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Reichelt R, Rothmeier T, Grünberger F, Willkomm S, Bruckmann A, Hausner W, Grohmann D. The archaeal Lsm protein from Pyrococcus furiosus binds co-transcriptionally to poly(U)-rich target RNAs. Biol Chem 2023; 404:1085-1100. [PMID: 37709673 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2023-0215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Posttranscriptional processes in Bacteria include the association of small regulatory RNAs (sRNA) with a target mRNA. The sRNA/mRNA annealing process is often mediated by an RNA chaperone called Hfq. The functional role of bacterial and eukaryotic Lsm proteins is partially understood, whereas knowledge about archaeal Lsm proteins is scarce. Here, we used the genetically tractable archaeal hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus to identify the protein interaction partners of the archaeal Sm-like proteins (PfuSmAP1) using mass spectrometry and performed a transcriptome-wide binding site analysis of PfuSmAP1. Most of the protein interaction partners we found are part of the RNA homoeostasis network in Archaea including ribosomal proteins, the exosome, RNA-modifying enzymes, but also RNA polymerase subunits, and transcription factors. We show that PfuSmAP1 preferentially binds messenger RNAs and antisense RNAs recognizing a gapped poly(U) sequence with high affinity. Furthermore, we found that SmAP1 co-transcriptionally associates with target RNAs. Our study reveals that in contrast to bacterial Hfq, PfuSmAP1 does not affect the transcriptional activity or the pausing behaviour of archaeal RNA polymerases. We propose that PfuSmAP1 recruits antisense RNAs to target mRNAs and thereby executes its putative regulatory function on the posttranscriptional level.
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- Robert Reichelt
- Institute of Microbiology & Archaea Centre, Single-Molecule Biochemistry Lab, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology & Archaea Centre, Single-Molecule Biochemistry Lab, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology & Archaea Centre, Single-Molecule Biochemistry Lab, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology & Archaea Centre, Single-Molecule Biochemistry Lab, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (Biochemistry I), Protein Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology & Archaea Centre, Single-Molecule Biochemistry Lab, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology & Archaea Centre, Single-Molecule Biochemistry Lab, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
- Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Lo Gullo G, De Santis ML, Paiardini A, Rosignoli S, Romagnoli A, La Teana A, Londei P, Benelli D. The Archaeal Elongation Factor EF-2 Induces the Release of aIF6 From 50S Ribosomal Subunit. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:631297. [PMID: 33841359 PMCID: PMC8024482 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.631297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The translation factor IF6 is a protein of about 25 kDa shared by the Archaea and the Eukarya but absent in Bacteria. It acts as a ribosome anti-association factor that binds to the large subunit preventing the joining to the small subunit. It must be released from the large ribosomal subunit to permit its entry to the translation cycle. In Eukarya, this process occurs by the coordinated action of the GTPase Efl1 and the docking protein SBDS. Archaea do not possess a homolog of the former factor while they have a homolog of SBDS. In the past, we have determined the function and ribosomal localization of the archaeal (Sulfolobus solfataricus) IF6 homolog (aIF6) highlighting its similarity to the eukaryotic counterpart. Here, we analyzed the mechanism of aIF6 release from the large ribosomal subunit. We found that, similarly to the Eukarya, the detachment of aIF6 from the 50S subunit requires a GTPase activity which involves the archaeal elongation factor 2 (aEF-2). However, the release of aIF6 from the 50S subunits does not require the archaeal homolog of SBDS, being on the contrary inhibited by its presence. Molecular modeling, using published structural data of closely related homologous proteins, elucidated the mechanistic interplay between the aIF6, aSBDS, and aEF2 on the ribosome surface. The results suggest that a conformational rearrangement of aEF2, upon GTP hydrolysis, promotes aIF6 ejection. On the other hand, aSBDS and aEF2 share the same binding site, whose occupation by SBDS prevents aEF2 binding, thereby inhibiting aIF6 release.
