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Jaiswal LK, Singh RK, Nayak T, Kakkar A, Kandwal G, Singh VS, Gupta A. A comparative analysis of mycobacterial ribonucleases: Towards a therapeutic novel drug target. INFECTION, GENETICS AND EVOLUTION : JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2024; 123:105645. [PMID: 39067582 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2024.105645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 07/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
Abstract
Bacterial responses to continuously changing environments are addressed through modulation of gene expression at the level of transcription initiation, RNA processing and/or decay. Ribonucleases (RNases) are hydrolytic or phosphorolytic enzymes involved in a majority of RNA metabolism reactions. RNases play a crucial role in RNA degradation, either independently or in collaboration with various trans-acting regulatory factors. The genus Mycobacterium consists of five subgenera: Mycobacteroides, Mycolicibacterium, Mycobacterium, Mycolicibacter and Mycolicibacillus, which include 63 fully sequenced species (pathogenic/non-pathogenic) to date. These include 13 different RNases, among which 5 are exonucleases (RNase PH, PNPase, RNase D, nano-RNases and RNase AS) and 8 are endonucleases (RNase J, RNase H, RNase P, RNase III, RNase BN, RNase Z, RNase G and RNase E), although RNase J and RNase BN were later identified to have exoribonuclease functions also. Here, we provide a detailed comparative insight into the Escherichia coli and mycobacterial RNases with respect to their types, phylogeny, structure, function, regulation and mechanism of action, with the main emphasis on RNase E. Among these 13 different mycobacterial RNases, 10 are essential for cell survival and have diverse structures hence, they are promising drug targets. RNase E is also an essential endonuclease that is abundant in many bacteria, forms an RNA degradosome complex that controls central RNA processing/degradation and has a conserved 5' sensor domain/DNase-I like region in its RNase domain. The essential mycobacterial RNases especially RNase E provide a potential repertoire of drug targets that can be exploited for inhibitor/modulator screening against many deadly mycobacterial diseases.
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- Lav Kumar Jaiswal
- Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi U.P.-221005, India
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- Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi U.P.-221005, India
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- Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi U.P.-221005, India
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- Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi U.P.-221005, India
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- Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi U.P.-221005, India
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- Department of Microbiology, School of life Sciences, Sikkim University, Gangtok 737102, Sikkim, India
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- Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi U.P.-221005, India.
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Zhou B, Wan F, Lei KX, Lan P, Wu J, Lei M. Coevolution of RNA and protein subunits in RNase P and RNase MRP, two RNA processing enzymes. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105729. [PMID: 38336296 PMCID: PMC10966300 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.105729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
Abstract
RNase P and RNase mitochondrial RNA processing (MRP) are ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) that consist of a catalytic RNA and a varying number of protein cofactors. RNase P is responsible for precursor tRNA maturation in all three domains of life, while RNase MRP, exclusive to eukaryotes, primarily functions in rRNA biogenesis. While eukaryotic RNase P is associated with more protein cofactors and has an RNA subunit with fewer auxiliary structural elements compared to its bacterial cousin, the double-anchor precursor tRNA recognition mechanism has remarkably been preserved during evolution. RNase MRP shares evolutionary and structural similarities with RNase P, preserving the catalytic core within the RNA moiety inherited from their common ancestor. By incorporating new protein cofactors and RNA elements, RNase MRP has established itself as a distinct RNP capable of processing ssRNA substrates. The structural information on RNase P and MRP helps build an evolutionary trajectory, depicting how emerging protein cofactors harmonize with the evolution of RNA to shape different functions for RNase P and MRP. Here, we outline the structural and functional relationship between RNase P and MRP to illustrate the coevolution of RNA and protein cofactors, a key driver for the extant, diverse RNP world.
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- Bin Zhou
- Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Institute of Precision Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Institute of Precision Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai High School International Division, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Precision Medicine, Shanghai, China; Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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- Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Institute of Precision Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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- Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Institute of Precision Medicine, Shanghai, China; State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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Orlovetskie N, Mani D, Rouvinski A, Jarrous N. Human RNase P exhibits and controls distinct ribonucleolytic activities required for ordered maturation of tRNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2307185120. [PMID: 37831743 PMCID: PMC10589621 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2307185120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Precursor tRNAs are transcribed with flanking and intervening sequences known to be processed by specific ribonucleases. Here, we show that transcription complexes of RNA polymerase III assembled on tRNA genes comprise RNase P that cleaves precursor tRNA and subsequently degrades the excised 5' leader. Degradation is based on a 3'-5' exoribonucleolytic activity carried out by the protein subunit Rpp14, as determined by biochemical and reverse genetic analyses. Neither reconstituted nor purified RNase P displays this magnesium ion-dependent, processive exoribonucleolytic activity. Markedly, knockdown of Rpp14 by RNA interference leads to a wide-ranging inhibition of cleavage of flanking and intervening sequences of various precursor tRNAs in extracts and cells. This study reveals that RNase P controls tRNA splicing complex and RNase Z for ordered maturation of nascent precursor tRNAs by transcription complexes.
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- Natalie Orlovetskie
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem9112010, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem9112010, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem9112010, Israel
- The Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem9112010, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem9112010, Israel
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Marathe IA, Lai SM, Zahurancik WJ, Poirier MG, Wysocki VH, Gopalan V. Protein cofactors and substrate influence Mg2+-dependent structural changes in the catalytic RNA of archaeal RNase P. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:9444-9458. [PMID: 34387688 PMCID: PMC8450104 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The ribonucleoprotein (RNP) form of archaeal RNase P comprises one catalytic RNA and five protein cofactors. To catalyze Mg2+-dependent cleavage of the 5′ leader from pre-tRNAs, the catalytic (C) and specificity (S) domains of the RNase P RNA (RPR) cooperate to recognize different parts of the pre-tRNA. While ∼250–500 mM Mg2+ renders the archaeal RPR active without RNase P proteins (RPPs), addition of all RPPs lowers the Mg2+ requirement to ∼10–20 mM and improves the rate and fidelity of cleavage. To understand the Mg2+- and RPP-dependent structural changes that increase activity, we used pre-tRNA cleavage and ensemble FRET assays to characterize inter-domain interactions in Pyrococcus furiosus (Pfu) RPR, either alone or with RPPs ± pre-tRNA. Following splint ligation to doubly label the RPR (Cy3-RPRC domain and Cy5-RPRS domain), we used native mass spectrometry to verify the final product. We found that FRET correlates closely with activity, the Pfu RPR and RNase P holoenzyme (RPR + 5 RPPs) traverse different Mg2+-dependent paths to converge on similar functional states, and binding of the pre-tRNA by the holoenzyme influences Mg2+ cooperativity. Our findings highlight how Mg2+ and proteins in multi-subunit RNPs together favor RNA conformations in a dynamic ensemble for functional gains.
