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Sheng H, Ai C, Yang C, Zhu C, Meng Z, Wu F, Wang X, Dou D, Morris PF, Zhang X. A conserved oomycete effector RxLR23 triggers plant defense responses by targeting ERD15La to release NbNAC68. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6336. [PMID: 39068146 PMCID: PMC11283518 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50782-3] [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: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024] Open
Abstract
Oomycete pathogens deliver many effectors to enhance virulence or suppress plant immunity. Plant immune networks are interconnected, in which a few effectors can trigger a strong defense response when recognized by immunity-related proteins. How effectors activate plant defense response remains poorly understood. Here we report Phytophthora capsici effector RxLR23KM can induce plant cell death and plant immunity. RxLR23KM specifically binds to ERD15La, a regulator of abscisic acid and salicylic acid pathway, and the binding intensity depends on the amino acid residues (K93 and M320). NbNAC68, a downstream protein of ERD15La, can stimulate plant immunity that is compromised after binding with ERD15La. Silencing of NbNAC68 substantially prevents the activation of plant defense response. RxLR23KM binds to ERD15La, releasing NbNAC68 to activate plant immunity. These findings highlight a strategy of plant defense response that ERD15La as a central regulator coordinates RxLR23KM to regulate NbNAC68-triggered plant immunity.
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- Hui Sheng
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan, 250014, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, 100083, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43043, USA
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China.
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Li L, Wang M, Huang L, Zheng X, Wang L, Miao H. Ataxin-2: a powerful RNA-binding protein. Discov Oncol 2024; 15:298. [PMID: 39039334 PMCID: PMC11263328 DOI: 10.1007/s12672-024-01158-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 07/15/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024] Open
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Ataxin-2 (ATXN2) was originally discovered in the context of spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2), but it has become a key player in various neurodegenerative diseases. This review delves into the multifaceted roles of ATXN2 in human diseases, revealing its diverse molecular and cellular pathways. The impact of ATXN2 on diseases extends beyond functional outcomes; it mainly interacts with various RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) to regulate different stages of post-transcriptional gene expression in diseases. With the progress of research, ATXN2 has also been found to play an important role in the development of various cancers, including breast cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, and esophageal cancer. This comprehensive exploration underscores the crucial role of ATXN2 in the pathogenesis of diseases and warrants further investigation by the scientific community. By reviewing the latest discoveries on the regulatory functions of ATXN2 in diseases, this article helps us understand the complex molecular mechanisms of a series of human diseases related to this intriguing protein.
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- Lulu Li
- Department of Clinical and Military Laboratory Medicine, College of Medical Laboratory Science, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China
- Department of Clinical and Military Laboratory Medicine, College of Medical Laboratory Science, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, College of High Altitude Military Medicine, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Clinical and Military Laboratory Medicine, College of Medical Laboratory Science, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Clinical and Military Laboratory Medicine, College of Medical Laboratory Science, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
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- Department of Clinical and Military Laboratory Medicine, College of Medical Laboratory Science, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
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- Department of Pathophysiology, College of High Altitude Military Medicine, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
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Wang JY, Liu YJ, Zhang XL, Liu YH, Jiang LL, Hu HY. PolyQ-expanded ataxin-2 aggregation impairs cellular processing-body homeostasis via sequestering the RNA helicase DDX6. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:107413. [PMID: 38810698 PMCID: PMC11254730 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107413] [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: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
Abstract
Ataxin-2 (Atx2) is a polyglutamine (polyQ) tract-containing RNA-binding protein, while its polyQ expansion may cause protein aggregation that is implicated in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases such as spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2). However, the molecular mechanism underlying how Atx2 aggregation contributes to the proteinopathies remains elusive. Here, we investigated the influence of Atx2 aggregation on the assembly and functionality of cellular processing bodies (P-bodies) by using biochemical and fluorescence imaging approaches. We have revealed that polyQ-expanded (PQE) Atx2 sequesters the DEAD-box RNA helicase (DDX6), an essential component of P-bodies, into aggregates or puncta via some RNA sequences. The N-terminal like-Sm (LSm) domain of Atx2 (residues 82-184) and the C-terminal helicase domain of DDX6 are responsible for the interaction and specific sequestration. Moreover, sequestration of DDX6 may aggravate pre-mRNA mis-splicing, and interfere with the assembly of cellular P-bodies, releasing the endoribonuclease MARF1 that promotes mRNA decay and translational repression. Rescuing the DDX6 protein level can recover the assembly and functionality of P-bodies, preventing targeted mRNA from degradation. This study provides a line of evidence for sequestration of the P-body components and impairment of the P-body homeostasis in dysregulating RNA metabolism, which is implicated in the disease pathologies and a potential therapeutic target.
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- Jian-Yang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China.
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Hu B, Chen S. The role of UBR5 in tumor proliferation and oncotherapy. Gene 2024; 906:148258. [PMID: 38331119 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2024.148258] [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: 12/16/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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Ubiquitin (Ub) protein ligase E3 component n-recognin 5 (UBR5), as a crucial Ub ligase, plays a pivotal role in the field of cell biology, attracting significant attention for its functions in regulating protein degradation and signaling pathways. This review delves into the fundamental characteristics and structure of UBR5. UBR5, through ubiquitination, regulates various key proteins, directly or indirectly participating in cell cycle control, thereby exerting a direct impact on the proliferation of tumor cells. Meanwhile, we comprehensively review the expression levels of UBR5 in different types of tumors and its relationship with tumor development, providing key clues for the role of UBR5 in cancer. Furthermore, we summarize the current research status of UBR5 in cancer treatment. Through literature review, we find that UBR5 may play a crucial role in the sensitivity of tumor cells to radiotherapy chemotherapy, and other anti-tumor treatment, providing new insights for optimizing cancer treatment strategies. Finally, we discuss the challenges faced by UBR5 in cancer treatment, and looks forward to the future research directions. With the continuous breakthroughs in technology and in-depth research, we hope to further study the biological functions of UBR5 and lay the foundation for its anti-tumor treatment.
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- Bin Hu
- Department of Geriatrics, Beilun District People's Hospital, Ningbo 315800, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Beilun District People's Hospital, Ningbo 315800, China.
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Petrauskas A, Fortunati DL, Kandi AR, Pothapragada SS, Agrawal K, Singh A, Huelsmeier J, Hillebrand J, Brown G, Chaturvedi D, Lee J, Lim C, Auburger G, VijayRaghavan K, Ramaswami M, Bakthavachalu B. Structured and disordered regions of Ataxin-2 contribute differently to the specificity and efficiency of mRNP granule formation. PLoS Genet 2024; 20:e1011251. [PMID: 38768217 PMCID: PMC11166328 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2024] [Revised: 06/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024] Open
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Ataxin-2 (ATXN2) is a gene implicated in spinocerebellar ataxia type II (SCA2), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinsonism. The encoded protein is a therapeutic target for ALS and related conditions. ATXN2 (or Atx2 in insects) can function in translational activation, translational repression, mRNA stability and in the assembly of mRNP-granules, a process mediated by intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs). Previous work has shown that the LSm (Like-Sm) domain of Atx2, which can help stimulate mRNA translation, antagonizes mRNP-granule assembly. Here we advance these findings through a series of experiments on Drosophila and human Ataxin-2 proteins. Results of Targets of RNA Binding Proteins Identified by Editing (TRIBE), co-localization and immunoprecipitation experiments indicate that a polyA-binding protein (PABP) interacting, PAM2 motif of Ataxin-2 may be a major determinant of the mRNA and protein content of Ataxin-2 mRNP granules. Experiments with transgenic Drosophila indicate that while the Atx2-LSm domain may protect against neurodegeneration, structured PAM2- and unstructured IDR- interactions both support Atx2-induced cytotoxicity. Taken together, the data lead to a proposal for how Ataxin-2 interactions are remodelled during translational control and how structured and non-structured interactions contribute differently to the specificity and efficiency of RNP granule condensation as well as to neurodegeneration.
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- Arnas Petrauskas
- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Smurfit Institute of Genetics and School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Smurfit Institute of Genetics and School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, India
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- Tata Institute for Genetics and Society Centre at inStem, Bellary Road, Bangalore, India
- School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kollam, Kerala, India
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore, India
- Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine, MAHE-Bengaluru, Govindapura, Bengaluru, India
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- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Smurfit Institute of Genetics and School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Smurfit Institute of Genetics and School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Smurfit Institute of Genetics and School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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- Experimental Neurology, Medical School, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Smurfit Institute of Genetics and School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore, India
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- School of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, India
- Tata Institute for Genetics and Society Centre at inStem, Bellary Road, Bangalore, India
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Liu YJ, Wang JY, Zhang XL, Jiang LL, Hu HY. Ataxin-2 sequesters Raptor into aggregates and impairs cellular mTORC1 signaling. FEBS J 2024; 291:1795-1812. [PMID: 38308810 DOI: 10.1111/febs.17081] [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: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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Ataxin-2 (Atx2) is a polyglutamine (polyQ) protein, in which abnormal expansion of the polyQ tract can trigger protein aggregation and consequently cause spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2), but the mechanism underlying how Atx2 aggregation leads to proteinopathy remains elusive. Here, we investigate the molecular mechanism and cellular consequences of Atx2 aggregation by molecular cell biology approaches. We have revealed that either normal or polyQ-expanded Atx2 can sequester Raptor, a component of mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), into aggregates based on their specific interaction. Further research indicates that the polyQ tract and the N-terminal region (residues 1-784) of Atx2 are responsible for the specific sequestration. Moreover, this sequestration leads to suppression of the mTORC1 activity as represented by down-regulation of phosphorylated P70S6K, which can be reversed by overexpression of Raptor. As mTORC1 is a key regulator of autophagy, Atx2 aggregation and sequestration also induces autophagy by upregulating LC3-II and reducing phosphorylated ULK1 levels. This study proposes that Atx2 sequesters Raptor into aggregates, thereby impairing cellular mTORC1 signaling and inducing autophagy, and will be beneficial for a better understanding of the pathogenesis of SCA2 and other polyQ diseases.