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- Giada Lo Gullo
- Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Haematology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, New York-Marche Structural Biology Center (NY-MaSBiC), Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, New York-Marche Structural Biology Center (NY-MaSBiC), Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Bathke J, Gauernack AS, Rupp O, Weber L, Preusser C, Lechner M, Rossbach O, Goesmann A, Evguenieva-Hackenberg E, Klug G. iCLIP analysis of RNA substrates of the archaeal exosome. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:797. [PMID: 33198623 PMCID: PMC7667871 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-07200-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background The archaeal exosome is an exoribonucleolytic multiprotein complex, which degrades single-stranded RNA in 3′ to 5′ direction phosphorolytically. In a reverse reaction, it can add A-rich tails to the 3′-end of RNA. The catalytic center of the exosome is in the aRrp41 subunit of its hexameric core. Its RNA-binding subunits aRrp4 and aDnaG confer poly(A) preference to the complex. The archaeal exosome was intensely characterized in vitro, but still little is known about its interaction with natural substrates in the cell, particularly because analysis of the transcriptome-wide interaction of an exoribonuclease with RNA is challenging. Results To determine binding sites of the exosome to RNA on a global scale, we performed individual-nucleotide resolution UV crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (iCLIP) analysis with antibodies directed against aRrp4 and aRrp41 of the chrenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. A relatively high proportion (17–19%) of the obtained cDNA reads could not be mapped to the genome. Instead, they corresponded to adenine-rich RNA tails, which are post-transcriptionally synthesized by the exosome, and to circular RNAs (circRNAs). We identified novel circRNAs corresponding to 5′ parts of two homologous, transposase-related mRNAs. To detect preferred substrates of the exosome, the iCLIP reads were compared to the transcript abundance using RNA-Seq data. Among the strongly enriched exosome substrates were RNAs antisense to tRNAs, overlapping 3′-UTRs and RNAs containing poly(A) stretches. The majority of the read counts and crosslink sites mapped in mRNAs. Furthermore, unexpected crosslink sites clustering at 5′-ends of RNAs was detected. Conclusions In this study, RNA targets of an exoribonuclease were analyzed by iCLIP. The data documents the role of the archaeal exosome as an exoribonuclease and RNA-tailing enzyme interacting with all RNA classes, and underlines its role in mRNA turnover, which is important for adaptation of prokaryotic cells to changing environmental conditions. The clustering of crosslink sites near 5′-ends of genes suggests simultaneous binding of both RNA ends by the S. solfataricus exosome. This may serve to prevent translation of mRNAs dedicated to degradation in 3′-5′ direction. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-020-07200-x.
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- Jochen Bathke
- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392, Giessen, Germany.,Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Center for Synthetic Microbiology & Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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Phung DK, Etienne C, Batista M, Langendijk-Genevaux P, Moalic Y, Laurent S, Liuu S, Morales V, Jebbar M, Fichant G, Bouvier M, Flament D, Clouet-d’Orval B. RNA processing machineries in Archaea: the 5'-3' exoribonuclease aRNase J of the β-CASP family is engaged specifically with the helicase ASH-Ski2 and the 3'-5' exoribonucleolytic RNA exosome machinery. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:3832-3847. [PMID: 32030412 PMCID: PMC7144898 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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A network of RNA helicases, endoribonucleases and exoribonucleases regulates the quantity and quality of cellular RNAs. To date, mechanistic studies focussed on bacterial and eukaryal systems due to the challenge of identifying the main drivers of RNA decay and processing in Archaea. Here, our data support that aRNase J, a 5'-3' exoribonuclease of the β-CASP family conserved in Euryarchaeota, engages specifically with a Ski2-like helicase and the RNA exosome to potentially exert control over RNA surveillance, at the vicinity of the ribosome. Proteomic landscapes and direct protein-protein interaction analyses, strengthened by comprehensive phylogenomic studies demonstrated that aRNase J interplay with ASH-Ski2 and a cap exosome subunit. Finally, Thermococcus barophilus whole-cell extract fractionation experiments provide evidences that an aRNase J/ASH-Ski2 complex might exist in vivo and hint at an association of aRNase J with the ribosome that is emphasised in absence of ASH-Ski2. Whilst aRNase J homologues are found among bacteria, the RNA exosome and the Ski2-like RNA helicase have eukaryotic homologues, underlining the mosaic aspect of archaeal RNA machines. Altogether, these results suggest a fundamental role of β-CASP RNase/helicase complex in archaeal RNA metabolism.
