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The KEOPS (kinase, putative endopeptidase, and other proteins of small size) complex has critical functions in eukaryotes; however, its role in fungal pathogens remains elusive. Herein, we comprehensively analyzed the pathobiological functions of the fungal KEOPS complex in Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn), which causes fatal meningoencephalitis in humans. We identified four CnKEOPS components: Pcc1, Kae1, Bud32, and Cgi121. Deletion of PCC1, KAE1, or BUD32 caused severe defects in vegetative growth, cell cycle control, sexual development, general stress responses, and virulence factor production, whereas deletion of CGI121 led to similar but less severe defects. This suggests that Pcc1, Kae1, and Bud32 are the core KEOPS components, and Cgi121 may play auxiliary roles. Nevertheless, all KEOPS components were essential for C. neoformans pathogenicity. Although the CnKEOPS complex appeared to have a conserved linear arrangement of Pcc1-Kae1-Bud32-Cgi121, as supported by physical interaction between Pcc1-Kae1 and Kae1-Bud32, CnBud32 was found to have a unique extended loop region that was critical for the KEOPS functions. Interestingly, CnBud32 exhibited both kinase activity-dependent and -independent functions. Supporting its pleiotropic roles, the CnKEOPS complex not only played conserved roles in t6A modification of ANN codon-recognizing tRNAs but also acted as a major transcriptional regulator, thus controlling hundreds of genes involved in various cellular processes, particularly ergosterol biosynthesis. In conclusion, the KEOPS complex plays both evolutionarily conserved and divergent roles in controlling the pathobiological features of C. neoformans and could be an anticryptococcal drug target. IMPORTANCE The cellular function and structural configuration of the KEOPS complex have been elucidated in some eukaryotes and archaea but have never been fully characterized in fungal pathogens. Here, we comprehensively analyzed the pathobiological roles of the KEOPS complex in the globally prevalent fungal meningitis-causing pathogen C. neoformans. The CnKEOPS complex, composed of a linear arrangement of Pcc1-Kae1-Bud32-Cgi121, not only played evolutionarily conserved roles in growth, sexual development, stress responses, and tRNA modification but also had unique roles in controlling virulence factor production and pathogenicity. Notably, a unique extended loop structure in CnBud32 is critical for the KEOPS complex in C. neoformans. Supporting its pleiotropic roles, transcriptome analysis revealed that the CnKEOPS complex governs several hundreds of genes involved in carbon and amino acid metabolism, pheromone response, and ergosterol biosynthesis. Therefore, this study provides novel insights into the fungal KEOPS complex that could be exploited as a potential antifungal drug target.
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Kae1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae KEOPS complex possesses ADP/GDP nucleotidase activity. Biochem J 2022; 479:2433-2447. [PMID: 36416748 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20220290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The KEOPS complex is an evolutionarily conserved protein complex in all three domains of life (Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya). In budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the KEOPS complex (ScKEOPS) consists of five subunits, which are Kae1, Bud32, Cgi121, Pcc1, and Gon7. The KEOPS complex is an ATPase and is required for tRNA N6-threonylcarbamoyladenosine modification, telomere length maintenance, and efficient DNA repair. Here, recombinant ScKEOPS full complex and Kae1-Pcc1-Gon7 and Bud32-Cgi121 subcomplexes were purified and their biochemical activities were examined. KEOPS was observed to have ATPase and GTPase activities, which are predominantly attributed to the Bud32 subunit, as catalytically dead Bud32, but not catalytically dead Kae1, largely eliminated the ATPase/GTPase activity of KEOPS. In addition, KEOPS could hydrolyze ADP to adenosine or GDP to guanosine, and produce PPi, indicating that KEOPS is an ADP/GDP nucleotidase. Further mutagenesis characterization of Bud32 and Kae1 subunits revealed that Kae1, but not Bud32, is responsible for the ADP/GDP nucleotidase activity. In addition, the Kae1V309D mutant exhibited decreased ADP/GDP nucleotidase activity in vitro and shortened telomeres in vivo, but showed only a limited defect in t6A modification, suggesting that the ADP/GDP nucleotidase activity of KEOPS contributes to telomere length regulation.