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- Ya-Jun Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Hehl LA, Horn-Ghetko D, Prabu JR, Vollrath R, Vu DT, Pérez Berrocal DA, Mulder MPC, van der Heden van Noort GJ, Schulman BA. Structural snapshots along K48-linked ubiquitin chain formation by the HECT E3 UBR5. Nat Chem Biol 2024; 20:190-200. [PMID: 37620400 PMCID: PMC10830417 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-023-01414-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Ubiquitin (Ub) chain formation by homologous to E6AP C-terminus (HECT)-family E3 ligases regulates vast biology, yet the structural mechanisms remain unknown. We used chemistry and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to visualize stable mimics of the intermediates along K48-linked Ub chain formation by the human E3, UBR5. The structural data reveal a ≈ 620 kDa UBR5 dimer as the functional unit, comprising a scaffold with flexibly tethered Ub-associated (UBA) domains, and elaborately arranged HECT domains. Chains are forged by a UBA domain capturing an acceptor Ub, with its K48 lured into the active site by numerous interactions between the acceptor Ub, manifold UBR5 elements and the donor Ub. The cryo-EM reconstructions allow defining conserved HECT domain conformations catalyzing Ub transfer from E2 to E3 and from E3. Our data show how a full-length E3, ubiquitins to be adjoined, E2 and intermediary products guide a feed-forward HECT domain conformational cycle establishing a highly efficient, broadly targeting, K48-linked Ub chain forging machine.
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- Laura A Hehl
- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
- Department of Molecular Machines and Signaling, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Machines and Signaling, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Machines and Signaling, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Machines and Signaling, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.
- Department of Molecular Machines and Signaling, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.
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Boeynaems S, Dorone Y, Zhuang Y, Shabardina V, Huang G, Marian A, Kim G, Sanyal A, Şen NE, Griffith D, Docampo R, Lasker K, Ruiz-Trillo I, Auburger G, Holehouse AS, Kabashi E, Lin Y, Gitler AD. Poly(A)-binding protein is an ataxin-2 chaperone that regulates biomolecular condensates. Mol Cell 2023; 83:2020-2034.e6. [PMID: 37295429 PMCID: PMC10318123 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.05.025] [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: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Biomolecular condensation underlies the biogenesis of an expanding array of membraneless assemblies, including stress granules (SGs), which form under a variety of cellular stresses. Advances have been made in understanding the molecular grammar of a few scaffold proteins that make up these phases, but how the partitioning of hundreds of SG proteins is regulated remains largely unresolved. While investigating the rules that govern the condensation of ataxin-2, an SG protein implicated in neurodegenerative disease, we unexpectedly identified a short 14 aa sequence that acts as a condensation switch and is conserved across the eukaryote lineage. We identify poly(A)-binding proteins as unconventional RNA-dependent chaperones that control this regulatory switch. Our results uncover a hierarchy of cis and trans interactions that fine-tune ataxin-2 condensation and reveal an unexpected molecular function for ancient poly(A)-binding proteins as regulators of biomolecular condensate proteins. These findings may inspire approaches to therapeutically target aberrant phases in disease.
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- Steven Boeynaems
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Therapeutic Innovation Center (THINC), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases (CAND), Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center (DLDCCC), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Centre for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, Barcelona 08003 Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Imagine Institute, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité 1163, Paris Descartes Université, 75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Experimental Neurology, Goethe-University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Center for Biomolecular Condensates, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, Barcelona 08003 Catalonia, Spain; ICREA, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010 Catalonia, Spain
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- Experimental Neurology, Goethe-University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Center for Biomolecular Condensates, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Imagine Institute, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité 1163, Paris Descartes Université, 75015 Paris, France
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- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Centre for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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Billingsley CL, Chintala S, Katzenellenbogen RA. Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation by HPV 16E6 and Its Host Protein Partners. Viruses 2022; 14:1483. [PMID: 35891463 PMCID: PMC9315527 DOI: 10.3390/v14071483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV 16) is the most common oncogenic type of HPV in cervical, anogenital, and head and neck cancers, making HPV 16 an important high-risk HPV (HR HPV) type. To create an environment permissible for viral maintenance and growth and to initiate and support oncogenesis, the HR HPV protein E6 functions to dysregulate normal cellular processes. HR HPV type 16 E6 (16E6) has previously been shown to bind cellular proteins in order to transcriptionally activate genes and to target regulatory proteins for degradation. We have identified an additional functional model for 16E6. First, 16E6 binds to cellular RNA processing and binding proteins, specifically cytoplasmic poly(A) binding proteins (PABPCs) and NFX1-123. Then, 16E6 hijacks those proteins' functions to post-transcriptionally regulate cellular immortalization, growth, and differentiation genes and pathways in keratinocytes. In this review, we have highlighted studies that introduce this new model of 16E6 functionality. Understanding ways in which HR HPV dysregulates cellular processes-particularly at the level of post-transcriptional gene regulation-presents new ways to consider mechanisms underlying DNA tumor virus function and new areas for therapeutic target development in HPV-associated cancers.
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- Caylin L. Billingsley
- Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (C.L.B.); (S.C.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (C.L.B.); (S.C.)
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- Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (C.L.B.); (S.C.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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A MademoiseLLE domain binding platform links the key RNA transporter to endosomes. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1010269. [PMID: 35727840 PMCID: PMC9249222 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Spatiotemporal expression can be achieved by transport and translation of mRNAs at defined subcellular sites. An emerging mechanism mediating mRNA trafficking is microtubule-dependent co-transport on shuttling endosomes. Although progress has been made in identifying various components of the endosomal mRNA transport machinery, a mechanistic understanding of how these RNA-binding proteins are connected to endosomes is still lacking. Here, we demonstrate that a flexible MademoiseLLE (MLLE) domain platform within RNA-binding protein Rrm4 of Ustilago maydis is crucial for endosomal attachment. Our structure/function analysis uncovered three MLLE domains at the C-terminus of Rrm4 with a functionally defined hierarchy. MLLE3 recognises two PAM2-like sequences of the adaptor protein Upa1 and is essential for endosomal shuttling of Rrm4. MLLE1 and MLLE2 are most likely accessory domains exhibiting a variable binding mode for interaction with currently unknown partners. Thus, endosomal attachment of the mRNA transporter is orchestrated by a sophisticated MLLE domain binding platform. Eukaryotic cells rely on sophisticated intracellular logistics. Macromolecules like mRNA must be transported to defined subcellular destinations for local translation. This is mediated by active transport along the cytoskeleton. Endosomes are carrier vehicles that shuttle along microtubules by the action of molecular motors. It is currently unclear how mRNAs are attached mechanistically to these membranous units during transport. We study the model microorganism Ustilago maydis where numerous components of endosomal mRNA transport have already been identified. Previously, we found that the key RNA-binding protein Rrm4 interacts with the endosomal adaptor protein Upa1. Here, we perform a structure/function analysis and discovered that Rrm4 contains not one but three different versions of a protein-protein interaction domain, called the MademoiseLLE domain, to facilitate the attachment with transport endosomes. Importantly, they function with a strict hierarchy with one essential domain and the others play accessory roles. This is currently, the most detailed mechanistic description of how an RNA-binding protein and its bound cargo mRNAs are attached to endosomes. The usage of three similar protein-protein interaction domains forming a complex binding platform with a defined hierarchy might be operational also in other unknown protein-protein interactions.
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Wegler M, Jia X, Alders M, Bouman A, Chen J, Duan X, Lauzon JL, Mathijssen IB, Sticht H, Syrbe S, Tan S, Guo H, Abou Jamra R. De novo variants in the PABP domain of PABPC1 lead to developmental delay. Genet Med 2022; 24:1761-1773. [PMID: 35511136 DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.04.013] [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: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The study aimed to investigate the role of PABPC1 in developmental delay (DD). METHODS Children were examined by geneticists and pediatricians. Variants were identified using exome sequencing and standard downstream bioinformatics pipelines. We performed in silico molecular modeling and coimmunoprecipitation to test if the variants affect the interaction between PABPC1 and PAIP2. We performed in utero electroporation of mouse embryo brains to enlighten the function of PABPC1. RESULTS We describe 4 probands with an overlapping phenotype of DD, expressive speech delay, and autistic features and heterozygous de novo variants that cluster in the PABP domain of PABPC1. Further symptoms were seizures and behavioral disorders. Molecular modeling predicted that the variants are pathogenic and would lead to decreased binding affinity to messenger RNA metabolism-related proteins, such as PAIP2. Coimmunoprecipitation confirmed this because it showed a significant weakening of the interaction between mutant PABPC1 and PAIP2. Electroporation of mouse embryo brains showed that Pabpc1 knockdown decreases the proliferation of neural progenitor cells. Wild-type Pabpc1 could rescue this disturbance, whereas 3 of the 4 variants did not. CONCLUSION Pathogenic variants in the PABP domain lead to DD, possibly because of interference with the translation initiation and subsequently an impaired neurogenesis in cortical development.
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- Meret Wegler
- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Human Genetics, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Cummings School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Human Genetics, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Epileptology, Centre for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany.
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Viruses have evolved diverse strategies to hijack the cellular gene expression system for their replication. The poly(A) binding proteins (PABPs), a family of critical gene expression factors, are viruses' common targets. PABPs act not only as a translation factor but also as a key factor of mRNA metabolism. During viral infections, the activities of PABPs are manipulated by various viruses, subverting the host translation machinery or evading the cellular antiviral defense mechanism. Viruses harness PABPs by modifying their stability, complex formation with other translation initiation factors, or subcellular localization to promote viral mRNAs translation while shutting off or competing with host protein synthesis. For the past decade, many studies have demonstrated the PABPs' roles during viral infection. This review summarizes a comprehensive perspective of PABPs' roles during viral infection and how viruses evade host antiviral defense through the manipulations of PABPs.