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- Duy Khanh Phung
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires, UMR5100, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires, UMR5100, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires, UMR5100, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires, UMR5100, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Ifremer, Univ Brest, CNRS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Univ Brest, CNRS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Micalis Institute, PAPPSO, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires, UMR5100, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Ifremer, Univ Brest, CNRS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires, UMR5100, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires, UMR5100, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Ifremer, Univ Brest, CNRS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires, UMR5100, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, F-31062 Toulouse, France
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +33 561 335 875; Fax: +33 561 335 886;
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Evguenieva-Hackenberg E, Gauernack AS, Hou L, Klug G. Enzymatic Analysis of Reconstituted Archaeal Exosomes. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2062:63-79. [PMID: 31768972 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9822-7_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
Abstract
The archaeal exosome is a protein complex with phosphorolytic activity. It is built of a catalytically active hexameric ring containing the archaeal Rrp41 and Rrp42 proteins, and a heteromeric RNA-binding platform. The platform contains a heterotrimer of the archaeal Rrp4 and Csl4 proteins (which harbor S1 and KH or Zn-ribbon RNA binding domains), and comprises additional archaea-specific subunits. The latter are represented by the archaeal DnaG protein, which harbors a novel RNA-binding domain and tightly interacts with the majority of the exosome isoforms, and Nop5, known as a part of an rRNA methylating complex and found to associate with the archaeal exosome at late stationary phase. Although in the cell the archaeal exosome exists in different isoforms with heterotrimeric Rrp4-Csl4-caps, in vitro it is possible to reconstitute complexes with defined, homotrimeric caps and to study the impact of each RNA-binding subunit on exoribonucleolytic degradation and on polynucleotidylation of RNA. Here we describe procedures for reconstitution of isoforms of the Sulfolobus solfataricus exosome and for set-up of RNA degradation and polyadenylation assays.
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- Institute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
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Gomes‐Filho JV, Randau L. RNA stabilization in hyperthermophilic archaea. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2019; 1447:88-96. [DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Prokaryotic Small RNA BiologyMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology Marburg Germany
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Clouet-d'Orval B, Batista M, Bouvier M, Quentin Y, Fichant G, Marchfelder A, Maier LK. Insights into RNA-processing pathways and associated RNA-degrading enzymes in Archaea. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2018; 42:579-613. [PMID: 29684129 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuy016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
RNA-processing pathways are at the centre of regulation of gene expression. All RNA transcripts undergo multiple maturation steps in addition to covalent chemical modifications to become functional in the cell. This includes destroying unnecessary or defective cellular RNAs. In Archaea, information on mechanisms by which RNA species reach their mature forms and associated RNA-modifying enzymes are still fragmentary. To date, most archaeal actors and pathways have been proposed in light of information gathered from Bacteria and Eukarya. In this context, this review provides a state of the art overview of archaeal endoribonucleases and exoribonucleases that cleave and trim RNA species and also of the key small archaeal proteins that bind RNAs. Furthermore, synthetic up-to-date views of processing and biogenesis pathways of archaeal transfer and ribosomal RNAs as well as of maturation of stable small non-coding RNAs such as CRISPR RNAs, small C/D and H/ACA box guide RNAs, and other emerging classes of small RNAs are described. Finally, prospective post-transcriptional mechanisms to control archaeal messenger RNA quality and quantity are discussed.