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Conservation and Diversification of tRNA t6A-Modifying Enzymes across the Three Domains of Life. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232113600. [PMID: 36362385 PMCID: PMC9654439 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The universal N6-threonylcarbamoyladenosine (t6A) modification occurs at position 37 of tRNAs that decipher codons starting with adenosine. Mechanistically, t6A stabilizes structural configurations of the anticodon stem loop, promotes anticodon–codon pairing and safeguards the translational fidelity. The biosynthesis of tRNA t6A is co-catalyzed by two universally conserved protein families of TsaC/Sua5 (COG0009) and TsaD/Kae1/Qri7 (COG0533). Enzymatically, TsaC/Sua5 protein utilizes the substrates of L-threonine, HCO3−/CO2 and ATP to synthesize an intermediate L-threonylcarbamoyladenylate, of which the threonylcarbamoyl-moiety is subsequently transferred onto the A37 of substrate tRNAs by the TsaD–TsaB –TsaE complex in bacteria or by the KEOPS complex in archaea and eukaryotic cytoplasm, whereas Qri7/OSGEPL1 protein functions on its own in mitochondria. Depletion of tRNA t6A interferes with protein homeostasis and gravely affects the life of unicellular organisms and the fitness of higher eukaryotes. Pathogenic mutations of YRDC, OSGEPL1 and KEOPS are implicated in a number of human mitochondrial and neurological diseases, including autosomal recessive Galloway–Mowat syndrome. The molecular mechanisms underscoring both the biosynthesis and cellular roles of tRNA t6A are presently not well elucidated. This review summarizes current mechanistic understandings of the catalysis, regulation and disease implications of tRNA t6A-biosynthetic machineries of three kingdoms of life, with a special focus on delineating the structure–function relationship from perspectives of conservation and diversity.
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Treimer E, Niedermayer K, Schumann S, Zenker M, Schmeisser MJ, Kühl SJ. Galloway-Mowat syndrome: New insights from bioinformatics and expression during Xenopus embryogenesis. Gene Expr Patterns 2021; 42:119215. [PMID: 34619372 DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2021.119215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Galloway-Mowat syndrome (GAMOS) is a rare developmental disease. Patients suffer from congenital brain anomalies combined with renal abnormalities often resulting in an early-onset steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. The etiology of GAMOS has a heterogeneous genetic contribution. Mutations in more than 10 different genes have been reported in GAMOS patients. Among these are mutations in four genes encoding members of the human KEOPS (kinase, endopeptidase and other proteins of small size) complex, including OSGEP, TP53RK, TPRKB and LAGE3. Until now, these components have been functionally mainly investigated in bacteria, eukarya and archaea and in humans in the context of the discovery of its role in GAMOS, but the KEOPS complex members' expression and function during embryogenesis in vertebrates is still unknown. In this study, in silico analysis showed that both gene localization and the protein sequences of the three core KEOPS complex members Osgep, Tp53rk and Tprkb are highly conserved across different species including Xenopus laevis. In addition, we examined the spatio-temporal expression pattern of osgep, tp53rk and tprkb using RT-PCR and whole mount in situ hybridization approaches during early Xenopus development. We observed that all three genes were expressed during early embryogenesis and enriched in tissues and organs affected in GAMOS. More precisely, KEOPS complex genes are expressed in the pronephros, but also in neural tissue such as the developing brain, eye and cranial cartilage. These findings suggest that the KEOPS complex plays an important role during vertebrate embryonic development.
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- Ernestine Treimer
- Institute for Microscopic Anatomy and Neurobiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute for Microscopic Anatomy and Neurobiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute for Microscopic Anatomy and Neurobiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Focus Program Translational Neurosciences, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
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Abel ME, Zhang X, Asah SM, Wolfinger A, McCullumsmith RE, O'Donovan SM. KEOPS complex expression in the frontal cortex in major depression and schizophrenia. World J Biol Psychiatry 2021; 22:446-455. [PMID: 32914678 PMCID: PMC8005497 DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2020.1821917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Recently, the presence of a complete five subunit Kinase, Endopeptidase and Other Proteins of small Size (KEOPS) complex was confirmed in humans. The highly conserved KEOPS protein complex has established roles in tRNA modification, protein translation and telomere homeostasis in yeast, but little is known about KEOPS mRNA expression and function in human brain and disease. Here, we characterise KEOPS expression in post-mortem tissue from subjects diagnosed with major depression (MDD) and schizophrenia and assess whether KEOPS is associated with telomere length dysregulation in neuropsychiatric disorders. METHODS We assessed mRNA expression of KEOPS complex subunits TP53RK, TPRKB, GON7, LAGE3, OSGEP, and OSGEP mitochondrial ortholog OSGEPL1 in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) of subjects with MDD, schizophrenia and matched non-psychiatrically ill controls (n = 20 per group) using qPCR. We conducted bioinformatic analysis using Kaleidoscope, data mining post-mortem transcriptomic datasets to characterise KEOPS expression in human brain. Finally, we assayed relative telomere length in the DLPFC using a qPCR-based assay and carried out correlation analysis with KEOPS subunit mRNA expression to determine if the KEOPS complex is associated with telomere length dysregulation in neuropsychiatric disorders. RESULTS There were no significant changes in KEOPS mRNA expression in the DLPFC in MDD or schizophrenia compared to non-psychiatrically ill controls. Relative telomere length was not significantly altered in MDD or schizophrenia, nor was there an association between relative telomere length and KEOPS subunit gene expression in these subjects. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first to describe KEOPS complex expression in post-mortem brain and neuropsychiatric disorders. KEOPS subunit mRNA expression is not significantly altered in the DLPFC in MDD or schizophrenia. Unlike in yeast, the KEOPS complex does not appear to play a role in telomere length regulation in humans or in neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- Mackenzie E Abel