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- Jie Gao
- The State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Sagae T, Yokogawa M, Sawazaki R, Ishii Y, Hosoda N, Hoshino SI, Imai S, Shimada I, Osawa M. Paip2A inhibits translation by competitively binding to the RNA recognition motifs of PABPC1 and promoting its dissociation from the poly(A) tail. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:101844. [PMID: 35307347 PMCID: PMC9019252 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic mRNAs possess a poly(A) tail at their 3′-end, to which poly(A)-binding protein C1 (PABPC1) binds and recruits other proteins that regulate translation. Enhanced poly(A)-dependent translation, which is also PABPC1 dependent, promotes cellular and viral proliferation. PABP-interacting protein 2A (Paip2A) effectively represses poly(A)-dependent translation by causing the dissociation of PABPC1 from the poly(A) tail; however, the underlying mechanism remains unknown. This study was conducted to investigate the functional mechanisms of Paip2A action by characterizing the PABPC1–poly(A) and PABPC1–Paip2A interactions. Isothermal titration calorimetry and NMR analyses indicated that both interactions predominantly occurred at the RNA recognition motif (RRM)2–RRM3 regions of PABPC1, which have comparable affinities for poly(A) and Paip2A (dissociation constant, Kd = 1 nM). However, the Kd values of isolated RRM2 were 200 and 4 μM in their interactions with poly(A) and Paip2A, respectively; Kd values of 5 and 1 μM were observed for the interactions of isolated RRM3 with poly(A) and Paip2A, respectively. NMR analyses also revealed that Paip2A can bind to the poly(A)-binding interfaces of the RRM2 and RRM3 regions of PABPC1. Based on these results, we propose the following functional mechanism for Paip2A: Paip2A initially binds to the RRM2 region of poly(A)-bound PABPC1, and RRM2-anchored Paip2A effectively displaces the RRM3 region from poly(A), resulting in dissociation of the whole PABPC1 molecule. Together, our findings provide insight into the translation repression effect of Paip2A and may aid in the development of novel anticancer and/or antiviral drugs.
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- Takeru Sagae
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Amine H, Ripin N, Sharma S, Stoecklin G, Allain FH, Séraphin B, Mauxion F. A conserved motif in human BTG1 and BTG2 proteins mediates interaction with the poly(A) binding protein PABPC1 to stimulate mRNA deadenylation. RNA Biol 2021; 18:2450-2465. [PMID: 34060423 PMCID: PMC8632095 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2021.1925476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Antiproliferative BTG/Tob proteins interact directly with the CAF1 deadenylase subunit of the CCR4-NOT complex. This binding requires the presence of two conserved motifs, boxA and boxB, characteristic of the BTG/Tob APRO domain. Consistently, these proteins were shown to stimulate mRNA deadenylation and decay in several instances. Two members of the family, BTG1 and BTG2, were reported further to associate with the protein arginine methyltransferase PRMT1 through a motif, boxC, conserved only in this subset of proteins. We recently demonstrated that BTG1 and BTG2 also contact the first RRM domain of the cytoplasmic poly(A) binding protein PABPC1. To decipher the mode of interaction of BTG1 and BTG2 with partners, we performed nuclear magnetic resonance experiments as well as mutational and biochemical analyses. Our data demonstrate that, in the context of an APRO domain, the boxC motif is necessary and sufficient to allow interaction with PABPC1 but, unexpectedly, that it is not required for BTG2 association with PRMT1. We show further that the presence of a boxC motif in an APRO domain endows it with the ability to stimulate deadenylation in cellulo and in vitro. Overall, our results identify the molecular interface allowing BTG1 and BTG2 to activate deadenylation, a process recently shown to be necessary for maintaining T-cell quiescence.
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- Hamza Amine
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de Santé et de Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1258, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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- Mannheim Institute for Innate Immunoscience (MI3), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.,German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)-ZMBH Alliance, Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Mannheim Institute for Innate Immunoscience (MI3), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.,German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)-ZMBH Alliance, Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.,Department of Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de Santé et de Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1258, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de Santé et de Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1258, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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The ATXN2 Orthologs CID3 and CID4, Act Redundantly to In-Fluence Developmental Pathways throughout the Life Cycle of Arabidopsis thaliana. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22063068. [PMID: 33802796 PMCID: PMC8002431 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22063068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are key elements involved in post-transcriptional regulation. Ataxin-2 (ATXN2) is an evolutionarily conserved RBP protein, whose function has been studied in several model organisms, from Saccharomyces cerevisiae to the Homo sapiens. ATXN2 interacts with poly(A) binding proteins (PABP) and binds to specific sequences at the 3'UTR of target mRNAs to stabilize them. CTC-Interacting Domain3 (CID3) and CID4 are two ATXN2 orthologs present in plant genomes whose function is unknown. In the present study, phenotypical and transcriptome profiling were used to examine the role of CID3 and CID4 in Arabidopsis thaliana. We found that they act redundantly to influence pathways throughout the life cycle. cid3cid4 double mutant showed a delay in flowering time and a reduced rosette size. Transcriptome profiling revealed that key factors that promote floral transition and floral meristem identity were downregulated in cid3cid4 whereas the flowering repressor FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) was upregulated. Expression of key factors in the photoperiodic regulation of flowering and circadian clock pathways, were also altered in cid3cid4, as well as the expression of several transcription factors and miRNAs encoding genes involved in leaf growth dynamics. These findings reveal that ATXN2 orthologs may have a role in developmental pathways throughout the life cycle of plants.
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Mattijssen S, Kozlov G, Fonseca BD, Gehring K, Maraia RJ. LARP1 and LARP4: up close with PABP for mRNA 3' poly(A) protection and stabilization. RNA Biol 2021; 18:259-274. [PMID: 33522422 PMCID: PMC7928012 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2020.1868753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2020] [Revised: 12/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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La-related proteins (LARPs) share a La motif (LaM) followed by an RNA recognition motif (RRM). Together these are termed the La-module that, in the prototypical nuclear La protein and LARP7, mediates binding to the UUU-3'OH termination motif of nascent RNA polymerase III transcripts. We briefly review La and LARP7 activities for RNA 3' end binding and protection from exonucleases before moving to the more recently uncovered poly(A)-related activities of LARP1 and LARP4. Two features shared by LARP1 and LARP4 are direct binding to poly(A) and to the cytoplasmic poly(A)-binding protein (PABP, also known as PABPC1). LARP1, LARP4 and other proteins involved in mRNA translation, deadenylation, and decay, contain PAM2 motifs with variable affinities for the MLLE domain of PABP. We discuss a model in which these PABP-interacting activities contribute to poly(A) pruning of active mRNPs. Evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 RNA virus targets PABP, LARP1, LARP 4 and LARP 4B to control mRNP activity is also briefly reviewed. Recent data suggests that LARP4 opposes deadenylation by stabilizing PABP on mRNA poly(A) tails. Other data suggest that LARP1 can protect mRNA from deadenylation. This is dependent on a PAM2 motif with unique characteristics present in its La-module. Thus, while nuclear La and LARP7 stabilize small RNAs with 3' oligo(U) from decay, LARP1 and LARP4 bind and protect mRNA 3' poly(A) tails from deadenylases through close contact with PABP.Abbreviations: 5'TOP: 5' terminal oligopyrimidine, LaM: La motif, LARP: La-related protein, LARP1: La-related protein 1, MLLE: mademoiselle, NTR: N-terminal region, PABP: cytoplasmic poly(A)-binding protein (PABPC1), Pol III: RNA polymerase III, PAM2: PABP-interacting motif 2, PB: processing body, RRM: RNA recognition motif, SG: stress granule.
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- Sandy Mattijssen
- Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry & Centre for Structural Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Centre for Structural Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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Mattijssen S, Kozlov G, Gaidamakov S, Ranjan A, Fonseca BD, Gehring K, Maraia RJ. The isolated La-module of LARP1 mediates 3' poly(A) protection and mRNA stabilization, dependent on its intrinsic PAM2 binding to PABPC1. RNA Biol 2021; 18:275-289. [PMID: 33292040 PMCID: PMC7928023 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2020.1860376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The protein domain arrangement known as the La-module, comprised of a La motif (LaM) followed by a linker and RNA recognition motif (RRM), is found in seven La-related proteins: LARP1, LARP1B, LARP3 (La protein), LARP4, LARP4B, LARP6, and LARP7 in humans. Several LARPs have been characterized for their distinct activity in a specific aspect of RNA metabolism. The La-modules vary among the LARPs in linker length and RRM subtype. The La-modules of La protein and LARP7 bind and protect nuclear RNAs with UUU-3' tails from degradation by 3' exonucleases. LARP4 is an mRNA poly(A) stabilization factor that binds poly(A) and the cytoplasmic poly(A)-binding protein PABPC1 (also known as PABP). LARP1 exhibits poly(A) length protection and mRNA stabilization similar to LARP4. Here, we show that these LARP1 activities are mediated by its La-module and dependent on a PAM2 motif that binds PABP. The isolated La-module of LARP1 is sufficient for PABP-dependent poly(A) length protection and mRNA stabilization in HEK293 cells. A point mutation in the PAM2 motif in the La-module impairs mRNA stabilization and PABP binding in vivo but does not impair oligo(A) RNA binding by the purified recombinant La-module in vitro. We characterize the unusual PAM2 sequence of LARP1 and show it may differentially affect stable and unstable mRNAs. The unique LARP1 La-module can function as an autonomous factor to confer poly(A) protection and stabilization to heterologous mRNAs.
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- Sandy Mattijssen
- Intramural Research Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry & Centre for Structural Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Intramural Research Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Intramural Research Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry & Centre for Structural Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Intramural Research Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
- Commissioned Corps, U.S. Public Health Service, Rockville, MD, USA
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Chen CYA, Strouz K, Huang KL, Shyu AB. Tob2 phosphorylation regulates global mRNA turnover to reshape transcriptome and impact cell proliferation. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2020; 26:1143-1159. [PMID: 32404348 PMCID: PMC7430666 DOI: 10.1261/rna.073528.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Tob2, an anti-proliferative protein, promotes deadenylation through recruiting Caf1 deadenylase to the mRNA poly(A) tail by simultaneously interacting with both Caf1 and poly(A)-binding protein (PABP). Previously, we found that changes in Tob2 phosphorylation can alter its PABP-binding ability and deadenylation-promoting function. However, it remained unknown regarding the relevant kinase(s). Moreover, it was unclear whether Tob2 phosphorylation modulates the transcriptome and whether the phosphorylation is linked to Tob2's anti-proliferative function. In this study, we found that c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) increases phosphorylation of Tob2 at many Ser/Thr sites in the intrinsically disordered region (IDR) that contains two separate PABP-interacting PAM2 motifs. JNK-induced phosphorylation or phosphomimetic mutations at these sites weaken the Tob2-PABP interaction. In contrast, JNK-independent phosphorylation of Tob2 at serine 254 (S254) greatly enhances Tob2 interaction with PABP and its ability to promote deadenylation. We discovered that both PAM2 motifs are required for Tob2 to display these features. Combining mass spectrometry analysis, poly(A) size-distribution profiling, transcriptome-wide mRNA turnover analyses, and cell proliferation assays, we found that the phosphomimetic mutation at S254 (S254D) enhances Tob2's association with PABP, leading to accelerated deadenylation and decay of mRNAs globally. Moreover, the Tob2-S254D mutant accelerates the decay of many transcripts coding for cell cycle related proteins and enhances anti-proliferation function. Our findings reveal a novel mechanism by which Ccr4-Not complex is recruited by Tob2 to the mRNA 3' poly(A)-PABP complex in a phosphorylation dependent manner to promote rapid deadenylation and decay across the transcriptome, eliciting transcriptome reprogramming and suppressed cell proliferation.