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- Ila A Marathe
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Resource for Native Mass Spectrometry-Guided Structural Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Resource for Native Mass Spectrometry-Guided Structural Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Schwarz TS, Wäber NB, Feyh R, Weidenbach K, Schmitz RA, Marchfelder A, Hartmann RK. Homologs of aquifex aeolicus protein-only RNase P are not the major RNase P activities in the archaea haloferax volcanii and methanosarcina mazei. IUBMB Life 2019; 71:1109-1116. [PMID: 31283101 DOI: 10.1002/iub.2122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
The mature 5'-ends of tRNAs are generated by RNase P in all domains of life. The ancient form of the enzyme is a ribonucleoprotein consisting of a catalytic RNA and one or more protein subunits. However, in the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus and close relatives, RNase P is a protein-only enzyme consisting of a single type of polypeptide (Aq_880, ~23 kDa). In many archaea, homologs of Aq_880 were identified (termed HARPs for Homologs of Aquifex RNase P) in addition to the RNA-based RNase P, raising the question about the functions of HARP and the classical RNase P in these archaea. Here we investigated HARPs from two euryarchaeotes, Haloferax volcanii and Methanosarcina mazei. Archaeal strains with HARP gene knockouts showed no growth phenotypes under standard conditions, temperature and salt stress (H. volcanii) or nitrogen deficiency (M. mazei). Recombinant H. volcanii and M. mazei HARPs were basically able to catalyse specific tRNA 5'-end maturation in vitro. Furthermore, M. mazei HARP was able to rescue growth of an Escherichia coli RNase P depletion strain with comparable efficiency as Aq_880, while H. volcanii HARP was unable to do so. In conclusion, both archaeal HARPs showed the capacity (in at least one functional assay) to act as RNases P. However, the ease to obtain knockouts of the singular HARP genes and the lack of growth phenotypes upon HARP gene deletion contrasts with the findings that the canonical RNase P RNA gene cannot be deleted in H. volcanii, and a knockdown of RNase P RNA in H. volcanii results in severe tRNA processing defects. We conclude that archaeal HARPs do not make a major contribution to global tRNA 5'-end maturation in archaea, but may well exert a specialised, yet unknown function in (t)RNA metabolism. © 2019 IUBMB Life, 2019 © 2019 IUBMB Life, 71(8):1109-1116, 2019.
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of General Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of General Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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Gobert A, Bruggeman M, Giegé P. Involvement of PIN-like domain nucleases in tRNA processing and translation regulation. IUBMB Life 2019; 71:1117-1125. [PMID: 31066520 DOI: 10.1002/iub.2062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Transfer RNAs require essential maturation steps to become functional. Among them, RNase P removes 5' leader sequences of pre-tRNAs. Although RNase P was long thought to occur universally as ribonucleoproteins, different types of protein-only RNase P enzymes were discovered in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Interestingly, all these enzymes belong to the super-group of PilT N-terminal-like nucleases (PIN)-like ribonucleases. This wide family of enzymes can be subdivided into major subgroups. Here, we review recent studies at both functional and mechanistic levels on three PIN-like ribonucleases groups containing enzymes connected to tRNA maturation and/or translation regulation. The evolutive distribution of these proteins containing PIN-like domains as well as their organization and fusion with various functional domains is discussed and put in perspective with the diversity of functions they acquired during evolution, for the maturation and homeostasis of tRNA and a wider array of RNA substrates. © 2019 IUBMB Life, 2019 © 2019 IUBMB Life, 71(8):1117-1125, 2019.
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- Anthony Gobert
- Institut de Biologie de Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357 du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie de Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357 du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie de Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357 du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Clouet-d'Orval B, Batista M, Bouvier M, Quentin Y, Fichant G, Marchfelder A, Maier LK. Insights into RNA-processing pathways and associated RNA-degrading enzymes in Archaea. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2018; 42:579-613. [PMID: 29684129 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuy016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
RNA-processing pathways are at the centre of regulation of gene expression. All RNA transcripts undergo multiple maturation steps in addition to covalent chemical modifications to become functional in the cell. This includes destroying unnecessary or defective cellular RNAs. In Archaea, information on mechanisms by which RNA species reach their mature forms and associated RNA-modifying enzymes are still fragmentary. To date, most archaeal actors and pathways have been proposed in light of information gathered from Bacteria and Eukarya. In this context, this review provides a state of the art overview of archaeal endoribonucleases and exoribonucleases that cleave and trim RNA species and also of the key small archaeal proteins that bind RNAs. Furthermore, synthetic up-to-date views of processing and biogenesis pathways of archaeal transfer and ribosomal RNAs as well as of maturation of stable small non-coding RNAs such as CRISPR RNAs, small C/D and H/ACA box guide RNAs, and other emerging classes of small RNAs are described. Finally, prospective post-transcriptional mechanisms to control archaeal messenger RNA quality and quantity are discussed.
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- Béatrice Clouet-d'Orval
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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Lai LB, Tanimoto A, Lai SM, Chen WY, Marathe IA, Westhof E, Wysocki VH, Gopalan V. A novel double kink-turn module in euryarchaeal RNase P RNAs. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:7432-7440. [PMID: 28525600 PMCID: PMC5499556 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
RNase P is primarily responsible for the 5΄ maturation of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) in all domains of life. Archaeal RNase P is a ribonucleoprotein made up of one catalytic RNA and five protein cofactors including L7Ae, which is known to bind the kink-turn (K-turn), an RNA structural element that causes axial bending. However, the number and location of K-turns in archaeal RNase P RNAs (RPRs) are unclear. As part of an integrated approach, we used native mass spectrometry to assess the number of L7Ae copies that bound the RPR and site-specific hydroxyl radical-mediated footprinting to localize the K-turns. Mutagenesis of each of the putative K-turns singly or in combination decreased the number of bound L7Ae copies, and either eliminated or changed the L7Ae footprint on the mutant RPRs. In addition, our results support an unprecedented ‘double K-turn’ module in type A and type M archaeal RPR variants.
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- Lien B Lai
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Université de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, UPR9002, F-67084, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.,Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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RNase P is an essential tRNA-processing enzyme in all domains of life. We identified an unknown type of protein-only RNase P in the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus: Without an RNA subunit and the smallest of its kind, the 23-kDa polypeptide comprises a metallonuclease domain only. The protein has RNase P activity in vitro and rescued the growth of Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with inactivations of their more complex and larger endogenous ribonucleoprotein RNase P. Homologs of Aquifex RNase P (HARP) were identified in many Archaea and some Bacteria, of which all Archaea and most Bacteria also encode an RNA-based RNase P; activity of both RNase P forms from the same bacterium or archaeon could be verified in two selected cases. Bioinformatic analyses suggest that A. aeolicus and related Aquificaceae likely acquired HARP by horizontal gene transfer from an archaeon.
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Kimura M. Structural basis for activation of an archaeal ribonuclease P RNA by protein cofactors. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2017; 81:1670-1680. [PMID: 28715256 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2017.1353404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is an endoribonuclease that catalyzes the processing of the 5'-leader sequence of precursor tRNA (pre-tRNA) in all phylogenetic domains. We have found that RNase P in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 consists of RNase P RNA (PhopRNA) and five protein cofactors designated PhoPop5, PhoRpp21, PhoRpp29, PhoRpp30, and PhoRpp38. Biochemical characterizations over the past 10 years have revealed that PhoPop5 and PhoRpp30 fold into a heterotetramer and cooperate to activate a catalytic domain (C-domain) in PhopRNA, whereas PhoRpp21 and PhoRpp29 form a heterodimer and function together to activate a specificity domain (S-domain) in PhopRNA. PhoRpp38 plays a role in elevation of the optimum temperature of RNase P activity, binding to kink-turn (K-turn) motifs in two stem-loops in PhopRNA. This review describes the structural and functional information on P. horikoshii RNase P, focusing on the structural basis for the PhopRNA activation by the five RNase P proteins.