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
- Neurosciences Institute, Promedica, Toledo, OH, USA
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Rojas-Benítez D, L. Allende M. Elongator Subunit 3 (Elp3) Is Required for Zebrafish Trunk Development. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E925. [PMID: 32023806 PMCID: PMC7036906 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21030925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Revised: 11/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are the most post-transcriptionally modified RNA species. Some of these modifications, especially the ones located in the anti-codon loop, are required for decoding capabilities of tRNAs. Such is the case for 5-methoxy-carbonyl-methyl-2-thio-uridine (mcm5s2U), synthetized by the Elongator complex. Mutants for its sub-units display pleiotropic phenotypes. In this paper, we analyze the role of elp3 (Elongator catalytic sub-unit) in zebrafish development. We found that it is required for trunk development; elp3 knock-down animals presented diminished levels of mcm5s2U and sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling activity. Activation of this pathway was sufficient to revert the phenotype caused by elp3 knockdown, indicating a functional relationship between Elongator and Shh through a yet unknown molecular mechanism.
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- Diego Rojas-Benítez
- FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation (CGR), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7800003, Chile;
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Knüppel R, Christensen RH, Gray FC, Esser D, Strauß D, Medenbach J, Siebers B, MacNeill SA, LaRonde N, Ferreira-Cerca S. Insights into the evolutionary conserved regulation of Rio ATPase activity. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:1441-1456. [PMID: 29237037 PMCID: PMC5815136 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis is a complex dynamic process which requires the action of numerous ribosome assembly factors. Among them, the eukaryotic Rio protein family members (Rio1, Rio2 and Rio3) belong to an ancient conserved atypical protein kinase/ ATPase family required for the maturation of the small ribosomal subunit (SSU). Recent structure–function analyses suggested an ATPase-dependent role of the Rio proteins to regulate their dynamic association with the nascent pre-SSU. However, the evolutionary origin of this feature and the detailed molecular mechanism that allows controlled activation of the catalytic activity remained to be determined. In this work we provide functional evidence showing a conserved role of the archaeal Rio proteins for the synthesis of the SSU in archaea. Moreover, we unravel a conserved RNA-dependent regulation of the Rio ATPases, which in the case of Rio2 involves, at least, helix 30 of the SSU rRNA and the P-loop lysine within the shared RIO domain. Together, our study suggests a ribosomal RNA-mediated regulatory mechanism enabling the appropriate stimulation of Rio2 catalytic activity and subsequent release of Rio2 from the nascent pre-40S particle. Based on our findings we propose a unified release mechanism for the Rio proteins.
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- Robert Knüppel
- Biochemistry III - Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Biocenter, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Biocenter, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, Biofilm Centre, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- Biochemistry I - Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Biochemistry I - Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, Biofilm Centre, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Biocenter, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.,School of Biology, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews KY16 9ST, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Biochemistry III - Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Hori H, Kawamura T, Awai T, Ochi A, Yamagami R, Tomikawa C, Hirata A. Transfer RNA Modification Enzymes from Thermophiles and Their Modified Nucleosides in tRNA. Microorganisms 2018; 6:E110. [PMID: 30347855 PMCID: PMC6313347 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms6040110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Revised: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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To date, numerous modified nucleosides in tRNA as well as tRNA modification enzymes have been identified not only in thermophiles but also in mesophiles. Because most modified nucleosides in tRNA from thermophiles are common to those in tRNA from mesophiles, they are considered to work essentially in steps of protein synthesis at high temperatures. At high temperatures, the structure of unmodified tRNA will be disrupted. Therefore, thermophiles must possess strategies to stabilize tRNA structures. To this end, several thermophile-specific modified nucleosides in tRNA have been identified. Other factors such as RNA-binding proteins and polyamines contribute to the stability of tRNA at high temperatures. Thermus thermophilus, which is an extreme-thermophilic eubacterium, can adapt its protein synthesis system in response to temperature changes via the network of modified nucleosides in tRNA and tRNA modification enzymes. Notably, tRNA modification enzymes from thermophiles are very stable. Therefore, they have been utilized for biochemical and structural studies. In the future, thermostable tRNA modification enzymes may be useful as biotechnology tools and may be utilized for medical science.