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- Chyi-Ying A Chen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Crystal Structure of a Variant PAM2 Motif of LARP4B Bound to the MLLE Domain of PABPC1. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10060872. [PMID: 32517187 PMCID: PMC7356810 DOI: 10.3390/biom10060872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic cells determine the protein output of their genetic program by regulating mRNA transcription, localization, translation and turnover rates. This regulation is accomplished by an ensemble of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) that bind to any given mRNA, thus forming mRNPs. Poly(A) binding proteins (PABPs) are prominent members of virtually all mRNPs that possess poly(A) tails. They serve as multifunctional scaffolds, allowing the recruitment of diverse factors containing a poly(A)-interacting motif (PAM) into mRNPs. We present the crystal structure of the variant PAM motif (termed PAM2w) in the N-terminal part of the positive translation factor LARP4B, which binds to the MLLE domain of the poly(A) binding protein C1 cytoplasmic 1 (PABPC1). The structural analysis, along with mutational studies in vitro and in vivo, uncovered a new mode of interaction between PAM2 motifs and MLLE domains.
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Dock-Bregeon AC, Lewis KA, Conte MR. The La-related proteins: structures and interactions of a versatile superfamily of RNA-binding proteins. RNA Biol 2019; 18:178-193. [PMID: 31752575 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2019.1695712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The La-related proteins (LaRPs) are an ancient superfamily of RNA-binding proteins orchestrating the major fates of RNA, from processing and maturation to regulation of mRNA translation. LaRPs are instrumental in modulating complex assemblies where the RNA is bound, folded, processed, escorted and presented to the functional effectors often through recruitment of protein partners. This intricate web of protein-RNA and protein-protein interactions is enabled by the modular nature of the LaRPs, comprising several structured domains connected by flexible linkers, and other sequences lacking recognizable folded motifs. Recent structures, together with biochemical and biophysical studies, have provided insights into how each LaRP family has evolved unique mechanisms of RNA recognition, not only through the conserved RNA-binding unit, the La-module, but also mediated by other family-specific motifs. Furthermore, in a series of unexpected twists and turns, they have revealed that the dynamic and conformational interplay of multi-structured domains and disordered regions operate in unison to achieve RNA substrate discrimination. This review proposes a perspective of our current knowledge of the structure-function relationship of the LaRP superfamily.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK
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Hildebrandt A, Brüggemann M, Rücklé C, Boerner S, Heidelberger JB, Busch A, Hänel H, Voigt A, Möckel MM, Ebersberger S, Scholz A, Dold A, Schmid T, Ebersberger I, Roignant JY, Zarnack K, König J, Beli P. The RNA-binding ubiquitin ligase MKRN1 functions in ribosome-associated quality control of poly(A) translation. Genome Biol 2019; 20:216. [PMID: 31640799 PMCID: PMC6805484 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-019-1814-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cells have evolved quality control mechanisms to ensure protein homeostasis by detecting and degrading aberrant mRNAs and proteins. A common source of aberrant mRNAs is premature polyadenylation, which can result in non-functional protein products. Translating ribosomes that encounter poly(A) sequences are terminally stalled, followed by ribosome recycling and decay of the truncated nascent polypeptide via ribosome-associated quality control. RESULTS Here, we demonstrate that the conserved RNA-binding E3 ubiquitin ligase Makorin Ring Finger Protein 1 (MKRN1) promotes ribosome stalling at poly(A) sequences during ribosome-associated quality control. We show that MKRN1 directly binds to the cytoplasmic poly(A)-binding protein (PABPC1) and associates with polysomes. MKRN1 is positioned upstream of poly(A) tails in mRNAs in a PABPC1-dependent manner. Ubiquitin remnant profiling and in vitro ubiquitylation assays uncover PABPC1 and ribosomal protein RPS10 as direct ubiquitylation substrates of MKRN1. CONCLUSIONS We propose that MKRN1 mediates the recognition of poly(A) tails to prevent the production of erroneous proteins from prematurely polyadenylated transcripts, thereby maintaining proteome integrity.
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- Andrea Hildebrandt
- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS), Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 15, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128, Mainz, Germany
- Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS), Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 15, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS), Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 15, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry I, Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry I, Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department for Applied Bioinformatics, Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Georg-Voigt-Straße 14-16, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128, Mainz, Germany
- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Génopode Building, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS), Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 15, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
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Cruz-Gallardo I, Martino L, Kelly G, Atkinson R, Trotta R, De Tito S, Coleman P, Ahdash Z, Gu Y, Bui TTT, Conte MR. LARP4A recognizes polyA RNA via a novel binding mechanism mediated by disordered regions and involving the PAM2w motif, revealing interplay between PABP, LARP4A and mRNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:4272-4291. [PMID: 30820564 PMCID: PMC6486636 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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LARP4A belongs to the ancient RNA-binding protein superfamily of La-related proteins (LARPs). In humans, it acts mainly by stabilizing mRNAs, enhancing translation and controlling polyA lengths of heterologous mRNAs. These activities are known to implicate its association with mRNA, protein partners and translating ribosomes, albeit molecular details are missing. Here, we characterize the direct interaction between LARP4A, oligoA RNA and the MLLE domain of the PolyA-binding protein (PABP). Our study shows that LARP4A-oligoA association entails novel RNA recognition features involving the N-terminal region of the protein that exists in a semi-disordered state and lacks any recognizable RNA-binding motif. Against expectations, we show that the La module, the conserved RNA-binding unit across LARPs, is not the principal determinant for oligoA interaction, only contributing to binding to a limited degree. Furthermore, the variant PABP-interacting motif 2 (PAM2w) featured in the N-terminal region of LARP4A was found to be important for both RNA and PABP recognition, revealing a new role for this protein-protein binding motif. Our analysis demonstrates the mutual exclusive nature of the PAM2w-mediated interactions, thereby unveiling a tantalizing interplay between LARP4A, polyA and PABP.
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- Isabel Cruz-Gallardo
- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- MRC Biomedical NMR Centre, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
- Centre for Biomolecular Spectroscopy, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, King’s College London, London SE1 1DB, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
- Centre for Biomolecular Spectroscopy, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
- Centre for Biomolecular Spectroscopy, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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Ozturk S, Uysal F. Poly(A)-binding proteins are required for translational regulation in vertebrate oocytes and early embryos. Reprod Fertil Dev 2018; 29:1890-1901. [PMID: 28103468 DOI: 10.1071/rd16283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Poly(A)-binding proteins (PABPs) function in the timely regulation of gene expression during oocyte maturation, fertilisation and early embryo development in vertebrates. To this end, PABPs bind to poly(A) tails or specific sequences of maternally stored mRNAs to protect them from degradation and to promote their translational activities. To date, two structurally different PABP groups have been identified: (1) cytoplasmic PABPs, including poly(A)-binding protein, cytoplasmic 1 (PABPC1), embryonic poly(A)-binding protein (EPAB), induced PABP and poly(A)-binding protein, cytoplasmic 3; and (2) nuclear PABPs, namely embryonic poly(A)-binding protein 2 and nuclear poly(A)-binding protein 1. Many studies have been undertaken to characterise the spatial and temporal expression patterns and subcellular localisations of PABPC1 and EPAB in vertebrate oocytes and early embryos. In the present review, we comprehensively evaluate and discuss the expression patterns and particular functions of the EPAB and PABPC1 genes, especially in mouse and human oocytes and early embryos.
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- Saffet Ozturk
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Akdeniz University, School of Medicine, Campus, 07070, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Akdeniz University, School of Medicine, Campus, 07070, Antalya, Turkey
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Lee J, Kim M, Itoh TQ, Lim C. Ataxin-2: A versatile posttranscriptional regulator and its implication in neural function. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2018; 9:e1488. [PMID: 29869836 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2018] [Revised: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ataxin-2 (ATXN2) is a eukaryotic RNA-binding protein that is conserved from yeast to human. Genetic expansion of a poly-glutamine tract in human ATXN2 has been implicated in several neurodegenerative diseases, likely acting through gain-of-function effects. Emerging evidence, however, suggests that ATXN2 plays more direct roles in neural function via specific molecular and cellular pathways. ATXN2 and its associated protein complex control distinct steps in posttranscriptional gene expression, including poly-A tailing, RNA stabilization, microRNA-dependent gene silencing, and translational activation. Specific RNA substrates have been identified for the functions of ATXN2 in aspects of neural physiology, such as circadian rhythms and olfactory habituation. Genetic models of ATXN2 loss-of-function have further revealed its significance in stress-induced cytoplasmic granules, mechanistic target of rapamycin signaling, and cellular metabolism, all of which are crucial for neural homeostasis. Accordingly, we propose that molecular evolution has been selecting the ATXN2 protein complex as an important trans-acting module for the posttranscriptional control of diverse neural functions. This explains how ATXN2 intimately interacts with various neurodegenerative disease genes, and suggests that loss-of-function effects of ATXN2 could be therapeutic targets for ATXN2-related neurological disorders. This article is categorized under: RNA in Disease and Development > RNA in Disease RNA Interactions with Proteins and Other Molecules > Protein-RNA Interactions: Functional Implications.