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- Makoto Kimura
- a Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School , Kyushu University , Fukuoka , Japan
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Samanta MP, Lai SM, Daniels CJ, Gopalan V. Sequence Analysis and Comparative Study of the Protein Subunits of Archaeal RNase P. Biomolecules 2016; 6:biom6020022. [PMID: 27104580 PMCID: PMC4919917 DOI: 10.3390/biom6020022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Revised: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
RNase P, a ribozyme-based ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex that catalyzes tRNA 5′-maturation, is ubiquitous in all domains of life, but the evolution of its protein components (RNase P proteins, RPPs) is not well understood. Archaeal RPPs may provide clues on how the complex evolved from an ancient ribozyme to an RNP with multiple archaeal and eukaryotic (homologous) RPPs, which are unrelated to the single bacterial RPP. Here, we analyzed the sequence and structure of archaeal RPPs from over 600 available genomes. All five RPPs are found in eight archaeal phyla, suggesting that these RPPs arose early in archaeal evolutionary history. The putative ancestral genomic loci of archaeal RPPs include genes encoding several members of ribosome, exosome, and proteasome complexes, which may indicate coevolution/coordinate regulation of RNase P with other core cellular machineries. Despite being ancient, RPPs generally lack sequence conservation compared to other universal proteins. By analyzing the relative frequency of residues at every position in the context of the high-resolution structures of each of the RPPs (either alone or as functional binary complexes), we suggest residues for mutational analysis that may help uncover structure-function relationships in RPPs.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Influence of Conformation of M. tuberculosis RNase P Protein Subunit on Its Function. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0153798. [PMID: 27088505 PMCID: PMC4835064 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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RNase P is an essential enzyme that processes 5' end leader sequence of pre-tRNA to generate mature tRNA. The bacterial RNase Ps contain a RNA subunit and one protein subunit, where the RNA subunit contains the catalytic activity. The protein subunit which lacks any catalytic activity, relaxes the ionic requirements for holoenzyme reaction and is indispensable for pre-tRNA cleavage in vivo. In the current study, we reconstituted the M. tuberculosis RNase P holoenzyme in vitro. We prepared the RNase P protein through two different strategies that differ in the conditions under which the recombinant M. tuberculosis protein, expressed in E. coli was purified. The mycobacterial RNase P protein which was purified under native conditions subsequent to isolation from inclusion bodies and in vitro renaturation, was capable of cleaving pre-tRNA specifically without the requirement of RNase P RNA. However, the preparation that was purified under denaturing conditions and refolded subsequently lacked any inherent pre-tRNA processing activity and cleaved the substrate only as a component of the holoenzyme with the RNA subunit. We found that the two RNase P protein preparations attained alternative conformations and differed with respect to their stability as well.
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Gupta A, Swati D. Hammerhead Ribozymes in Archaeal Genomes: A Computational Hunt. Interdiscip Sci 2016; 9:192-204. [PMID: 26758619 DOI: 10.1007/s12539-016-0141-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Revised: 12/26/2015] [Accepted: 01/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hammerhead ribozymes (HHRs) are small self-cleaving RNAs, first discovered in viroids and satellite RNAs of plant viruses. They are composed of a catalytic core of conserved nucleotides flanked by three helices. More recently, hammerhead-encoding sequences have been identified in the genomes of many eukaryotes, prokaryotes and other non-viral species regulating various functions. In this study we have explored the Archaeal domain to identify HHRs using three different bioinformatics approach. Our study reveals four putative hits of HHRs type I and type II in the group Thaumarchaeota and Euryarchaeota in the Archaeal domain, one of which is the instance of HHR 1 in C. symbiosum A, already identified in a previous study. These HHRs are very similar to those previously described in terms of the conservation of their catalytic core. Based on 3-D structure analysis and free energy, these instances were concluded as putative HHRs. Our findings reveal that the catalytic core contains the conserved motifs that are essential for cleavage activity, but there are some instances in which compensatory core variations are present. However, no instances of HHRs have been found in Crenarchaeota. This study reveals a very scarce presence of HHRs in Archaea which suggests the involvement of other ncRNA elements in gene regulatory system like RNase P which are abundantly found in the Archaeal domain.
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- Angela Gupta
- Department of Bioinformatics, Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
- Department of Physics, Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
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Fagerlund RD, Perederina A, Berezin I, Krasilnikov AS. Footprinting analysis of interactions between the largest eukaryotic RNase P/MRP protein Pop1 and RNase P/MRP RNA components. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2015; 21:1591-605. [PMID: 26135751 PMCID: PMC4536320 DOI: 10.1261/rna.049007.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Ribonuclease (RNase) P and RNase MRP are closely related catalytic ribonucleoproteins involved in the metabolism of a wide range of RNA molecules, including tRNA, rRNA, and some mRNAs. The catalytic RNA component of eukaryotic RNase P retains the core elements of the bacterial RNase P ribozyme; however, the peripheral RNA elements responsible for the stabilization of the global architecture are largely absent in the eukaryotic enzyme. At the same time, the protein makeup of eukaryotic RNase P is considerably more complex than that of the bacterial RNase P. RNase MRP, an essential and ubiquitous eukaryotic enzyme, has a structural organization resembling that of eukaryotic RNase P, and the two enzymes share most of their protein components. Here, we present the results of the analysis of interactions between the largest protein component of yeast RNases P/MRP, Pop1, and the RNA moieties of the enzymes, discuss structural implications of the results, and suggest that Pop1 plays the role of a scaffold for the stabilization of the global architecture of eukaryotic RNase P RNA, substituting for the network of RNA-RNA tertiary interactions that maintain the global RNA structure in bacterial RNase P.
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- Robert D Fagerlund
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Pett W, Lavrov DV. Cytonuclear Interactions in the Evolution of Animal Mitochondrial tRNA Metabolism. Genome Biol Evol 2015; 7:2089-101. [PMID: 26116918 PMCID: PMC4558845 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The evolution of mitochondrial information processing pathways, including replication, transcription and translation, is characterized by the gradual replacement of mitochondrial-encoded proteins with nuclear-encoded counterparts of diverse evolutionary origins. Although the ancestral enzymes involved in mitochondrial transcription and replication have been replaced early in eukaryotic evolution, mitochondrial translation is still carried out by an apparatus largely inherited from the α-proteobacterial ancestor. However, variation in the complement of mitochondrial-encoded molecules involved in translation, including transfer RNAs (tRNAs), provides evidence for the ongoing evolution of mitochondrial protein synthesis. Here, we investigate the evolution of the mitochondrial translational machinery using recent genomic and transcriptomic data from animals that have experienced the loss of mt-tRNAs, including phyla Cnidaria and Ctenophora, as well as some representatives of all four classes of Porifera. We focus on four sets of mitochondrial enzymes that directly interact with tRNAs: Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, glutamyl-tRNA amidotransferase, tRNAIle lysidine synthetase, and RNase P. Our results support the observation that the fate of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins is influenced by the evolution of molecules encoded in mitochondrial DNA, but in a more complex manner than appreciated previously. The data also suggest that relaxed selection on mitochondrial translation rather than coevolution between mitochondrial and nuclear subunits is responsible for elevated rates of evolution in mitochondrial translational proteins.
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- Walker Pett
- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University Present address: Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive CNRS UMR 5558, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University
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Khattak WA, Ul-Islam M, Ullah MW, Khan S, Park JK. Endogenous Hydrolyzing Enzymes: Isolation, Characterization, and Applications in Biological Processes. POLYSACCHARIDES 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16298-0_55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Lai SM, Lai LB, Foster MP, Gopalan V. The L7Ae protein binds to two kink-turns in the Pyrococcus furiosus RNase P RNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:13328-38. [PMID: 25361963 PMCID: PMC4245976 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The RNA-binding protein L7Ae, known for its role in translation (as part of ribosomes) and RNA modification (as part of sn/oRNPs), has also been identified as a subunit of archaeal RNase P, a ribonucleoprotein complex that employs an RNA catalyst for the Mg2+-dependent 5′ maturation of tRNAs. To better understand the assembly and catalysis of archaeal RNase P, we used a site-specific hydroxyl radical-mediated footprinting strategy to pinpoint the binding sites of Pyrococcus furiosus (Pfu) L7Ae on its cognate RNase P RNA (RPR). L7Ae derivatives with single-Cys substitutions at residues in the predicted RNA-binding interface (K42C/C71V, R46C/C71V, V95C/C71V) were modified with an iron complex of EDTA-2-aminoethyl 2-pyridyl disulfide. Upon addition of hydrogen peroxide and ascorbate, these L7Ae-tethered nucleases were expected to cleave the RPR at nucleotides proximal to the EDTA-Fe–modified residues. Indeed, footprinting experiments with an enzyme assembled with the Pfu RPR and five protein cofactors (POP5, RPP21, RPP29, RPP30 and L7Ae–EDTA-Fe) revealed specific RNA cleavages, localizing the binding sites of L7Ae to the RPR's catalytic and specificity domains. These results support the presence of two kink-turns, the structural motifs recognized by L7Ae, in distinct functional domains of the RPR and suggest testable mechanisms by which L7Ae contributes to RNase P catalysis.