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- Béatrice Clouet-d'Orval
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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Gauernack AS, Lassek C, Hou L, Dzieciolowski J, Evguenieva-Hackenberg E, Klug G. Nop5 interacts with the archaeal RNA exosome. FEBS Lett 2017; 591:4039-4048. [PMID: 29159940 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
The archaeal exosome, a protein complex responsible for phosphorolytic degradation and tailing of RNA, has an RNA-binding platform containing Rrp4, Csl4, and DnaG. Aiming to detect novel interaction partners of the exosome, we copurified Nop5, which is a part of an rRNA methylating ribonucleoprotein complex, with the exosome of Sulfolobus solfataricus grown to a late stationary phase. We demonstrated the capability of Nop5 to bind to the exosome with a homotrimeric Rrp4-cap and to increase the proportion of polyadenylated RNAin vitro, suggesting that Nop5 is a dual-function protein. Since tailing of RNA probably serves to enhance RNA degradation, association of Nop5 with the archaeal exosome in the stationary phase may enhance tailing and degradation of RNA as survival strategy.
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- A Susann Gauernack
- Institute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Interdisciplinary Research Center, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
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Märtens B, Hou L, Amman F, Wolfinger MT, Evguenieva-Hackenberg E, Bläsi U. The SmAP1/2 proteins of the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus interact with the exosome and stimulate A-rich tailing of transcripts. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:7938-7949. [PMID: 28520934 PMCID: PMC5570065 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
The conserved Sm and Sm-like proteins are involved in different aspects of RNA metabolism. Here, we explored the interactome of SmAP1 and SmAP2 of the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (Sso) to shed light on their physiological function(s). Both, SmAP1 and SmAP2 co-purified with several proteins involved in RNA-processing/modification, translation and protein turnover as well as with components of the exosome involved in 3΄ to 5΄ degradation of RNA. In follow-up studies a direct interaction with the poly(A) binding and accessory exosomal subunit DnaG was demonstrated. Moreover, elevated levels of both SmAPs resulted in increased abundance of the soluble exosome fraction, suggesting that they affect the subcellular localization of the exosome in the cell. The increased solubility of the exosome was accompanied by augmented levels of RNAs with A-rich tails that were further characterized using RNASeq. Hence, the observation that the Sso SmAPs impact on the activity of the exosome revealed a hitherto unrecognized function of SmAPs in archaea.
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- Birgit Märtens
- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology and Genetics, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Center of Molecular Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, Dr. Bohrgasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstraße 17/3, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstraße 17/3, 1090 Vienna, Austria.,Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Währingerstraße 13, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology and Genetics, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Center of Molecular Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, Dr. Bohrgasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Morten MJ, Gamsjaeger R, Cubeddu L, Kariawasam R, Peregrina J, Penedo JC, White MF. High-affinity RNA binding by a hyperthermophilic single-stranded DNA-binding protein. Extremophiles 2017; 21:369-379. [PMID: 28074284 PMCID: PMC5346138 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-016-0910-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBs), including replication protein A (RPA) in eukaryotes, play a central role in DNA replication, recombination, and repair. SSBs utilise an oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding (OB) fold domain to bind DNA, and typically oligomerise in solution to bring multiple OB fold domains together in the functional SSB. SSBs from hyperthermophilic crenarchaea, such as Sulfolobus solfataricus, have an unusual structure with a single OB fold coupled to a flexible C-terminal tail. The OB fold resembles those in RPA, whilst the tail is reminiscent of bacterial SSBs and mediates interaction with other proteins. One paradigm in the field is that SSBs bind specifically to ssDNA and much less strongly to RNA, ensuring that their functions are restricted to DNA metabolism. Here, we use a combination of biochemical and biophysical approaches to demonstrate that the binding properties of S. solfataricus SSB are essentially identical for ssDNA and ssRNA. These features may represent an adaptation to a hyperthermophilic lifestyle, where DNA and RNA damage is a more frequent event.
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- Michael J Morten
- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK
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- School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
- School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
- School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
- School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK.