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- Jongbo Lee
- School of Life Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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- School of Life Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- School of Life Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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Shearer RF, Frikstad KAM, McKenna J, McCloy RA, Deng N, Burgess A, Stokke T, Patzke S, Saunders DN. The E3 ubiquitin ligase UBR5 regulates centriolar satellite stability and primary cilia. Mol Biol Cell 2018; 29:1542-1554. [PMID: 29742019 PMCID: PMC6080653 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-04-0248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Primary cilia are crucial for signal transduction in a variety of pathways, including hedgehog and Wnt. Disruption of primary cilia formation (ciliogenesis) is linked to numerous developmental disorders (known as ciliopathies) and diseases, including cancer. The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) component UBR5 was previously identified as a putative positive regulator of ciliogenesis in a functional genomics screen. UBR5 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that is frequently deregulated in tumors, but its biological role in cancer is largely uncharacterized, partly due to a lack of understanding of interacting proteins and pathways. We validated the effect of UBR5 depletion on primary cilia formation using a robust model of ciliogenesis, and identified CSPP1, a centrosomal and ciliary protein required for cilia formation, as a UBR5-interacting protein. We show that UBR5 ubiquitylates CSPP1, and that UBR5 is required for cytoplasmic organization of CSPP1-comprising centriolar satellites in centrosomal periphery, suggesting that UBR5-mediated ubiquitylation of CSPP1 or associated centriolar satellite constituents is one underlying requirement for cilia expression. Hence, we have established a key role for UBR5 in ciliogenesis that may have important implications in understanding cancer pathophysiology.
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- Robert F Shearer
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Darlinghurst 2010, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, St. Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, 0310 Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Darlinghurst 2010, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Darlinghurst 2010, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Darlinghurst 2010, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, St. Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, 0310 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, 0310 Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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Shirokikh NE, Preiss T. Translation initiation by cap-dependent ribosome recruitment: Recent insights and open questions. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2018; 9:e1473. [PMID: 29624880 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Gene expression universally relies on protein synthesis, where ribosomes recognize and decode the messenger RNA template by cycling through translation initiation, elongation, and termination phases. All aspects of translation have been studied for decades using the tools of biochemistry and molecular biology available at the time. Here, we focus on the mechanism of translation initiation in eukaryotes, which is remarkably more complex than prokaryotic initiation and is the target of multiple types of regulatory intervention. The "consensus" model, featuring cap-dependent ribosome entry and scanning of mRNA leader sequences, represents the predominantly utilized initiation pathway across eukaryotes, although several variations of the model and alternative initiation mechanisms are also known. Recent advances in structural biology techniques have enabled remarkable molecular-level insights into the functional states of eukaryotic ribosomes, including a range of ribosomal complexes with different combinations of translation initiation factors that are thought to represent bona fide intermediates of the initiation process. Similarly, high-throughput sequencing-based ribosome profiling or "footprinting" approaches have allowed much progress in understanding the elongation phase of translation, and variants of them are beginning to reveal the remaining mysteries of initiation, as well as aspects of translation termination and ribosomal recycling. A current view on the eukaryotic initiation mechanism is presented here with an emphasis on how recent structural and footprinting results underpin axioms of the consensus model. Along the way, we further outline some contested mechanistic issues and major open questions still to be addressed. This article is categorized under: Translation > Translation Mechanisms Translation > Translation Regulation RNA Interactions with Proteins and Other Molecules > Protein-RNA Interactions: Functional Implications.
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- Nikolay E Shirokikh
- EMBL-Australia Collaborating Group, Department of Genome Sciences, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia
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- EMBL-Australia Collaborating Group, Department of Genome Sciences, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia
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de Melo Neto OP, da Costa Lima TDC, Merlo KC, Romão TP, Rocha PO, Assis LA, Nascimento LM, Xavier CC, Rezende AM, Reis CRS, Papadopoulou B. Phosphorylation and interactions associated with the control of the Leishmania Poly-A Binding Protein 1 (PABP1) function during translation initiation. RNA Biol 2018; 15:739-755. [PMID: 29569995 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2018.1445958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The Poly-A Binding Protein (PABP) is a conserved eukaryotic polypeptide involved in many aspects of mRNA metabolism. During translation initiation, PABP interacts with the translation initiation complex eIF4F and enhances the translation of polyadenylated mRNAs. Schematically, most PABPs can be divided into an N-terminal RNA-binding region, a non-conserved linker segment and the C-terminal MLLE domain. In pathogenic Leishmania protozoans, three PABP homologues have been identified, with the first one (PABP1) targeted by phosphorylation and shown to co-immunoprecipitate with an eIF4F-like complex (EIF4E4/EIF4G3) implicated in translation initiation. Here, PABP1 phosphorylation was shown to be linked to logarithmic cell growth, reminiscent of EIF4E4 phosphorylation, and coincides with polysomal association. Phosphorylation targets multiple serine-proline (SP) or threonine-proline (TP) residues within the PABP1 linker region. This is an essential protein, but phosphorylation is not needed for its association with polysomes or cell viability. Mutations which do impair PABP1 polysomal association and are required for viability do not prevent phosphorylation, although further mutations lead to a presumed inactive protein largely lacking phosphorylated isoforms. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments were carried out to investigate PABP1 function further, identifying several novel protein partners and the EIF4E4/EIF4G3 complex, but no other eIF4F-like complex or subunit. A novel, direct interaction between PABP1 and EIF4E4 was also investigated and found to be mediated by the PABP1 MLLE binding to PABP Interacting Motifs (PAM2) within the EIF4E4 N-terminus. The results shown here are consistent with phosphorylation of PABP1 being part of a novel pathway controlling its function and possibly translation in Leishmania.
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- a Instituto Aggeu Magalhães - FIOCRUZ , Recife , PE , Brazil
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- a Instituto Aggeu Magalhães - FIOCRUZ , Recife , PE , Brazil
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- a Instituto Aggeu Magalhães - FIOCRUZ , Recife , PE , Brazil
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- a Instituto Aggeu Magalhães - FIOCRUZ , Recife , PE , Brazil
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- c CHU de Quebec Research Center and Department of Microbiology-Infectious Disease and Immunology , Laval University , Quebec , QC , Canada
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Sawazaki R, Imai S, Yokogawa M, Hosoda N, Hoshino SI, Mio M, Mio K, Shimada I, Osawa M. Characterization of the multimeric structure of poly(A)-binding protein on a poly(A) tail. Sci Rep 2018; 8:1455. [PMID: 29362417 PMCID: PMC5780489 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19659-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic mature mRNAs possess a poly adenylate tail (poly(A)), to which multiple molecules of poly(A)-binding protein C1 (PABPC1) bind. PABPC1 regulates translation and mRNA metabolism by binding to regulatory proteins. To understand functional mechanism of the regulatory proteins, it is necessary to reveal how multiple molecules of PABPC1 exist on poly(A). Here, we characterize the structure of the multiple molecules of PABPC1 on poly(A), by using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), chemical cross-linking, and NMR spectroscopy. The TEM images and chemical cross-linking results indicate that multiple PABPC1 molecules form a wormlike structure in the PABPC1-poly(A) complex, in which the PABPC1 molecules are linearly arrayed. NMR and cross-linking analyses indicate that PABPC1 forms a multimer by binding to the neighbouring PABPC1 molecules via interactions between the RNA recognition motif (RRM) 2 in one molecule and the middle portion of the linker region of another molecule. A PABPC1 mutant lacking the interaction site in the linker, which possesses an impaired ability to form the multimer, reduced the in vitro translation activity, suggesting the importance of PABPC1 multimer formation in the translation process. We therefore propose a model of the PABPC1 multimer that provides clues to comprehensively understand the regulation mechanism of mRNA translation.
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- Ryoichi Sawazaki
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University, Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8512, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University, Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8512, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan
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- Molecular Profiling Research Center for Drug Discovery and OPERANDO Open Innovation Laboratory, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0064, Japan
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- Molecular Profiling Research Center for Drug Discovery and OPERANDO Open Innovation Laboratory, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0064, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University, Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8512, Japan. .,Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
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Nuclear, Cytosolic, and Surface-Localized Poly(A)-Binding Proteins of Plasmodium yoelii. mSphere 2018; 3:mSphere00435-17. [PMID: 29359180 PMCID: PMC5760745 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00435-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Malaria remains one of the great global health problems. The parasite that causes malaria (Plasmodium genus) relies upon exquisite control of its transmission between vertebrate hosts and mosquitoes. One crucial way that it does so is by proactively producing mRNAs needed to establish the new infection but by silencing and storing them until they are needed. One key protein in this process of translational repression in model eukaryotes is poly(A)-binding protein (PABP). Here we have shown that Plasmodium yoelii utilizes both a nuclear PABP and a cytosolic PABP, both of which bind specifically to polyadenylated RNA sequences. Moreover, we find that the cytosolic PABP forms chains in vitro, consistent with its appreciated role in coating the poly(A) tails of mRNA. Finally, we have also verified that, surprisingly, the cytosolic PABP is found on the surface of Plasmodium sporozoites. Taking the data together, we propose that Plasmodium utilizes a more metazoan-like strategy for RNA metabolism using specialized PABPs. Malaria is a devastating illness that causes approximately 500,000 deaths annually. The malaria-causing parasite (Plasmodium genus) uses the process of translational repression to regulate its growth, development, and transmission. As poly(A)-binding proteins (PABP) have been identified as critical components of RNA metabolism and translational repression in model eukaryotes and in Plasmodium, we have identified and investigated two PABPs in Plasmodium yoelii, PyPABP1 and PyPABP2. In contrast to most single-celled eukaryotes, Plasmodium closely resembles metazoans and encodes both a nuclear PABP and a cytosolic PABP; here, we provide multiple lines of evidence in support of this observation. The conserved domain architectures of PyPABP1 and PyPABP2 resemble those of yeast and metazoans, while multiple independent binding assays demonstrated their ability to bind very strongly and specifically to poly(A) sequences. Interestingly, we also observed that purified PyPABP1 forms homopolymeric chains despite exhaustive RNase treatment in vitro. Finally, we show by indirect immunofluorescence assays (IFAs) that PyPABP1 and PyPABP2 are cytoplasm- and nucleus-associated PABPs during the blood stages of the life cycle. Surprisingly, however, PyPABP1 was instead observed to also be localized on the surface of transmitted salivary gland sporozoites and to be deposited in trails when parasites glide on a substrate. This is the third RNA-binding protein verified to be found on the sporozoite surface, and the data may point to an unappreciated RNA-centered interface between the host and parasite. IMPORTANCE Malaria remains one of the great global health problems. The parasite that causes malaria (Plasmodium genus) relies upon exquisite control of its transmission between vertebrate hosts and mosquitoes. One crucial way that it does so is by proactively producing mRNAs needed to establish the new infection but by silencing and storing them until they are needed. One key protein in this process of translational repression in model eukaryotes is poly(A)-binding protein (PABP). Here we have shown that Plasmodium yoelii utilizes both a nuclear PABP and a cytosolic PABP, both of which bind specifically to polyadenylated RNA sequences. Moreover, we find that the cytosolic PABP forms chains in vitro, consistent with its appreciated role in coating the poly(A) tails of mRNA. Finally, we have also verified that, surprisingly, the cytosolic PABP is found on the surface of Plasmodium sporozoites. Taking the data together, we propose that Plasmodium utilizes a more metazoan-like strategy for RNA metabolism using specialized PABPs.