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- Stella M Lai
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Khattak WA, Ul-Islam M, Ullah MW, Khan S, Park JK. Endogenous Hydrolyzing Enzymes: Isolation, Characterization, and Applications in Biological Processes. POLYSACCHARIDES 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03751-6_55-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is one of the first ribozymes discovered and it is found in all phylogenetic groups. It is responsible for processing the 5' end of pre-tRNAs as well as other RNA molecules. RNase P is formed by an RNA molecule responsible for catalysis and one or more proteins. Structural studies of the proteins from different organisms, the bacterial RNA component, and a bacterial RNase P holoenzyme/tRNA complex provide insights into the mechanism of this universal ribozyme. Together with the existing wealth of biochemical information, these studies provide atomic-level information on the mechanism of RNase P and continue to expand our understanding of the structure and architecture of large RNA molecules and ribonucleoprotein complexes, the nature of catalysis by ribozymes, the structural basis of recognition of RNA by RNA molecules, and the evolution of enzymes from the prebiotic, RNA-based world to the modern world.
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- Alfonso Mondragón
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
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Goldfarb KC, Borah S, Cech TR. RNase P branches out from RNP to protein: organelle-triggered diversification? Genes Dev 2012; 26:1005-9. [PMID: 22588715 DOI: 10.1101/gad.193581.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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RNase P is the enzyme that removes 5' leader sequences from precursor tRNAs. Remarkably, in most organisms, RNase P is a ribonucleoprotein particle where the RNA component is responsible for catalysis. In this issue of Genes & Development, Gutmann and colleagues (pp. 1022-1027) report the first organism, Arabidopsis thaliana, to employ protein-only RNase P in both its nucleus and organelles. An intriguing possibility is that replacement of RNase P ribonucleoprotein particles (RNPs) by proteins may have been triggered by the acquisition of organelles.
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- Katherine C Goldfarb
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Biofrontiers Institute, Boulder Colorado 80309, USA
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Khanova E, Esakova O, Perederina A, Berezin I, Krasilnikov AS. Structural organizations of yeast RNase P and RNase MRP holoenzymes as revealed by UV-crosslinking studies of RNA-protein interactions. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2012; 18:720-8. [PMID: 22332141 PMCID: PMC3312559 DOI: 10.1261/rna.030874.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Eukaryotic ribonuclease (RNase) P and RNase MRP are closely related ribonucleoprotein complexes involved in the metabolism of various RNA molecules including tRNA, rRNA, and some mRNAs. While evolutionarily related to bacterial RNase P, eukaryotic enzymes of the RNase P/MRP family are much more complex. Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNase P consists of a catalytic RNA component and nine essential proteins; yeast RNase MRP has an RNA component resembling that in RNase P and 10 essential proteins, most of which are shared with RNase P. The structural organizations of eukaryotic RNases P/MRP are not clear. Here we present the results of RNA-protein UV crosslinking studies performed on RNase P and RNase MRP holoenzymes isolated from yeast. The results indicate locations of specific protein-binding sites in the RNA components of RNase P and RNase MRP and shed light on the structural organizations of these large ribonucleoprotein complexes.
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- Elena Khanova
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Corresponding author.E-mail .
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Chen WY, Singh D, Lai LB, Stiffler MA, Lai HD, Foster MP, Gopalan V. Fidelity of tRNA 5'-maturation: a possible basis for the functional dependence of archaeal and eukaryal RNase P on multiple protein cofactors. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:4666-80. [PMID: 22298511 PMCID: PMC3378863 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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RNase P, which catalyzes tRNA 5′-maturation, typically comprises a catalytic RNase P RNA (RPR) and a varying number of RNase P proteins (RPPs): 1 in bacteria, at least 4 in archaea and 9 in eukarya. The four archaeal RPPs have eukaryotic homologs and function as heterodimers (POP5•RPP30 and RPP21•RPP29). By studying the archaeal Methanocaldococcus jannaschii RPR's cis cleavage of precursor tRNAGln (pre-tRNAGln), which lacks certain consensus structures/sequences needed for substrate recognition, we demonstrate that RPP21•RPP29 and POP5•RPP30 can rescue the RPR's mis-cleavage tendency independently by 4-fold and together by 25-fold, suggesting that they operate by distinct mechanisms. This synergistic and preferential shift toward correct cleavage results from the ability of archaeal RPPs to selectively increase the RPR's apparent rate of correct cleavage by 11 140-fold, compared to only 480-fold for mis-cleavage. Moreover, POP5•RPP30, like the bacterial RPP, helps normalize the RPR's rates of cleavage of non-consensus and consensus pre-tRNAs. We also show that archaeal and eukaryal RNase P, compared to their bacterial relatives, exhibit higher fidelity of 5′-maturation of pre-tRNAGln and some of its mutant derivatives. Our results suggest that protein-rich RNase P variants might have evolved to support flexibility in substrate recognition while catalyzing efficient, high-fidelity 5′-processing.
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- Wen-Yi Chen
- Department of Biochemistry, and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Xu Y, Oruganti SV, Gopalan V, Foster MP. Thermodynamics of coupled folding in the interaction of archaeal RNase P proteins RPP21 and RPP29. Biochemistry 2012; 51:926-35. [PMID: 22243443 DOI: 10.1021/bi201674d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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We have used isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) to identify and describe binding-coupled equilibria in the interaction between two protein subunits of archaeal ribonuclease P (RNase P). In all three domains of life, RNase P is a ribonucleoprotein complex that is primarily responsible for catalyzing the Mg²⁺-dependent cleavage of the 5' leader sequence of precursor tRNAs during tRNA maturation. In archaea, RNase P has been shown to be composed of one catalytic RNA and up to five proteins, four of which associate in the absence of RNA as two functional heterodimers, POP5-RPP30 and RPP21-RPP29. Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of the Pyrococcus furiosus RPP21 and RPP29 proteins in their free and complexed states provided evidence of significant protein folding upon binding. ITC experiments were performed over a range of temperatures, ionic strengths, and pH values, in buffers with varying ionization potentials, and with a folding-deficient RPP21 point mutant. These experiments revealed a negative heat capacity change (ΔC(p)), nearly twice that predicted from surface accessibility calculations, a strong salt dependence for the interaction, and proton release at neutral pH, but a small net contribution from these to the excess ΔC(p). We considered potential contributions from protein folding and burial of interfacial water molecules based on structural and spectroscopic data. We conclude that binding-coupled protein folding is likely responsible for a significant portion of the excess ΔC(p). These findings provide novel structural and thermodynamic insights into coupled equilibria that allow specificity in macromolecular assemblies.