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Hou L, Klug G, Evguenieva-Hackenberg E. Archaeal DnaG contains a conserved N-terminal RNA-binding domain and enables tailing of rRNA by the exosome. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:12691-706. [PMID: 25326320 PMCID: PMC4227792 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The archaeal exosome is a phosphorolytic 3′–5′ exoribonuclease complex. In a reverse reaction it synthesizes A-rich RNA tails. Its RNA-binding cap comprises the eukaryotic orthologs Rrp4 and Csl4, and an archaea-specific subunit annotated as DnaG. In Sulfolobus solfataricus DnaG and Rrp4 but not Csl4 show preference for poly(rA). Archaeal DnaG contains N- and C-terminal domains (NTD and CTD) of unknown function flanking a TOPRIM domain. We found that the NT and TOPRIM domains have comparable, high conservation in all archaea, while the CTD conservation correlates with the presence of exosome. We show that the NTD is a novel RNA-binding domain with poly(rA)-preference cooperating with the TOPRIM domain in binding of RNA. Consistently, a fusion protein containing full-length Csl4 and NTD of DnaG led to enhanced degradation of A-rich RNA by the exosome. We also found that DnaG strongly binds native and invitro transcribed rRNA and enables its polynucleotidylation by the exosome. Furthermore, rRNA-derived transcripts with heteropolymeric tails were degraded faster by the exosome than their non-tailed variants. Based on our data, we propose that archaeal DnaG is an RNA-binding protein, which, in the context of the exosome, is involved in targeting of stable RNA for degradation.
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- Linlin Hou
- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, D-35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, D-35392 Gießen, Germany
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Evguenieva-Hackenberg E, Hou L, Glaeser S, Klug G. Structure and function of the archaeal exosome. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2014; 5:623-35. [DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Revised: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology; University of Giessen; Giessen Germany
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- Institute of Applied Microbiology; University of Giessen; Giessen Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology; University of Giessen; Giessen Germany
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Audin MJC, Dorn G, Fromm SA, Reiss K, Schütz S, Vorländer MK, Sprangers R. The Archaeal Exosome: Identification and Quantification of Site-Specific Motions That Correlate with Cap and RNA Binding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201302811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Audin MJC, Dorn G, Fromm SA, Reiss K, Schütz S, Vorländer MK, Sprangers R. The archaeal exosome: identification and quantification of site-specific motions that correlate with cap and RNA binding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:8312-6. [PMID: 23804404 PMCID: PMC3840697 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201302811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Maxime J C Audin
- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Spemannstrasse 35, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Intracellular ribonucleases involved in transcript processing and decay: precision tools for RNA. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2013; 1829:491-513. [PMID: 23545199 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2013.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2012] [Revised: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In order to adapt to changing environmental conditions and regulate intracellular events such as division, cells are constantly producing new RNAs while discarding old or defective transcripts. These functions require the coordination of numerous ribonucleases that precisely cleave and trim newly made transcripts to produce functional molecules, and rapidly destroy unnecessary cellular RNAs. In recent years our knowledge of the nature, functions and structures of these enzymes in bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes has dramatically expanded. We present here a synthetic overview of the recent development in this dynamic area which has seen the identification of many new endoribonucleases and exoribonucleases. Moreover, the increasing pace at which the structures of these enzymes, or of their catalytic domains, have been solved has provided atomic level detail into their mechanisms of action. Based on sequence conservation and structural data, these proteins have been grouped into families, some of which contain only ribonuclease members, others including a variety of nucleolytic enzymes that act upon DNA and/or RNA. At the other extreme some ribonucleases belong to families of proteins involved in a wide variety of enzymatic reactions. Functional characterization of these fascinating enzymes has provided evidence for the extreme diversity of their biological functions that include, for example, removal of poly(A) tails (deadenylation) or poly(U) tails from eukaryotic RNAs, processing of tRNA and mRNA 3' ends, maturation of rRNAs and destruction of unnecessary mRNAs. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: RNA Decay mechanisms.