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Nowakowski M, Jaremko Ł, Wladyka B, Dubin G, Ejchart A, Mak P. Spatial attributes of the four-helix bundle group of bacteriocins - The high-resolution structure of BacSp222 in solution. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 107:2715-2724. [PMID: 29107139 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.10.158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BacSp222 is a multifunctional bacteriocin produced by Staphylococcus pseudintermedius strain 222, an opportunistic pathogen of domestic animals. At micromolar concentrations, BacSp222 kills Gram-positive bacteria and is cytotoxic toward mammalian cells, while at nanomolar doses, it acts as an immunomodulatory factor, enhancing nitric oxide release in macrophage-like cell lines. The bacteriocin is a cationic, N-terminally formylated, 50-amino-acid-long linear peptide that is rich in tryptophan residues. In this study, the solution structure of BacSp222 was determined and compared to the currently known structures of similar bacteriocins. BacSp222 was isolated from a liquid culture medium in a uniformly 13C- and 15N-labeled form, and NMR data were collected. The structure was calculated based on NMR-derived constraints and consists of a rigid and tightly packed globular bundle of four alpha-helices separated by three short turns. Although the amino acid sequence of BacSp222 has no significant similarity to any known peptide or protein, a 3D structure similarity search indicates a close relation to other four-helix bundle-motif bacteriocins, such as aureocin A53, lacticin Q and enterocins 7A/7B. Assuming similar functions, biology, structure and physicochemical properties, we propose to distinguish the four-helix bundle bacteriocins as a new Type A in subclass IId of bacteriocins, containing linear, non-pediocin-like peptides.
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- Michał Nowakowski
- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warszawa, Poland.
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland; Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7a, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysiscs, Polish Academy of Science, Laboratory of Biological NMR, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland.
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.
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Flack JE, Mieszczanek J, Novcic N, Bienz M. Wnt-Dependent Inactivation of the Groucho/TLE Co-repressor by the HECT E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Hyd/UBR5. Mol Cell 2017; 67:181-193.e5. [PMID: 28689657 PMCID: PMC5592244 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 06/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Extracellular signals are transduced to the cell nucleus by effectors that bind to enhancer complexes to operate transcriptional switches. For example, the Wnt enhanceosome is a multiprotein complex associated with Wnt-responsive enhancers through T cell factors (TCF) and kept silent by Groucho/TLE co-repressors. Wnt-activated β-catenin binds to TCF to overcome this repression, but how it achieves this is unknown. Here, we discover that this process depends on the HECT E3 ubiquitin ligase Hyd/UBR5, which is required for Wnt signal responses in Drosophila and human cell lines downstream of activated Armadillo/β-catenin. We identify Groucho/TLE as a functionally relevant substrate, whose ubiquitylation by UBR5 is induced by Wnt signaling and conferred by β-catenin. Inactivation of TLE by UBR5-dependent ubiquitylation also involves VCP/p97, an AAA ATPase regulating the folding of various cellular substrates including ubiquitylated chromatin proteins. Thus, Groucho/TLE ubiquitylation by Hyd/UBR5 is a key prerequisite that enables Armadillo/β-catenin to activate transcription.
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- Joshua E Flack
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK.
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Jiménez-López D, Bravo J, Guzmán P. Evolutionary history exposes radical diversification among classes of interaction partners of the MLLE domain of plant poly(A)-binding proteins. BMC Evol Biol 2015; 15:195. [PMID: 26377114 PMCID: PMC4574140 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0475-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Poly(A)-binding proteins (PABPs) are evolutionarily conserved proteins that have important functions in the regulation of translation and the control of mRNA stability in eukaryotes. Most PABPs encode a C-terminal domain known as the MLLE domain (previously PABC or CTC), which can mediate protein interactions. In earlier work we identified and predicted that four classes of MLLE-interacting proteins were present in Arabidopsis thaliana, which we named CID A, B, C, and D. These proteins encode transcription-activating domains (CID A), the Lsm and LsmAD domains of ataxin-2 (CID B), the CUE and small MutS-related domains (CID C), and two RNA recognition domains (CID D). We recently found that a novel class that lacks the LsmAD domain is present in CID B proteins. Results We extended our analysis to other classes of CIDs present in the viridiplantae. We found that novel variants also evolved in classes CID A and CID C. A specific transcription factor domain is present in a distinct lineage in class A, and a variant that lacks at least two distinct domains was also identified in a divergent lineage in class C. We did not detect any variants in Class D CIDs. This class often consists of four to six highly conserved RNA-binding proteins, which suggests that major redundancy is present in this class. Conclusions CIDs are likely to operate as components of posttranscriptional regulatory assemblies. The evident diversification of CIDs may be neutral or may be important for plant adaptation to the environment and for acquisition of specific traits during evolution. The fact that CIDs subclasses are maintained in early lineages suggest that a presumed interference between duplicates was resolved, and a defined function for each subclass was achieved. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0475-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Domingo Jiménez-López
- Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Irapuato, Apartado Postal 629, Irapuato, Gto., 36821, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Irapuato, Apartado Postal 629, Irapuato, Gto., 36821, Mexico.,Present address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Irapuato, Apartado Postal 629, Irapuato, Gto., 36821, Mexico.
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Muñoz-Escobar J, Matta-Camacho E, Kozlov G, Gehring K. The MLLE domain of the ubiquitin ligase UBR5 binds to its catalytic domain to regulate substrate binding. J Biol Chem 2015. [PMID: 26224628 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.672246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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E3 ubiquitin ligases catalyze the transfer of ubiquitin from an E2-conjugating enzyme to a substrate. UBR5, homologous to the E6AP C terminus (HECT)-type E3 ligase, mediates the ubiquitination of proteins involved in translation regulation, DNA damage response, and gluconeogenesis. In addition, UBR5 functions in a ligase-independent manner by prompting protein/protein interactions without ubiquitination of the binding partner. Despite recent functional studies, the mechanisms involved in substrate recognition and selective ubiquitination of its binding partners remain elusive. The C terminus of UBR5 harbors the HECT catalytic domain and an adjacent MLLE domain. MLLE domains mediate protein/protein interactions through the binding of a conserved peptide motif, termed PAM2. Here, we characterize the binding properties of the UBR5 MLLE domain to PAM2 peptides from Paip1 and GW182. The crystal structure with a Paip1 PAM2 peptide reveals the network of hydrophobic and ionic interactions that drive binding. In addition, we identify a novel interaction of the MLLE domain with the adjacent HECT domain mediated by a PAM2-like sequence. Our results confirm the role of the MLLE domain of UBR5 in substrate recruitment and suggest a potential role in regulating UBR5 ligase activity.
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- Juliana Muñoz-Escobar
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 0B1, Canada
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 0B1, Canada
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 0B1, Canada
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 0B1, Canada
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Pohlmann T, Baumann S, Haag C, Albrecht M, Feldbrügge M. A FYVE zinc finger domain protein specifically links mRNA transport to endosome trafficking. eLife 2015; 4. [PMID: 25985087 PMCID: PMC4466420 DOI: 10.7554/elife.06041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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An emerging theme in cellular logistics is the close connection between mRNA and membrane trafficking. A prominent example is the microtubule-dependent transport of mRNAs and associated ribosomes on endosomes. This coordinated process is crucial for correct septin filamentation and efficient growth of polarised cells, such as fungal hyphae. Despite detailed knowledge on the key RNA-binding protein and the molecular motors involved, it is unclear how mRNAs are connected to membranes during transport. Here, we identify a novel factor containing a FYVE zinc finger domain for interaction with endosomal lipids and a new PAM2-like domain required for interaction with the MLLE domain of the key RNA-binding protein. Consistently, loss of this FYVE domain protein leads to specific defects in mRNA, ribosome, and septin transport without affecting general functions of endosomes or their movement. Hence, this is the first endosomal component specific for mRNP trafficking uncovering a new mechanism to couple mRNPs to endosomes. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.06041.001 DNA contains the instructions to build proteins. These instructions are first copied to make a molecule of messenger RNA (or mRNA for short). A large machine called the ribosome then reads the mRNA molecule and translates it to build a protein. Many proteins must get to particular locations in a cell to carry out their roles. For some proteins, this is achieved by transporting the mRNAs to the right location before they get translated, via a process called ‘mRNA trafficking’. However, mRNAs do not move by themselves; instead they bind to a host of mRNA-binding proteins, and the ribosomes that are required for translation to take place. Cells also move proteins between different locations using small bubble-like structures called vesicles. These vesicles are surrounded by a membrane, and so this process is known as ‘membrane trafficking’. Previous work has shown that these two processes are often linked, as vesicles can also carry mRNA molecules. But it is not fully understood how mRNA molecules are connected to vesicles. Now, Pohlmann et al. have used a fungus called Ustilago maydis as a model system to investigate how mRNAs and vesicles can move together in cells that grow to form filament-like structures called hyphae. This fungus uses these filaments to penetrate into plant tissues and causes a disease called corn smut. The experiments revealed a vesicle protein called Upa1 that contains a new type of binding site that allows Upa1 to bring an important RNA-binding protein to the surface of vesicles. Since the RNA-binding protein binds mRNA and the translating ribosomes, this can explain how mRNAs can associate with membranes to move together along hyphae. When Pohlmann et al. engineered fungi that lacked the gene for Upa1, these mutants had problems transporting their mRNAs and associated ribosomes. These findings reveal a direct connection between mRNA trafficking and membrane trafficking. Future studies could now investigate whether similar processes take place in other cells that grow as long filaments, such as plant pollen tubes or nerve cells. These studies might provide new insights into plant reproduction or brain activity. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.06041.002
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- Thomas Pohlmann
- Institute for Microbiology, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Roque S, Cerciat M, Gaugué I, Mora L, Floch AG, de Zamaroczy M, Heurgué-Hamard V, Kervestin S. Interaction between the poly(A)-binding protein Pab1 and the eukaryotic release factor eRF3 regulates translation termination but not mRNA decay in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2015; 21:124-134. [PMID: 25411355 PMCID: PMC4274632 DOI: 10.1261/rna.047282.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/26/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Eukaryotic release factor 3 (eRF3) is implicated in translation termination and also interacts with the poly(A)-binding protein (PABP, Pab1 in yeast), a major player in mRNA metabolism. Despite conservation of this interaction, its precise function remains elusive. First, we showed experimentally that yeast eRF3 does not contain any obvious consensus PAM2 (PABP-interacting motif 2). Thus, in yeast this association is different from the well described interaction between the metazoan factors. To gain insight into the exact function of this interaction, we then analyzed the phenotypes resulting from deleting the respective binding domains. Deletion of the Pab1 interaction domain on eRF3 did not affect general mRNA stability or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway and induced a decrease in translational readthrough. Furthermore, combined deletions of the respective interacting domains on eRF3 and on Pab1 were viable, did not affect Pab1 function in mRNA stability and harbored an antisuppression phenotype. Our results show that in Saccharomyces cerevisiae the role of the Pab1 C-terminal domain in mRNA stability is independent of eRF3 and the association of these two factors negatively regulates translation termination.
