide in vivo evidence that the RNA exosome employs a direct-access route to recruit specific substrates, indicating that the RNA exosome uses alternative conformations to act on different RNA substrates.
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- Jaeil Han
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 1.212, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 1.212, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 1.212, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 1.212, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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RNA molecules have the tendency to fold into complex structures or to associate with complementary RNAs that exoribonucleases have difficulties processing or degrading. Therefore, degradosomes in bacteria and organelles as well as exosomes in eukaryotes have teamed-up with RNA helicases. Whereas bacterial degradosomes are associated with RNA helicases from the DEAD-box family, the exosomes and mitochondrial degradosome use the help of Ski2-like and Suv3 RNA helicases.
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Shanmugam T, Abbasi N, Kim HS, Kim HB, Park NI, Park GT, Oh SA, Park SK, Muench DG, Choi Y, Park YI, Choi SB. An Arabidopsis divergent pumilio protein, APUM24, is essential for embryogenesis and required for faithful pre-rRNA processing. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 92:1092-1105. [PMID: 29031033 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Pumilio RNA-binding proteins are largely involved in mRNA degradation and translation repression. However, a few evolutionarily divergent Pumilios are also responsible for proper pre-rRNA processing in human and yeast. Here, we describe an essential Arabidopsis nucleolar Pumilio, APUM24, that is expressed in tissues undergoing rapid proliferation and cell division. A T-DNA insertion for APUM24 did not affect the male and female gametogenesis, but instead resulted in a negative female gametophytic effect on zygotic cell division immediately after fertilization. Additionally, the mutant embryos displayed defects in cell patterning from pro-embryo through globular stages. The mutant embryos were marked by altered auxin maxima, which were substantiated by the mislocalization of PIN1 and PIN7 transporters in the defective embryos. Homozygous apum24 callus accumulates rRNA processing intermediates, including uridylated and adenylated 5.8S and 25S rRNA precursors. An RNA-protein interaction assay showed that the histidine-tagged recombinant APUM24 binds RNAin vitro with no apparent specificity. Overall, our results demonstrated that APUM24 is required for rRNA processing and early embryogenesis in Arabidopsis.
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- Thiruvenkadam Shanmugam
- Division of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Myongji University, Yongin, Kyunggi-do, 449-728, South Korea
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- Division of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Myongji University, Yongin, Kyunggi-do, 449-728, South Korea
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- Division of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Myongji University, Yongin, Kyunggi-do, 449-728, South Korea
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- Division of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Myongji University, Yongin, Kyunggi-do, 449-728, South Korea
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- Division of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Myongji University, Yongin, Kyunggi-do, 449-728, South Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-747, South Korea
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- School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, South Korea
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- School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-747, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 305-764, South Korea
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- Division of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Myongji University, Yongin, Kyunggi-do, 449-728, South Korea
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Fromm L, Falk S, Flemming D, Schuller JM, Thoms M, Conti E, Hurt E. Reconstitution of the complete pathway of ITS2 processing at the pre-ribosome. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1787. [PMID: 29176610 PMCID: PMC5702609 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01786-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Removal of internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) from pre-ribosomal RNA is essential to make functional ribosomes. This complicated processing reaction begins with a single endonucleolytic cleavage followed by exonucleolytic trimming at both new cleavage sites to generate mature 5.8S and 25S rRNA. We reconstituted the 7S→5.8S processing branch within ITS2 using purified exosome and its nuclear cofactors. We find that both Rrp44’s ribonuclease activities are required for initial RNA shortening followed by hand over to the exonuclease Rrp6. During the in vitro reaction, ITS2-associated factors dissociate and the underlying ‘foot’ structure of the pre-60S particle is dismantled. 7S pre-rRNA processing is independent of 5S RNP rotation, but 26S→25S trimming is a precondition for subsequent 7S→5.8S processing. To complete the in vitro assay, we reconstituted the entire cycle of ITS2 removal with a total of 18 purified factors, catalysed by the integrated activities of the two participating RNA-processing machines, the Las1 complex and nuclear exosome. Excision of internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) within eukaryotic pre-ribosomal RNA is essential for ribosome function. Here, the authors reconstitute the entire cycle of ITS2 processing in vitro using purified components, providing insights into the cleavage process and demonstrating that 26S pre-rRNA processing necessarily precedes 7S pre-rRNA processing.
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- Lisa Fromm
- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, Heidelberg, D-69120, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152, Martinsried, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, Heidelberg, D-69120, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152, Martinsried, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, Heidelberg, D-69120, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152, Martinsried, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, Heidelberg, D-69120, Germany.