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Niu Y, Xia Y, Wang S, Li J, Niu C, Li X, Zhao Y, Xiong H, Li Z, Lou H, Cao Q. A prototypic lysine methyltransferase 4 from archaea with degenerate sequence specificity methylates chromatin proteins Sul7d and Cren7 in different patterns. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:13728-40. [PMID: 23530048 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.452979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The origin of eukaryotic histone modification enzymes still remains obscure. RESULTS Prototypic KMT4/Dot1 from Archaea targets chromatin proteins (Sul7d and Cren7) and shows increased activity on Sul7d, but not Cren7, in the presence of DNA. CONCLUSION Promiscuous aKMT4 could be regulated by chromatin environment. SIGNIFICANCE This study supports the prokaryotic origin model of eukaryotic histone methyltransferases and sheds light on chromatin dynamics in Archaea. Histone methylation is one of the major epigenetic modifications even in early diverging unicellular eukaryotes. We show that a widespread lysine methyltransferase from Archaea (aKMT4), bears striking structural and functional resemblance to the core of distantly related eukaryotic KMT4/Dot1. aKMT4 methylates a set of various proteins, including the chromatin proteins Sul7d and Cren7, and RNA exosome components. Csl4- and Rrp4-exosome complexes are methylated in different patterns. aKMT4 can self-methylate intramolecularly and compete with other proteins for the methyl group. Automethylation is inhibited by suitable substrates or DNA in a concentration-dependent manner. The automethylated enzyme shows relatively compromised activity. aKMT4-8A mutant with abrogated automethylation shows a more than 150% increase in methylation of substrates, suggesting a possible mechanism to regulate methyltransferase activity. More interestingly, methylation of Sul7d, but not Cren7, by aKMT4 is significantly enhanced by DNA. MS/MS and kinetic analysis further suggest that aKMT4 methylates Sul7d in the chromatin context. These data provide a clue to the possible regulation of aKMT4 activity by the local chromatin environment, albeit as a promiscuous enzyme required for extensive and variegated lysine methylation in Sulfolobus. This study supports the prokaryotic origin model of eukaryotic histone modification enzymes and sheds light on regulation of archaeal chromatin.
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- Yanling Niu
- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Attack from both ends: mRNA degradation in the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Biochem Soc Trans 2013; 41:379-83. [DOI: 10.1042/bst20120282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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RNA stability control and degradation are employed by cells to control gene expression and to adjust the level of protein synthesis in response to physiological needs. In all domains of life, mRNA decay can commence in the 5′–3′ as well as in the 3′–5′-direction. Consequently, mechanisms are in place conferring protection on mRNAs at both ends. Upon deprotection, dedicated enzymes/enzyme complexes access either end and trigger 5′–3′ or 3′–5′-directional decay. In the present paper, we first briefly review the general mRNA decay pathways in Bacteria and Eukarya, and then focus on 5′–3′ and 3′–5′-directional decay in the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus, which is executed by a RNase J-like ribonuclease and the exosome complex respectively. In addition, we describe mechanisms that stabilize mRNAs at the 5′- as well as at the 3′-end.
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Bauer RJ, Graham BW, Trakselis MA. Novel interaction of the bacterial-Like DnaG primase with the MCM helicase in archaea. J Mol Biol 2013; 425:1259-73. [PMID: 23357171 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Revised: 01/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/18/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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DNA priming and unwinding activities are coupled within bacterial primosome complexes to initiate synthesis on the lagging strand during DNA replication. Archaeal organisms contain conserved primase genes homologous to both the bacterial DnaG and archaeo-eukaryotic primase families. The inclusion of multiple DNA primases within a whole domain of organisms complicates the assignment of the metabolic roles of each. In support of a functional bacterial-like DnaG primase participating in archaeal DNA replication, we have detected an interaction of Sulfolobus solfataricus DnaG (SsoDnaG) with the replicative S. solfataricus minichromosome maintenance (SsoMCM) helicase on DNA. The interaction site has been mapped to the N-terminal tier of SsoMCM analogous to bacterial primosome complexes. Mutagenesis within the metal binding site of SsoDnaG verifies a functional homology with bacterial DnaG that perturbs priming activity and DNA binding. The complex of SsoDnaG with SsoMCM stimulates the ATPase activity of SsoMCM but leaves the priming activity of SsoDnaG unchanged. Competition for binding DNA between SsoDnaG and SsoMCM can reduce the unwinding ability. Fluorescent gel shift experiments were used to quantify the binding of the ternary SsoMCM-DNA-SsoDnaG complex. This direct interaction of a bacterial-like primase with a eukaryotic-like helicase suggests that formation of a unique but homologous archaeal primosome complex is possible but may require other components to stimulate activities. Identification of this archaeal primosome complex broadly impacts evolutionary relationships of DNA replication.