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- Sylvain Roque
- CNRS FRE3630 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris 75005, France
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- CNRS FRE3630 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris 75005, France
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- CNRS FRE3630 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris 75005, France
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- CNRS FRE3630 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris 75005, France
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- CNRS FRE3630 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris 75005, France
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- CNRS FRE3630 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris 75005, France
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- CNRS FRE3630 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris 75005, France
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- CNRS FRE3630 (affiliated with Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris 75005, France Metabolism and function of RNA in the nucleus, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR 7592, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75013, France
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Eliseeva IA, Lyabin DN, Ovchinnikov LP. Poly(A)-binding proteins: structure, domain organization, and activity regulation. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2014; 78:1377-91. [PMID: 24490729 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297913130014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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RNA-binding proteins are of vital importance for mRNA functioning. Among these, poly(A)-binding proteins (PABPs) are of special interest due to their participation in virtually all mRNA-dependent events that is caused by their high affinity for A-rich mRNA sequences. Apart from mRNAs, PABPs interact with many proteins, thus promoting their involvement in cellular events. In the nucleus, PABPs play a role in polyadenylation, determine the length of the poly(A) tail, and may be involved in mRNA export. In the cytoplasm, they participate in regulation of translation initiation and either protect mRNAs from decay through binding to their poly(A) tails or stimulate this decay by promoting mRNA interactions with deadenylase complex proteins. This review presents modern notions of the role of PABPs in mRNA-dependent events; peculiarities of regulation of PABP amount in the cell and activities are also discussed.
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- I A Eliseeva
- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia.
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The "tale" of poly(A) binding protein: the MLLE domain and PAM2-containing proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2014; 1839:1062-8. [PMID: 25120199 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Revised: 07/11/2014] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The cytoplasmic poly(A) binding protein 1 (PABPC1) is an essential eukaryotic translational initiation factor first described over 40 years ago. Most studies of PABPC1 have focused on its N-terminal RRM domains, which bind the mRNA 3' poly(A) tail and 5' translation complex eIF4F via eIF4G; however, the protein also contains a C-terminal MLLE domain that binds a peptide motif, termed PAM2, found in many proteins involved in translation regulation and mRNA metabolism. Studies over the past decade have revealed additional functions of PAM2-containing proteins (PACs) in neurodegenerative diseases, circadian rhythms, innate defense, and ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. Here, we summarize functional and structural studies of the MLLE/PAM2 interaction and discuss the diverse roles of PACs.
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Jiménez-López D, Guzmán P. Insights into the evolution and domain structure of Ataxin-2 proteins across eukaryotes. BMC Res Notes 2014; 7:453. [PMID: 25027299 PMCID: PMC4105795 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Ataxin-2 is an evolutionarily conserved protein first identified in humans as responsible for spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2). The molecular basis of SCA2 is the expansion of a polyglutamine tract in Ataxin-2, encoding a Lsm domain that may bind RNA and a PAM2 motif that enables interaction with the poly (A) binding protein. Although the association with SCA2 has been verified, a detailed molecular function for Ataxin-2 has not been established. RESULTS We have undertaken a survey of Ataxin-2 proteins across all eukaryotic domains. In eukaryotes, except for vertebrates and land plants, a single ortholog was identified. Notably, with the exception of birds, two Ataxin-2 genes exist in vertebrates. Expansion was observed in land plants and a novel class lacking the LsmAD domain was identified. Large polyQ tracts appear limited to primates and insects of the orders Hymenoptera and Diptera. A common feature across Ataxin-2 orthologs is the presence of proline-rich motifs, formerly described in the human protein. CONCLUSION Our analysis provides valuable information on the evolution and domain structure of Ataxin-2 proteins. Proline-rich motifs that may mediate protein interactions are widespread in Ataxin-2 proteins, but expansion of polyglutamine tracts associated with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, is present only in primates, as well as some insects. Our analysis of Ataxin-2 proteins provides also a source to examine orthologs in a number of different species.
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- Domingo Jiménez-López
- Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Irapuato, Apartado Postal 629, Irapuato, Gto 36821, México
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Irapuato, Apartado Postal 629, Irapuato, Gto 36821, México
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Kim HJ, Raphael AR, LaDow ES, McGurk L, Weber RA, Trojanowski JQ, Lee VMY, Finkbeiner S, Gitler AD, Bonini NM. Therapeutic modulation of eIF2α phosphorylation rescues TDP-43 toxicity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease models. Nat Genet 2014; 46:152-60. [PMID: 24336168 PMCID: PMC3934366 DOI: 10.1038/ng.2853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 288] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal, late-onset neurodegenerative disease primarily affecting motor neurons. A unifying feature of many proteins associated with ALS, including TDP-43 and ataxin-2, is that they localize to stress granules. Unexpectedly, we found that genes that modulate stress granules are strong modifiers of TDP-43 toxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Drosophila melanogaster. eIF2α phosphorylation is upregulated by TDP-43 toxicity in flies, and TDP-43 interacts with a central stress granule component, polyA-binding protein (PABP). In human ALS spinal cord neurons, PABP accumulates abnormally, suggesting that prolonged stress granule dysfunction may contribute to pathogenesis. We investigated the efficacy of a small molecule inhibitor of eIF2α phosphorylation in ALS models. Treatment with this inhibitor mitigated TDP-43 toxicity in flies and mammalian neurons. These findings indicate that the dysfunction induced by prolonged stress granule formation might contribute directly to ALS and that compounds that mitigate this process may represent a novel therapeutic approach.
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- Hyung-Jun Kim
- 1] Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [2]
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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NFX1-123 and human papillomavirus 16E6 increase Notch expression in keratinocytes. J Virol 2013; 87:13741-50. [PMID: 24109236 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02582-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The high-risk human papillomavirus (HR HPV) E6 oncoprotein binds host cell proteins to dysregulate multiple regulatory pathways, including apoptosis and senescence. HR HPV16 E6 (16E6) interacts with the cellular protein NFX1-123, and together they posttranscriptionally increase hTERT expression, the catalytic subunit of telomerase. NFX1-123 interacts with hTERT mRNA and stabilizes it, leading to greater telomerase activity and the avoidance of cellular senescence. Little is known regarding what other transcripts are dependent on or augmented by the association of NFX1-123 with 16E6. Microarray analysis revealed enhanced expression of Notch1 mRNA in 16E6-expressing keratinocytes when NFX1-123 was overexpressed. A moderate increase in Notch1 mRNA was seen with overexpression of NFX1-123 alone, but with 16E6 coexpression the increase in Notch1 was enhanced. The PAM2 motif and R3H protein domains in NFX1-123, which were important for increased hTERT expression, were also important in the augmentation of Notch1 expression by 16E6. These findings identify a second gene coregulated by 16E6 and NFX1-123 and the protein motifs in NFX1-123 that are important for this effect.
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Merret R, Martino L, Bousquet-Antonelli C, Fneich S, Descombin J, Billey É, Conte MR, Deragon JM. The association of a La module with the PABP-interacting motif PAM2 is a recurrent evolutionary process that led to the neofunctionalization of La-related proteins. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2013; 19:36-50. [PMID: 23148093 PMCID: PMC3527725 DOI: 10.1261/rna.035469.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 10/12/2012] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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La-related proteins (LARPs) are largely uncharacterized factors, well conserved throughout evolution. Recent reports on the function of human LARP4 and LARP6 suggest that these proteins fulfill key functions in mRNA metabolism and/or translation. We report here a detailed evolutionary history of the LARP4 and 6 families in eukaryotes. Genes coding for LARP4 and 6 were duplicated in the common ancestor of the vertebrate lineage, but one LARP6 gene was subsequently lost in the common ancestor of the eutherian lineage. The LARP6 gene was also independently duplicated several times in the vascular plant lineage. We observed that vertebrate LARP4 and plant LARP6 duplication events were correlated with the acquisition of a PABP-interacting motif 2 (PAM2) and with a significant reorganization of their RNA-binding modules. Using isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and immunoprecipitation methods, we show that the two plant PAM2-containing LARP6s (LARP6b and c) can, indeed, interact with the major plant poly(A)-binding protein (PAB2), while the third plant LARP6 (LARP6a) is unable to do so. We also analyzed the RNA-binding properties and the subcellular localizations of the two types of plant LARP6 proteins and found that they display nonredundant characteristics. As a whole, our results support a model in which the acquisition by LARP4 and LARP6 of a PAM2 allowed their targeting to mRNA 3' UTRs and led to their neofunctionalization.
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- Rémy Merret
- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, UMR5096 LGDP, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
- CNRS, UMR5096 LGDP, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom
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- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, UMR5096 LGDP, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
- CNRS, UMR5096 LGDP, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, UMR5096 LGDP, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
- CNRS, UMR5096 LGDP, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, UMR5096 LGDP, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
- CNRS, UMR5096 LGDP, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, UMR5096 LGDP, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
- CNRS, UMR5096 LGDP, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom
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- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, UMR5096 LGDP, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
- CNRS, UMR5096 LGDP, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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The function of cytoplasmic PABPs [poly(A)-binding proteins] in promoting mRNA translation has been intensively studied. However, PABPs also have less clearly defined functions in mRNA turnover including roles in default deadenylation, a major rate-limiting step in mRNA decay, as well as roles in the regulation of mRNA turnover by cis-acting control elements and in the detection of aberrant mRNA transcripts. In the present paper, we review our current understanding of the complex roles of PABP1 in mRNA turnover, focusing on recent progress in mammals and highlighting some of the major questions that remain to be addressed.