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- Yiren Xu
- Ohio State Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Hölzle A, Stoll B, Schnattinger T, Schöning U, Tjaden B, Marchfelder A. tRNA-like elements in Haloferax volcanii. Biochimie 2011; 94:940-6. [PMID: 22178322 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2011.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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All functional RNAs are generated from precursor molecules by a plethora of processing steps. The generation of mature RNA molecules by processing is an important layer of gene expression regulation catalysed by ribonucleases. Here, we analysed 5S rRNA processing in the halophilic Archaeon Haloferax volcanii. Earlier experiments showed that the 5S rRNA is cleaved at its 5' end by the endonuclease tRNase Z. Interestingly, a tRNA-like structure was identified upstream of the 5S rRNA that might be used as a processing signal. Here, we show that this tRNA-like element is indeed recognised as a processing signal by tRNase Z. Substrates containing mutations in the tRNA-like sequence are no longer processed, whereas a substrate containing a deletion in the 5S rRNA sequence is still cleaved. Therefore, an intact 5S rRNA structure is not required for processing. Further, we used bioinformatics analyses to identify additional sequences in Haloferax containing tRNA-like structures. This search resulted in the identification of all tRNAs, the tRNA-like structure upstream of the 5S RNA and 47 new tRNA-like structural elements. However, the in vitro processing of selected examples showed no cleavage of these newly identified elements. Thus, tRNA-like elements are not a general processing signal in Haloferax.
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- Annette Hölzle
- Biology II, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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Assembly of the complex between archaeal RNase P proteins RPP30 and Pop5. ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2011; 2011:891531. [PMID: 22162665 PMCID: PMC3227427 DOI: 10.1155/2011/891531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2011] [Revised: 08/10/2011] [Accepted: 08/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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RNase P is a highly conserved ribonucleoprotein enzyme that represents a model complex for understanding macromolecular RNA-protein interactions. Archaeal RNase P consists of one RNA and up to five proteins (Pop5, RPP30, RPP21, RPP29, and RPP38/L7Ae). Four of these proteins function in pairs (Pop5-RPP30 and RPP21–RPP29). We have used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) to characterize the interaction between Pop5 and RPP30 from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus (Pfu). NMR backbone resonance assignments of free RPP30 (25 kDa) indicate that the protein is well structured in solution, with a secondary structure matching that observed in a closely related crystal structure. Chemical shift perturbations upon the addition of Pop5 (14 kDa) reveal its binding surface on RPP30. ITC experiments confirm a net 1 : 1 stoichiometry for this tight protein-protein interaction and exhibit complex isotherms, indicative of higher-order binding. Indeed, light scattering and size exclusion chromatography data reveal the complex to exist as a 78 kDa heterotetramer with two copies each of Pop5 and RPP30. These results will inform future efforts to elucidate the functional role of the Pop5-RPP30 complex in RNase P assembly and catalysis.
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Marvin MC, Walker SC, Fierke CA, Engelke DR. Binding and cleavage of unstructured RNA by nuclear RNase P. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2011; 17:1429-40. [PMID: 21665997 PMCID: PMC3153968 DOI: 10.1261/rna.2633611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2011] [Accepted: 04/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is an essential endoribonuclease for which the best-characterized function is processing the 5' leader of pre-tRNAs. Compared to bacterial RNase P, which contains a single small protein subunit and a large catalytic RNA subunit, eukaryotic nuclear RNase P is more complex, containing nine proteins and an RNA subunit in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Consistent with this, nuclear RNase P has been shown to possess unique RNA binding capabilities. To understand the unique molecular recognition of nuclear RNase P, the interaction of S. cerevisiae RNase P with single-stranded RNA was characterized. Unstructured, single-stranded RNA inhibits RNase P in a size-dependent manner, suggesting that multiple interactions are required for high affinity binding. Mixed-sequence RNAs from protein-coding regions also bind strongly to the RNase P holoenzyme. However, in contrast to poly(U) homopolymer RNA that is not cleaved, a variety of mixed-sequence RNAs have multiple preferential cleavage sites that do not correspond to identifiable consensus structures or sequences. In addition, pre-tRNA(Tyr), poly(U)(50) RNA, and mixed-sequence RNA cross-link with purified RNase P in the RNA subunit Rpr1 near the active site in "Conserved Region I," although the exact positions vary. Additional contacts between poly(U)(50) and the RNase P proteins Rpr2p and Pop4p were identified. We conclude that unstructured RNAs interact with multiple protein and RNA contacts near the RNase P RNA active site, but that cleavage depends on the nature of interaction with the active site.
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- Michael C. Marvin
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606, USA
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Chen WY, Xu Y, Cho IM, Oruganti SV, Foster MP, Gopalan V. Cooperative RNP assembly: complementary rescue of structural defects by protein and RNA subunits of archaeal RNase P. J Mol Biol 2011; 411:368-83. [PMID: 21683084 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2011] [Accepted: 05/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is a ribonucleoprotein complex that utilizes a Mg(2+)-dependent RNA catalyst to cleave the 5' leader of precursor tRNAs (pre-tRNAs) and generate mature tRNAs. The bacterial RNase P protein (RPP) aids RNase P RNA (RPR) catalysis by promoting substrate binding, Mg(2+) coordination and product release. Archaeal RNase P comprises an RPR and at least four RPPs, which have eukaryal homologs and function as two binary complexes (POP5·RPP30 and RPP21·RPP29). Here, we employed a previously characterized substrate-enzyme conjugate [pre-tRNA(Tyr)-Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (Mja) RPR] to investigate the functional role of a universally conserved uridine in a bulge-helix structure in archaeal RPRs. Deletion of this bulged uridine resulted in an 80-fold decrease in the self-cleavage rate of pre-tRNA(Tyr)-MjaΔU RPR compared to the wild type, and this defect was partially ameliorated upon addition of either RPP pair. The catalytic defect in the archaeal mutant RPR mirrors that reported in a bacterial RPR and highlights a parallel in their active sites. Furthermore, an N-terminal deletion mutant of Pyrococcus furiosus (Pfu) RPP29 that is defective in assembling with its binary partner RPP21, as assessed by isothermal titration calorimetry and NMR spectroscopy, is functional when reconstituted with the cognate Pfu RPR. Collectively, these results indicate that archaeal RPPs are able to compensate for structural defects in their cognate RPR and vice-versa, and provide striking examples of the cooperative subunit interactions critical for driving archaeal RNase P toward its functional conformation.
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- Wen-Yi Chen
- Department of Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Reiner R, Alfiya-Mor N, Berrebi-Demma M, Wesolowski D, Altman S, Jarrous N. RNA binding properties of conserved protein subunits of human RNase P. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:5704-14. [PMID: 21450806 PMCID: PMC3141246 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Human nuclear RNase P is required for transcription and processing of tRNA. This catalytic RNP has an H1 RNA moiety associated with ten distinct protein subunits. Five (Rpp20, Rpp21, Rpp25, Rpp29 and Pop5) out of eight of these protein subunits, prepared in refolded recombinant forms, bind to H1 RNA in vitro. Rpp20 and Rpp25 bind jointly to H1 RNA, even though each protein can interact independently with this transcript. Nuclease footprinting analysis reveals that Rpp20 and Rpp25 recognize overlapping regions in the P2 and P3 domains of H1 RNA. Rpp21 and Rpp29, which are sufficient for reconstitution of the endonucleolytic activity, bind to separate regions in the catalytic domain of H1 RNA. Common themes and discrepancies in the RNA-protein interactions between human nuclear RNase P and its related yeast and archaeal counterparts provide a rationale for the assembly of the fully active form of this enzyme.