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Preribosomes escaping from the nucleus are caught during translation by cytoplasmic quality control. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2017; 24:1107-1115. [PMID: 29083413 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Assembly of fully functional ribosomes is a prerequisite for failsafe translation. This explains why maturing preribosomal subunits have to pass through an array of quality-control checkpoints, including nuclear export, to ensure that only properly assembled ribosomes engage in translation. Despite these safeguards, we found that nuclear pre-60S particles unable to remove a transient structure composed of ITS2 pre-rRNA and associated assembly factors, termed the 'foot', escape to the cytoplasm, where they can join with mature 40S subunits to catalyze protein synthesis. However, cells harboring these abnormal ribosomes show translation defects indicated by the formation of 80S ribosomes poised with pre-60S subunits carrying tRNAs in trapped hybrid states. To overcome this translational stress, the cytoplasmic surveillance machineries RQC and Ski-exosome target these malfunctioning ribosomes. Thus, pre-60S subunits that escape nuclear quality control can enter translation, but are caught by cytoplasmic surveillance mechanisms.
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Numerous surveillance pathways sculpt eukaryotic transcriptomes by degrading unneeded, defective, and potentially harmful noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs). Because aberrant and excess ncRNAs are largely degraded by exoribonucleases, a key characteristic of these RNAs is an accessible, protein-free 5' or 3' end. Most exoribonucleases function with cofactors that recognize ncRNAs with accessible 5' or 3' ends and/or increase the availability of these ends. Noncoding RNA surveillance pathways were first described in budding yeast, and there are now high-resolution structures of many components of the yeast pathways and significant mechanistic understanding as to how they function. Studies in human cells are revealing the ways in which these pathways both resemble and differ from their yeast counterparts, and are also uncovering numerous pathways that lack equivalents in budding yeast. In this review, we describe both the well-studied pathways uncovered in yeast and the new concepts that are emerging from studies in mammalian cells. We also discuss the ways in which surveillance pathways compete with chaperone proteins that transiently protect nascent ncRNA ends from exoribonucleases, with partner proteins that sequester these ends within RNPs, and with end modification pathways that protect the ends of some ncRNAs from nucleases.
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- Cedric Belair
- RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute , National Institutes of Health , Frederick , Maryland 21702 , United States
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- RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute , National Institutes of Health , Frederick , Maryland 21702 , United States
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- RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute , National Institutes of Health , Frederick , Maryland 21702 , United States
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An Mtr4/ZFC3H1 complex facilitates turnover of unstable nuclear RNAs to prevent their cytoplasmic transport and global translational repression. Genes Dev 2017; 31:1257-1271. [PMID: 28733371 PMCID: PMC5558927 DOI: 10.1101/gad.302604.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ogami et al. highlight a critical role for Mtr4/ZFC3H1 in nuclear surveillance of naturally unstable lncRNAs to prevent their accumulation, transport to the cytoplasm, and resultant disruption of protein synthesis. Many long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are unstable and rapidly degraded in the nucleus by the nuclear exosome. An exosome adaptor complex called NEXT (nuclear exosome targeting) functions to facilitate turnover of some of these lncRNAs. Here we show that knockdown of one NEXT subunit, Mtr4, but neither of the other two subunits, resulted in accumulation of two types of lncRNAs: prematurely terminated RNAs (ptRNAs) and upstream antisense RNAs (uaRNAs). This suggested a NEXT-independent Mtr4 function, and, consistent with this, we isolated a distinct complex containing Mtr4 and the zinc finger protein ZFC3H1. Strikingly, knockdown of either protein not only increased pt/uaRNA levels but also led to their accumulation in the cytoplasm. Furthermore, all pt/uaRNAs examined associated with active ribosomes, but, paradoxically, this correlated with a global reduction in heavy polysomes and overall repression of translation. Our findings highlight a critical role for Mtr4/ZFC3H1 in nuclear surveillance of naturally unstable lncRNAs to prevent their accumulation, transport to the cytoplasm, and resultant disruption of protein synthesis.
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Tomecki R, Sikorski PJ, Zakrzewska-Placzek M. Comparison of preribosomal RNA processing pathways in yeast, plant and human cells - focus on coordinated action of endo- and exoribonucleases. FEBS Lett 2017; 591:1801-1850. [PMID: 28524231 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Revised: 05/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Proper regulation of ribosome biosynthesis is mandatory for cellular adaptation, growth and proliferation. Ribosome biogenesis is the most energetically demanding cellular process, which requires tight control. Abnormalities in ribosome production have severe consequences, including developmental defects in plants and genetic diseases (ribosomopathies) in humans. One of the processes occurring during eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis is processing of the ribosomal RNA precursor molecule (pre-rRNA), synthesized by RNA polymerase I, into mature rRNAs. It must not only be accurate but must also be precisely coordinated with other phenomena leading to the synthesis of functional ribosomes: RNA modification, RNA folding, assembly with ribosomal proteins and nucleocytoplasmic RNP export. A multitude of ribosome biogenesis factors ensure that these events take place in a correct temporal order. Among them are endo- and exoribonucleases involved in pre-rRNA processing. Here, we thoroughly present a wide spectrum of ribonucleases participating in rRNA maturation, focusing on their biochemical properties, regulatory mechanisms and substrate specificity. We also discuss cooperation between various ribonucleolytic activities in particular stages of pre-rRNA processing, delineating major similarities and differences between three representative groups of eukaryotes: yeast, plants and humans.