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Osawa M, Hosoda N, Nakanishi T, Uchida N, Kimura T, Imai S, Machiyama A, Katada T, Hoshino SI, Shimada I. Biological role of the two overlapping poly(A)-binding protein interacting motifs 2 (PAM2) of eukaryotic releasing factor eRF3 in mRNA decay. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2012; 18:1957-67. [PMID: 23019593 PMCID: PMC3479387 DOI: 10.1261/rna.035311.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Eukaryotic releasing factor GSPT/eRF3 mediates translation termination-coupled mRNA decay via interaction with a cytosolic poly(A)-binding protein (PABPC1). A region of eRF3 containing two overlapping PAM2 (PABPC1-interacting motif 2) motifs is assumed to bind to the PABC domain of PABPC1, on the poly(A) tail of mRNA. PAM2 motifs are also found in the major deadenylases Caf1-Ccr4 and Pan2-Pan3, whose activities are enhanced upon PABPC1 binding to these motifs. Their deadenylase activities are regulated by eRF3, in which two overlapping PAM2 motifs competitively prevent interaction with PABPC1. However, it is unclear how these overlapping motifs recognize PABC and regulate deadenylase activity in a translation termination-coupled manner. We used a dominant-negative approach to demonstrate that the N-terminal PAM2 motif is critical for eRF3 binding to PABPC1 and that both motifs are required for function. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and NMR analyses revealed that the interaction is in equilibrium between the two PAM2-PABC complexes, where only one of the two overlapping PAM2 motifs is PABC-bound and the other is PABC-unbound and partially accessible to the other PABC. Based on these results, we proposed a biological role for the overlapping PAM2 motifs in the regulation of deadenylase accessibility to PABPC1 at the 3' end of poly(A).
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- Masanori Osawa
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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The multifunctional poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) 1 is subject to extensive dynamic post-translational modification, which molecular modelling suggests plays an important role in co-ordinating its activities. Biochem J 2012; 441:803-12. [PMID: 22004688 PMCID: PMC3298439 DOI: 10.1042/bj20111474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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PABP1 [poly(A)-binding protein 1] is a central regulator of mRNA translation and stability and is required for miRNA (microRNA)-mediated regulation and nonsense-mediated decay. Numerous protein, as well as RNA, interactions underlie its multi-functional nature; however, it is unclear how its different activities are co-ordinated, since many partners interact via overlapping binding sites. In the present study, we show that human PABP1 is subject to elaborate post-translational modification, identifying 14 modifications located throughout the functional domains, all but one of which are conserved in mouse. Intriguingly, PABP1 contains glutamate and aspartate methylations, modifications of unknown function in eukaryotes, as well as lysine and arginine methylations, and lysine acetylations. The latter dramatically alter the pI of PABP1, an effect also observed during the cell cycle, suggesting that different biological processes/stimuli can regulate its modification status, although PABP1 also probably exists in differentially modified subpopulations within cells. Two lysine residues were differentially acetylated or methylated, revealing that PABP1 may be the first example of a cytoplasmic protein utilizing a ‘methylation/acetylation switch’. Modelling using available structures implicates these modifications in regulating interactions with individual PAM2 (PABP-interacting motif 2)-containing proteins, suggesting a direct link between PABP1 modification status and the formation of distinct mRNP (messenger ribonucleoprotein) complexes that regulate mRNA fate in the cytoplasm.
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mRNA 3' end processing factors: a phylogenetic comparison. Comp Funct Genomics 2012; 2012:876893. [PMID: 22400011 PMCID: PMC3287031 DOI: 10.1155/2012/876893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2011] [Revised: 09/22/2011] [Accepted: 10/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Almost all eukaryotic mRNAs possess 3′ ends with a polyadenylate (poly(A)) tail. This poly(A) tail is not encoded in the genome but is added by the process of polyadenylation. Polyadenylation is a two-step process, and this process is accomplished by multisubunit protein factors. Here, we comprehensively compare the protein machinery responsible for polyadenylation of mRNAs across many evolutionary divergent species, and we have found these protein factors to be remarkably conserved in nature. These data suggest that polyadenylation of mRNAs is an ancient process.
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Aalto MK, Helenius E, Kariola T, Pennanen V, Heino P, Hõrak H, Puzõrjova I, Kollist H, Palva ET. ERD15--an attenuator of plant ABA responses and stomatal aperture. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 182:19-28. [PMID: 22118612 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2010] [Revised: 04/10/2011] [Accepted: 08/23/2011] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Plants are continuously challenged by abiotic and biotic stress factors and need to mount appropriate responses to ensure optimal growth and survival. We have identified ERD15 as a central component in several stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Comparative genomics demonstrates that ERD15 is a member of a small but highly conserved protein family ubiquitous but specific to the plant kingdom. The origin of ERD15 family of proteins can be traced to the time of emergence of land plants. The presence of the conserved PAM2 motif in ERD15 proteins is indicative of a possible interaction with poly(A) binding proteins and could suggest a role in posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression. The function of the other highly conserved motifs in ERD15 remains to be elucidated. The biological role of all ERD15 family members studied so far appears associated to stress responses and stress adaptation. Studies in Arabidopsis demonstrate a role in abiotic stress tolerance where ERD15 is a negative regulator of ABA signaling. The role in ABA signaling may also explain how ERD15 regulates stomatal aperture and consequently controls plant water relations.
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- Markku K Aalto
- Department of Biosciences, Division of Genetics, POB 56, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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Baumann S, Pohlmann T, Jungbluth M, Brachmann A, Feldbrügge M. Kinesin-3 and dynein mediate microtubule-dependent co-transport of mRNPs and endosomes. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:2740-52. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.101212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Long-distance transport of mRNAs is important in determining polarity in eukaryotes. Molecular motors shuttle large ribonucleoprotein complexes (mRNPs) containing RNA-binding proteins and associated factors along microtubules. However, precise mechanisms including the interplay of molecular motors and a potential connection to membrane trafficking remain elusive. Here, we solve the motor composition of transported mRNPs containing the RNA-binding protein Rrm4 of the pathogen Ustilago maydis. The underlying transport process determines the axis of polarity in infectious filaments. Plus end-directed Kin3, a Kinesin-3 type motor, mediates anterograde transport of mRNPs and is also present in transport units moving retrogradely. Split-dynein Dyn1/2 functions in retrograde movement of mRNPs. Plus end-directed conventional kinesin Kin1 is indirectly involved by transporting minus end-directed Dyn1/2 back to plus ends. Importantly, we additionally demonstrate that Rrm4-containing mRNPs co-localise with the t-SNARE Yup1 on shuttling endosomes and that functional endosomes are essential for mRNP movement. Either loss of Kin3 or removal of its lipid-binding pleckstrin homology domain abolish Rrm4-dependent movement without preventing co-localisation of Rrm4 and Yup1-positive endosomes. In summary, we uncovered the combination of motors required for mRNP shuttling along microtubules. Furthermore, intimately linked co-transport of endosomes and mRNPs suggests vesicle hitchhiking as novel mode of mRNP transport.
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Vollmeister E, Schipper K, Baumann S, Haag C, Pohlmann T, Stock J, Feldbrügge M. Fungal development of the plant pathogen Ustilago maydis. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2011; 36:59-77. [PMID: 21729109 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00296.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The maize pathogen Ustilago maydis has to undergo various morphological transitions for the completion of its sexual life cycle. For example, haploid cells respond to pheromone by forming conjugation tubes that fuse at their tips. The resulting dikaryon grows filamentously, expanding rapidly at the apex and inserting retraction septa at the basal pole. In this review, we present progress on the underlying mechanisms regulating such defined developmental programmes. The key findings of the postgenomic era are as follows: (1) endosomes function not only during receptor recycling, but also as multifunctional transport platforms; (2) a new transcriptional master regulator for pathogenicity is part of an intricate transcriptional network; (3) determinants for uniparental mitochondrial inheritance are encoded at the a2 mating-type locus; (4) microtubule-dependent mRNA transport is important in determining the axis of polarity; and (5) a battery of fungal effectors encoded in gene clusters is crucial for plant infection. Importantly, most processes are tightly controlled at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional and post-translational levels, resulting in a complex regulatory network. This intricate system is crucial for the timing of the correct order of developmental phases. Thus, new insights from all layers of regulation have substantially advanced our understanding of fungal development.
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- Evelyn Vollmeister
- Institute for Microbiology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Koepke J, Kaffarnik F, Haag C, Zarnack K, Luscombe NM, König J, Ule J, Kellner R, Begerow D, Feldbrügge M. The RNA-binding protein Rrm4 is essential for efficient secretion of endochitinase Cts1. Mol Cell Proteomics 2011; 10:M111.011213. [PMID: 21808052 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m111.011213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Long-distance transport of mRNAs is crucial in determining spatio-temporal gene expression in eukaryotes. The RNA-binding protein Rrm4 constitutes a key component of microtubule-dependent mRNA transport in filaments of Ustilago maydis. Although a number of potential target mRNAs could be identified, cellular processes that depend on Rrm4-mediated transport remain largely unknown. Here, we used differential proteomics to show that ribosomal, mitochondrial, and cell wall-remodeling proteins, including the bacterial-type endochitinase Cts1, are differentially regulated in rrm4Δ filaments. In vivo UV crosslinking and immunoprecipitation and fluorescence in situ hybridization revealed that cts1 mRNA represents a direct target of Rrm4. Filaments of cts1Δ mutants aggregate in liquid culture suggesting an altered cell surface. In wild type cells Cts1 localizes predominantly at the growth cone, whereas it accumulates at both poles in rrm4Δ filaments. The endochitinase is secreted and associates most likely with the cell wall of filaments. Secretion is drastically impaired in filaments lacking Rrm4 or conventional kinesin Kin1 as well as in filaments with disrupted microtubules. Thus, Rrm4-mediated mRNA transport appears to be essential for efficient export of active Cts1, uncovering a novel molecular link between mRNA transport and the mechanism of secretion.
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- Janine Koepke
- Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Institute for Microbiology, Düsseldorf, Germany
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