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- Robert Reiner
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Stamatopoulou V, Toumpeki C, Tzakos A, Vourekas A, Drainas D. Domain Architecture of the DRpp29 Protein and Its Interaction with the RNA Subunit of Dictyostelium discoideum RNase P. Biochemistry 2010; 49:10714-27. [DOI: 10.1021/bi101297z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Section of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
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Perederina A, Krasilnikov AS. The P3 domain of eukaryotic RNases P/MRP: making a protein-rich RNA-based enzyme. RNA Biol 2010; 7:534-9. [PMID: 20523128 DOI: 10.4161/rna.7.5.12302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Nuclear Ribonuclease (RNase) P is a universal essential RNA-based enzyme made of a catalytic RNA component and a protein part; eukaryotic RNase P is closely related to a universal eukaryotic ribonucleoprotein RNase MRP. The protein part of the eukaryotic RNases P/MRP is dramatically more complex than that in bacterial and archaeal RNases P. The increase in the complexity of the protein part in eukaryotic RNases P/MRP was accompanied by the appearance of a novel structural element in the RNA component: an essential and phylogenetically conserved helix-loop-helix P3 RNA domain. The crystal structure of the P3 RNA domain in a complex with protein components Pop6 and Pop7 has been recently solved. Here we discuss the most salient structural features of the P3 domain as well as its possible role in the evolutionary transition to the protein-rich eukaryotic RNases P/MRP.
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- Anna Perederina
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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Nuclear ribonuclease (RNase) P is a ubiquitous essential ribonucleoprotein complex, one of only two known RNA-based enzymes found in all three domains of life. The RNA component is the catalytic moiety of RNases P across all phylogenetic domains; it contains a well-conserved core, whereas peripheral structural elements are diverse. RNA components of eukaryotic RNases P tend to be less complex than their bacterial counterparts, a simplification that is accompanied by a dramatic reduction of their catalytic ability in the absence of protein. The size and complexity of the protein moieties increase dramatically from bacterial to archaeal to eukaryotic enzymes, apparently reflecting the delegation of some structural functions from RNA to proteins and, perhaps, in response to the increased complexity of the cellular environment in the more evolutionarily advanced organisms; the reasons for the increased dependence on proteins are not clear. We review current information on RNase P and the closely related universal eukaryotic enzyme RNase MRP, focusing on their functions and structural organization.
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- Olga Esakova
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Jarrous N, Gopalan V. Archaeal/eukaryal RNase P: subunits, functions and RNA diversification. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:7885-94. [PMID: 20716516 PMCID: PMC3001073 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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RNase P, a catalytic ribonucleoprotein (RNP), is best known for its role in precursor tRNA processing. Recent discoveries have revealed that eukaryal RNase P is also required for transcription and processing of select non-coding RNAs, thus enmeshing RNase P in an intricate network of machineries required for gene expression. Moreover, the RNase P RNA seems to have been subject to gene duplication, selection and divergence to generate two new catalytic RNPs, RNase MRP and MRP-TERT, which perform novel functions encompassing cell cycle control and stem cell biology. We present new evidence and perspectives on the functional diversification of the RNase P RNA to highlight it as a paradigm for the evolutionary plasticity that underlies the extant broad repertoire of catalytic and unexpected regulatory roles played by RNA-driven RNPs.
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- Nayef Jarrous
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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To the mounting evidence of nonribosomal functions for ribosomal proteins, we now add L7Ae as a subunit of archaeal RNase P, a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) that catalyzes 5'-maturation of precursor tRNAs (pre-tRNAs). We first demonstrate that L7Ae coelutes with partially purified Methanococcus maripaludis (Mma) RNase P activity. After establishing in vitro reconstitution of the single RNA with four previously known protein subunits (POP5, RPP21, RPP29, and RPP30), we show that addition of L7Ae to this RNase P complex increases the optimal reaction temperature and k(cat)/K(m) (by approximately 360-fold) for pre-tRNA cleavage to those observed with partially purified native Mma RNase P. We identify in the Mma RNase P RNA a putative kink-turn (K-turn), the structural motif recognized by L7Ae. The large stimulatory effect of Mma L7Ae on RNase P activity decreases to <or= 4% of wild type upon mutating either the conserved nucleotides in this K-turn or amino acids in L7Ae shown to be essential for K-turn binding. The critical, multifunctional role of archaeal L7Ae in RNPs acting in tRNA processing (RNase P), RNA modification (H/ACA, C/D snoRNPs), and translation (ribosomes), especially by employing the same RNA-recognition surface, suggests coevolution of various translation-related functions, presumably to facilitate their coordinate regulation.
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Arraiano CM, Andrade JM, Domingues S, Guinote IB, Malecki M, Matos RG, Moreira RN, Pobre V, Reis FP, Saramago M, Silva IJ, Viegas SC. The critical role of RNA processing and degradation in the control of gene expression. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2010; 34:883-923. [PMID: 20659169 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00242.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The continuous degradation and synthesis of prokaryotic mRNAs not only give rise to the metabolic changes that are required as cells grow and divide but also rapid adaptation to new environmental conditions. In bacteria, RNAs can be degraded by mechanisms that act independently, but in parallel, and that target different sites with different efficiencies. The accessibility of sites for degradation depends on several factors, including RNA higher-order structure, protection by translating ribosomes and polyadenylation status. Furthermore, RNA degradation mechanisms have shown to be determinant for the post-transcriptional control of gene expression. RNases mediate the processing, decay and quality control of RNA. RNases can be divided into endonucleases that cleave the RNA internally or exonucleases that cleave the RNA from one of the extremities. Just in Escherichia coli there are >20 different RNases. RNase E is a single-strand-specific endonuclease critical for mRNA decay in E. coli. The enzyme interacts with the exonuclease polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase), enolase and RNA helicase B (RhlB) to form the degradosome. However, in Bacillus subtilis, this enzyme is absent, but it has other main endonucleases such as RNase J1 and RNase III. RNase III cleaves double-stranded RNA and family members are involved in RNA interference in eukaryotes. RNase II family members are ubiquitous exonucleases, and in eukaryotes, they can act as the catalytic subunit of the exosome. RNases act in different pathways to execute the maturation of rRNAs and tRNAs, and intervene in the decay of many different mRNAs and small noncoding RNAs. In general, RNases act as a global regulatory network extremely important for the regulation of RNA levels.
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- Cecília M Arraiano
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Apartado 127, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal.
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Sun FJ, Caetano-Anollés G. The ancient history of the structure of ribonuclease P and the early origins of Archaea. BMC Bioinformatics 2010; 11:153. [PMID: 20334683 PMCID: PMC2858038 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-11-153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2010] [Accepted: 03/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ribonuclease P is an ancient endonuclease that cleaves precursor tRNA and generally consists of a catalytic RNA subunit (RPR) and one or more proteins (RPPs). It represents an important macromolecular complex and model system that is universally distributed in life. Its putative origins have inspired fundamental hypotheses, including the proposal of an ancient RNA world. RESULTS To study the evolution of this complex, we constructed rooted phylogenetic trees of RPR molecules and substructures and estimated RPP age using a cladistic method that embeds structure directly into phylogenetic analysis. The general approach was used previously to study the evolution of tRNA, SINE RNA and 5S rRNA, the origins of metabolism, and the evolution and complexity of the protein world, and revealed here remarkable evolutionary patterns. Trees of molecules uncovered the tripartite nature of life and the early origin of archaeal RPRs. Trees of substructures showed molecules originated in stem P12 and were accessorized with a catalytic P1-P4 core structure before the first substructure was lost in Archaea. This core currently interacts with RPPs and ancient segments of the tRNA molecule. Finally, a census of protein domain structure in hundreds of genomes established RPPs appeared after the rise of metabolic enzymes at the onset of the protein world. CONCLUSIONS The study provides a detailed account of the history and early diversification of a fundamental ribonucleoprotein and offers further evidence in support of the existence of a tripartite organismal world that originated by the segregation of archaeal lineages from an ancient community of primordial organisms.