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- Robert J Bauer
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Avenue, 801 Chevron, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Chlebowski A, Lubas M, Jensen TH, Dziembowski A. RNA decay machines: the exosome. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2013; 1829:552-60. [PMID: 23352926 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2013.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The multisubunit RNA exosome complex is a major ribonuclease of eukaryotic cells that participates in the processing, quality control and degradation of virtually all classes of RNA in Eukaryota. All this is achieved by about a dozen proteins with only three ribonuclease activities between them. At first glance, the versatility of the pathways involving the exosome and the sheer multitude of its substrates are astounding. However, after fifteen years of research we have some understanding of how exosome activity is controlled and applied inside the cell. The catalytic properties of the eukaryotic exosome are fairly well described and attention is now drawn to how the interplay between these activities impacts cell physiology. Also, it has become evident that exosome function relies on many auxiliary factors, which are intensely studied themselves. In this way, the focus of exosome research is slowly leaving the test tube and moving back into the cell. The exosome also has an interesting evolutionary history, which is evident within the eukaryotic lineage but only fully appreciated when considering similar protein complexes found in Bacteria and Archaea. Thus, while we keep this review focused on the most comprehensively described yeast and human exosomes, we shall point out similarities or dissimilarities to prokaryotic complexes and proteins where appropriate. The article is divided into three parts. In Part One we describe how the exosome is built and how it manifests in cells of different organisms. In Part Two we detail the enzymatic properties of the exosome, especially recent data obtained for holocomplexes. Finally, Part Three presents an overview of the RNA metabolism pathways that involve the exosome. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: RNA Decay mechanisms.
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Hou L, Klug G, Evguenieva-Hackenberg E. The archaeal DnaG protein needs Csl4 for binding to the exosome and enhances its interaction with adenine-rich RNAs. RNA Biol 2013; 10:415-24. [PMID: 23324612 PMCID: PMC3672285 DOI: 10.4161/rna.23450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The archaeal RNA-degrading exosome contains a catalytically active hexameric core, an RNA-binding cap formed by Rrp4 and Csl4 and the protein annotated as DnaG (bacterial type primase) with so-far-unknown functions in RNA metabolism. We found that the archaeal DnaG binds to the Csl4-exosome but not to the Rrp4-exosome of Sulfolobus solfataricus. In vitro assays revealed that DnaG is a poly(A)-binding protein enhancing the degradation of adenine-rich transcripts by the Csl4-exosome. DnaG is the second poly(A)-binding protein besides Rrp4 in the heteromeric, RNA-binding cap of the S. solfataricus exosome. This apparently reflects the need for effective and selective recruitment of adenine-rich RNAs to the exosome in the RNA metabolism of S. solfataricus.
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- Linlin Hou
- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology; Heinrich-Buff-Ring; Giessen, Germany
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Hardwick SW, Luisi BF. Rarely at rest: RNA helicases and their busy contributions to RNA degradation, regulation and quality control. RNA Biol 2012; 10:56-70. [PMID: 23064154 DOI: 10.4161/rna.22270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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RNA helicases are compact, machine-like proteins that can harness the energy of nucleoside triphosphate binding and hydrolysis to dynamically remodel RNA structures and protein-RNA complexes. Through such activities, helicases participate in virtually every process associated with the expression of genetic information. Often found as components of multi-enzyme assemblies, RNA helicases facilitate the processivity of RNA degradation, the remodeling of protein interactions during maturation of structured RNA precursors, and fidelity checks of RNA quality. In turn, the assemblies modulate and guide the activities of the helicases. We describe the roles of RNA helicases with a conserved "DExD/H box" sequence motif in representative examples of such machineries from bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. The recurrent occurrence of such helicases in complex assemblies throughout the course of evolution suggests a common requirement for their activities to meet cellular demands for the dynamic control of RNA metabolism.
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