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- Rafal Tomecki
- Laboratory of RNA Biology and Functional Genomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland
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Onderak AM, Anderson JT. Loss of the RNA helicase SKIV2L2 impairs mitotic progression and replication-dependent histone mRNA turnover in murine cell lines. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2017; 23:910-926. [PMID: 28351885 PMCID: PMC5435864 DOI: 10.1261/rna.060640.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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RNA surveillance via the nuclear exosome requires cofactors such as the helicase SKIV2L2 to process and degrade certain noncoding RNAs. This research aimed to characterize the phenotype associated with RNAi knockdown of Skiv2l2 in two murine cancer cell lines: Neuro2A and P19. SKIV2L2 depletion in Neuro2A and P19 cells induced changes in gene expression indicative of cell differentiation and reduced cellular proliferation by 30%. Propidium iodide-based cell-cycle analysis of Skiv2l2 knockdown cells revealed defective progression through the G2/M phase and an accumulation of mitotic cells, suggesting SKIV2L2 contributes to mitotic progression. Since SKIV2L2 targets RNAs to the nuclear exosome for processing and degradation, we identified RNA targets elevated in cells depleted of SKIV2L2 that could account for the observed twofold increase in mitotic cells. Skiv2l2 knockdown cells accumulated replication-dependent histone mRNAs, among other RNAs, that could impede mitotic progression and indirectly trigger differentiation.
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- Alexis M Onderak
- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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Meola N, Jensen TH. Targeting the nuclear RNA exosome: Poly(A) binding proteins enter the stage. RNA Biol 2017; 14:820-826. [PMID: 28421898 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2017.1312227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Centrally positioned in nuclear RNA metabolism, the exosome deals with virtually all transcript types. This 3'-5' exo- and endo-nucleolytic degradation machine is guided to its RNA targets by adaptor proteins that enable substrate recognition. Recently, the discovery of the 'Poly(A) tail exosome targeting (PAXT)' connection as an exosome adaptor to human nuclear polyadenylated transcripts has relighted the interest of poly(A) binding proteins (PABPs) in both RNA productive and destructive processes.
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- Nicola Meola
- a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics , Aarhus University , Aarhus C , Denmark
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- a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics , Aarhus University , Aarhus C , Denmark
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Delan-Forino C, Schneider C, Tollervey D. Transcriptome-wide analysis of alternative routes for RNA substrates into the exosome complex. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006699. [PMID: 28355211 PMCID: PMC5389853 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Revised: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The RNA exosome complex functions in both the accurate processing and rapid degradation of many classes of RNA. Functional and structural analyses indicate that RNA can either be threaded through the central channel of the exosome or more directly access the active sites of the ribonucleases Rrp44 and Rrp6, but it was unclear how many substrates follow each pathway in vivo. We used CRAC (UV crosslinking and analysis of cDNA) in growing cells to identify transcriptome-wide interactions of RNAs with the major nuclear exosome-cofactor Mtr4 and with individual exosome subunits (Rrp6, Csl4, Rrp41 and Rrp44) along the threaded RNA path. We compared exosome complexes lacking Rrp44 exonuclease activity, carrying a mutation in the Rrp44 S1 RNA-binding domain predicted to disfavor direct access, or with multiple mutations in Rrp41 reported to impede RNA access to the central channel in vitro. Preferential use of channel-threading was seen for mRNAs, 5S rRNA, scR1 (SRP) and aborted tRNAs transcripts. Conversely, pre-tRNAs preferentially accessed Rrp44 directly. Both routes participated in degradation and maturation of RNAPI transcripts, with hand-over during processing. Rrp41 mutations blocked substrate passage through the channel to Rrp44 only for cytoplasmic mRNAs, supporting the predicted widening of the lumen in the Rrp6-associated, nuclear complex. Many exosome substrates exhibited clear preferences for a specific path to Rrp44. Other targets showed redundancy, possibly allowing the efficient handling of highly diverse RNA-protein complexes and RNA structures. Both threading and direct access routes involve the RNA helicase Mtr4. mRNAs that are predominately nuclear or cytoplasmic exosome substrates can be distinguished in vivo.
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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