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- Feng-Jie Sun
- Evolutionary Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, Jilin Province, PR China
- W.M. Keck Center for Comparative and Functional Genomics, Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Evolutionary Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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McClain WH, Lai LB, Gopalan V. Trials, travails and triumphs: an account of RNA catalysis in RNase P. J Mol Biol 2010; 397:627-46. [PMID: 20100492 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.01.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2009] [Revised: 01/12/2010] [Accepted: 01/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Last December marked the 20th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Sidney Altman and Thomas Cech for their discovery of RNA catalysts in bacterial ribonuclease P (an enzyme catalyzing 5' maturation of tRNAs) and a self-splicing rRNA of Tetrahymena, respectively. Coinciding with the publication of a treatise on RNase P, this review provides a historical narrative, a brief report on our current knowledge, and a discussion of some research prospects on RNase P.
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- William H McClain
- Department of Bacteriology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Lai LB, Vioque A, Kirsebom LA, Gopalan V. Unexpected diversity of RNase P, an ancient tRNA processing enzyme: challenges and prospects. FEBS Lett 2009; 584:287-96. [PMID: 19931535 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.11.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2009] [Revised: 11/09/2009] [Accepted: 11/13/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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For an enzyme functioning predominantly in a seemingly housekeeping role of 5' tRNA maturation, RNase P displays a remarkable diversity in subunit make-up across the three domains of life. Despite the protein complexity of this ribonucleoprotein enzyme increasing dramatically from bacteria to eukarya, the catalytic function rests with the RNA subunit during evolution. However, the recent demonstration of a protein-only human mitochondrial RNase P has added further intrigue to the compositional variability of this enzyme. In this review, we discuss some possible reasons underlying the structural diversity of the active sites, and use them as thematic bases for elaborating new directions to understand how functional variations might have contributed to the complex evolution of RNase P.
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- Lien B Lai
- Department of Biochemistry and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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The "RNA World" hypothesis suggests that life developed from RNA enzymes termed ribozymes, which carry out reactions without assistance from proteins. Ribonuclease (RNase) P is one ribozyme that appears to have adapted these origins to modern cellular life by adding protein to the RNA core in order to broaden the potential functions. This RNA-protein complex plays diverse roles in processing RNA, but its best-understood reaction is pre-tRNA maturation, resulting in mature 5' ends of tRNAs. The core catalytic activity resides in the RNA subunit of almost all RNase P enzymes but broader substrate tolerance is required for recognizing not only the diverse sequences of tRNAs, but also additional cellular RNA substrates. This broader substrate tolerance is provided by the addition of protein to the RNA core and allows RNase P to selectively recognize different RNAs, and possibly ribonucleoprotein (RNP) substrates. Thus, increased protein content correlated with evolution from bacteria to eukaryotes has further enhanced substrate potential enabling the enzyme to function in a complex cellular environment.
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- Michael C. Marvin
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606
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Xu Y, Amero CD, Pulukkunat DK, Gopalan V, Foster MP. Solution structure of an archaeal RNase P binary protein complex: formation of the 30-kDa complex between Pyrococcus furiosus RPP21 and RPP29 is accompanied by coupled protein folding and highlights critical features for protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions. J Mol Biol 2009; 393:1043-55. [PMID: 19733182 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.08.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2009] [Revised: 08/28/2009] [Accepted: 08/30/2009] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) enzyme that catalyzes the Mg(2+)-dependent 5' maturation of precursor tRNAs. In all domains of life, it is a ribozyme: the RNase P RNA (RPR) component has been demonstrated to be responsible for catalysis. However, the number of RNase P protein subunits (RPPs) varies from 1 in bacteria to 9 or 10 in eukarya. The archaeal RPR is associated with at least 4 RPPs, which function in pairs (RPP21-RPP29 and RPP30-POP5). We used solution NMR spectroscopy to determine the three-dimensional structure of the protein-protein complex comprising Pyrococcus furiosus RPP21 and RPP29. We found that the protein-protein interaction is characterized by coupled folding of secondary structural elements that participate in interface formation. In addition to detailing the intermolecular contacts that stabilize this 30-kDa binary complex, the structure identifies surfaces rich in conserved basic residues likely vital for recognition of the RPR and/or precursor tRNA. Furthermore, enzymatic footprinting experiments allowed us to localize the RPP21-RPP29 complex to the specificity domain of the RPR. These findings provide valuable new insights into mechanisms of RNP assembly and serve as important steps towards a three-dimensional model of this ancient RNP enzyme.
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- Yiren Xu
- Ohio State Biochemistry Program, Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Hsieh J, Fierke CA. Conformational change in the Bacillus subtilis RNase P holoenzyme--pre-tRNA complex enhances substrate affinity and limits cleavage rate. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2009; 15:1565-77. [PMID: 19549719 PMCID: PMC2714742 DOI: 10.1261/rna.1639409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is a ribonucleoprotein complex that catalyzes the 5' maturation of precursor tRNAs. To investigate the mechanism of substrate recognition in this enzyme, we characterize the thermodynamics and kinetics of Bacillus subtilis pre-tRNA(Asp) binding to B. subtilis RNase P holoenzyme using fluorescence techniques. Time courses for fluorescein-labeled pre-tRNA binding to RNase P are biphasic in the presence of both Ca(II) and Mg(II), requiring a minimal two-step association mechanism. In the first step, the apparent bimolecular rate constant for pre-tRNA associating with RNase P has a value that is near the diffusion limit and is independent of the length of the pre-tRNA leader. Following formation of the initial enzyme-substrate complex, a unimolecular step enhances the overall affinity of pre-tRNA by eight- to 300-fold as the length of the leader sequence increases from 2 to 5 nucleotides. This increase in affinity is due to a decrease in the reverse rate constant for the conformational change that correlates with the formation of an optimal leader-protein interaction in the RNase P holoenzyme-pre-tRNA complex. Furthermore, the forward rate constant for the conformational change becomes rate limiting for cleavage under single-turnover conditions at high pH, explaining the origin of the observed apparent pK(a) in the RNase P-catalyzed cleavage reaction. These data suggest that a conformational change in the RNase P*pre-tRNA complex is coupled to the interactions between the 5' leader and P protein and aligns essential functional groups at the cleavage active site to enhance efficient cleavage of pre-tRNA.
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- John Hsieh
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Amero CD, Boomershine WP, Xu Y, Foster M. Solution structure of Pyrococcus furiosus RPP21, a component of the archaeal RNase P holoenzyme, and interactions with its RPP29 protein partner. Biochemistry 2008; 47:11704-10. [PMID: 18922021 PMCID: PMC2650222 DOI: 10.1021/bi8015982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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RNase P is the ubiquitous ribonucleoprotein metalloenzyme responsible for cleaving the 5'-leader sequence of precursor tRNAs during their maturation. While the RNA subunit is catalytically active on its own at high monovalent and divalent ion concentrations, four protein subunits are associated with archaeal RNase P activity in vivo: RPP21, RPP29, RPP30, and POP5. These proteins have been shown to function in pairs: RPP21-RPP29 and POP5-RPP30. We have determined the solution structure of RPP21 from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus ( Pfu) using conventional and paramagnetic NMR techniques. Pfu RPP21 in solution consists of an unstructured N-terminus, two alpha-helices, a zinc binding motif, and an unstructured C-terminus. Moreover, we have used chemical shift perturbations to characterize the interaction of RPP21 with RPP29. The data show that the primary contact with RPP29 is localized to the two helices of RPP21. This information represents a fundamental step toward understanding structure-function relationships of the archaeal RNase P holoenzyme.
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- Carlos D Amero
- Biophysics Program, Ohio State University, Columbus OH 43210
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- Department of Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus OH 43210
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- Biophysics Program, Ohio State University, Columbus OH 43210
- Department of Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus OH 43210
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Pulukkunat DK, Gopalan V. Studies on Methanocaldococcus jannaschii RNase P reveal insights into the roles of RNA and protein cofactors in RNase P catalysis. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:4172-80. [PMID: 18558617 PMCID: PMC2475606 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Ribonuclease P (RNase P), a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex required for tRNA maturation, comprises one essential RNA (RPR) and protein subunits (RPPs) numbering one in bacteria, and at least four in archaea and nine in eukarya. While the bacterial RPR is catalytically active in vitro, only select euryarchaeal and eukaryal RPRs are weakly active despite secondary structure similarity and conservation of nucleotide identity in their putative catalytic core. Such a decreased archaeal/eukaryal RPR function might imply that their cognate RPPs provide the functional groups that make up the active site. However, substrate-binding defects might mask the ability of some of these RPRs, such as that from the archaeon Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (Mja), to catalyze precursor tRNA (ptRNA) processing. To test this hypothesis, we constructed a ptRNA-Mja RPR conjugate and found that indeed it self-cleaves efficiently (k(obs), 0.15 min(-1) at pH 5.5 and 55 degrees C). Moreover, one pair of Mja RPPs (POP5-RPP30) enhanced k(obs) for the RPR-catalyzed self-processing by approximately 100-fold while the other pair (RPP21-RPP29) had no effect; both binary RPP complexes significantly reduced the monovalent and divalent ionic requirement. Our results suggest a common RNA-mediated catalytic mechanism in all RNase P and help uncover parallels in RNase P catalysis hidden by plurality in its subunit make-up.
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- Dileep K Pulukkunat
- Ohio State Biochemistry Program and Department of Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Smith JK, Hsieh J, Fierke CA. Importance of RNA-protein interactions in bacterial ribonuclease P structure and catalysis. Biopolymers 2007; 87:329-38. [PMID: 17868095 DOI: 10.1002/bip.20846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex that catalyzes the metal-dependent maturation of the 5' end of precursor tRNAs (pre-tRNAs) in all organisms. RNase P is comprised of a catalytic RNA (P RNA), and at least one essential protein (P protein). Although P RNA is the catalytic subunit of the enzyme and is active in the absence of P protein under high salt concentrations in vitro, the protein is still required for enzyme activity in vivo. Therefore, the function of the P protein and how it interacts with both P RNA and pre-tRNA have been the focus of much ongoing research. RNA-protein interactions in RNase P serve a number of critical roles in the RNP including stabilizing the structure, and enhancing the affinity for substrates and metal ions. This review examines the role of RNA-protein interactions in bacterial RNase P from both structural and mechanistic perspectives.
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- J Kristin Smith
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Saïda F. Overview on the Expression of Toxic Gene Products inEscherichia coli. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; Chapter 5:Unit 5.19. [DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps0519s50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Fakhri Saïda
- University of California San Diego La Jolla California
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Major progress in the study of RNase P has resulted from crystallography of bacterial catalytic subunits and the discovery of catalytic activity in eukaryotes. Several new substrates have also been identified, primarily in bacteria but also in yeast. Our current world should be called the "RNA-protein world" rather than the "protein world".
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- Sidney Altman
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, CT 06511, USA.
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Kalavrizioti D, Vourekas A, Drainas D. DRpp20 and DRpp40: Two protein subunits involved in Dictyostelium discoideum ribonuclease P holoenzyme assembly. Gene 2007; 400:52-9. [PMID: 17611045 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2007] [Revised: 05/04/2007] [Accepted: 05/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ribonuclease P is an essential enzyme that matures the 5' ends of all primary tRNA transcripts. RNase P enzymes contain a similar in size RNA subunit which is absolutely required for catalysis. The holoenzyme from Dictyostelium discoideum possesses an essential for activity RNA subunit but the exact protein composition is still under investigation. Bioinformatic analysis of D. discoideum sequencing data returned seven ORFs homologous to previously characterized RNase P protein subunits from human. In the present study, DRpp20 and DRpp40 were cloned and characterized. These proteins apart from the noted similarity possess idiosyncratic regions. Immunobiochemical analysis presented herein indicates their direct involvement in the formation of the ribonucleoprotein complex of D. discoideum RNase P holoenzyme.
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- Dimitra Kalavrizioti
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 1 Asklipiou st., Patras 26504, Greece
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Jarrous N, Reiner R. Human RNase P: a tRNA-processing enzyme and transcription factor. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:3519-24. [PMID: 17483522 PMCID: PMC1920233 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ribonuclease P (RNase P) has been hitherto well known as a catalytic ribonucleoprotein that processes the 5' leader sequence of precursor tRNA. Recent studies, however, reveal a new role for nuclear forms of RNase P in the transcription of tRNA genes by RNA polymerase (pol) III, thus linking transcription with processing in the regulation of tRNA gene expression. However, RNase P is also essential for the transcription of other small noncoding RNA genes, whose precursor transcripts are not recognized as substrates for this holoenzyme. Accordingly, RNase P can act solely as a transcription factor for pol III, a role that seems to be conserved in eukarya.
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- Nayef Jarrous
- Department of Molecular Biology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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Vourekas A, Kalavrizioti D, Zarkadis IK, Spyroulias GA, Stathopoulos C, Drainas D. A 40.7 kDa Rpp30/Rpp1 homologue is a protein subunit of Dictyostelium discoideum RNase P holoenzyme. Biochimie 2007; 89:301-10. [PMID: 17207566 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2006] [Accepted: 11/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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RNase P is an essential and ubiquitous endonuclease that mediates the maturation of the 5' ends of all precursor tRNA molecules. The holoenzyme from Dictyostelium discoideum possesses RNA and protein subunits essential for activity, but the exact composition of the ribonucleoprotein complex is still under investigation. Bioinformatic analysis of D. discoideum genome identified seven open reading frames encoding candidate RNase P protein subunits. The gene named drpp30 encodes a protein with a predicted molecular mass of 40.7 kDa that clusters with Rpp1 and Rpp30 RNase P protein subunits from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and human respectively, which have significantly lower molecular masses. Cloning and heterologous expression of DRpp30 followed by immunochemical analysis of RNase P active fractions demonstrates its association with RNase P holoenzyme. Furthermore, we show that DRpp30 can bind D. discoideum RNase P RNA and tRNA transcripts in vitro, giving a first insight of its possible role in D. discoideum RNase P function. Homology modeling using as a template the archaeal Ph1887p, and molecular dynamics simulations of the modeled structure suggest that DRpp30 adopts a TIM-barrel fold.
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Marquez SM, Chen JL, Evans D, Pace NR. Structure and function of eukaryotic Ribonuclease P RNA. Mol Cell 2006; 24:445-56. [PMID: 17081993 PMCID: PMC1716732 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2006] [Revised: 08/16/2006] [Accepted: 09/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is the ribonucleoprotein endonuclease that processes the 5' ends of precursor tRNAs. Bacterial and eukaryal RNase P RNAs had the same primordial ancestor; however, they were molded differently by evolution. RNase P RNAs of eukaryotes, in contrast to bacterial RNAs, are not catalytically active in vitro without proteins. By comparing the bacterial and eukaryal RNAs, we can begin to understand the transitions made between the RNA and protein-dominated worlds. We report, based on crosslinking studies, that eukaryal RNAs, although catalytically inactive alone, fold into functional forms and specifically bind tRNA even in the absence of proteins. Based on the crosslinking results and crystal structures of bacterial RNAs, we develop a tertiary structure model of the eukaryal RNase P RNA. The eukaryal RNA contains a core structure similar to the bacterial RNA but lacks specific features that in bacterial RNAs contribute to catalysis and global stability of tertiary structure.
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Affiliation(s)
- Steven M. Marquez
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0347 USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604 USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0347 USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0347 USA
- *Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Telephone 303-735-1864 Fax 303-492-7744
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