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- Hiroyuki Hori
- Department of Materials Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Bunkyo 3, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Materials Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Bunkyo 3, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Materials Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Bunkyo 3, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Materials Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Bunkyo 3, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Materials Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Bunkyo 3, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Materials Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Bunkyo 3, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Materials Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Bunkyo 3, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan.
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Zykova T, Zhu F, Wang L, Li H, Lim DY, Yao K, Roh E, Yoon SP, Kim HG, Bae KB, Wen W, Shin SH, Nadas J, Li Y, Ma W, Bode AM, Dong Z. Targeting PRPK Function Blocks Colon Cancer Metastasis. Mol Cancer Ther 2018; 17:1101-1113. [PMID: 29483219 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-17-0628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2017] [Revised: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The biological functions of the p53-related protein kinase (PRPK) remain unclear. We have previously demonstrated that PRPK is phosphorylated by the T-LAK cell-originated protein kinase (TOPK) and that phosphorylated PRPK (p-PRPK) promotes colon cancer metastasis. Here, we analyzed colon adenocarcinomas from 87 patients and found that higher expression levels of p-PRPK were associated with later stages of metastatic dissemination (stage III and IV) as compared with earlier stages (stages I and II). Indeed, levels of p-PRPK were higher in metastatic versus malignant human colon adenocarcinomas. Knocking down PRPK expression attenuated colorectal liver and lung metastasis of colon cancer cells in vivo An in vitro kinase assay indicated that active PRPK does not phosphorylate p53 directly. We found that PRPK phosphorylates survivin, a regulator of colon cancer metastasis. PRPK phosphorylates survivin at Thr34, which is important for survivin stability. Taken together, our data strongly suggest that the PRPK signaling pathway promotes colon cancer metastasis by modulating survivin stability, and that PRPK could be a new prognostic marker for the survival of colon cancer patients. In addition, we identified an FDA-approved bacteriostatic antibiotic, fusidic acid sodium salt (fusidic acid or FA) as an inhibitor of PRPK, and show that FA combined with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) inhibited PRPK activity and colon cancer metastasis to the lung in mice. We contend that the combination of FA with 5-FU could be an alternative therapeutic strategy to traditional chemotherapy for colon cancer patients with poor prognosis. Mol Cancer Ther; 17(5); 1101-13. ©2018 AACR.
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- Tatyana Zykova
- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota.,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota.,Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju, Republic of Korea
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota.
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Huang Q, Zhong Q, Mayaka JBA, Ni J, Shen Y. Autophosphorylation and Cross-Phosphorylation of Protein Kinases from the Crenarchaeon Sulfolobus islandicus. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2173. [PMID: 29163450 PMCID: PMC5682000 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Protein phosphorylation, one of the most important post-translational modifications, regulates almost every cellular process. Although signal transduction by protein phosphorylation is extensively studied in Eukaryotes and Bacteria, the knowledge of this process in archaea is greatly lagging behind, especially for Ser/Thr/Tyr phosphorylation by eukaryotic-like protein kinases (ePKs). So far, only a few studies on archaeal ePKs have been reported, most of which focused on the phosphorylation activities in vitro, but their physiological functions and interacting network are still largely unknown. In this study, we systematically investigated the autophosphorylation and cross-phosphorylation activities of ePKs from Sulfolobus islandicus REY15A using proteins expressed in Escherichia coli or S. islandicus. In vitro kinase assay showed that 7 out of the 11 putative ePKs have autophosphorylation activity. A protein Ser/Thr phosphatase, SiRe_1009, was able to dephosphorylate various autophosphorylated ePKs, confirming that these proteins are Ser/Thr kinases. Two ePKs, SiRe_2030 and SiRe_2056, homologs of typical eukaryotic PKs involved in peptide synthesis in response to various cellular stresses, exhibit highly efficient phosphorylation activities on both themselves and other ePKs. Overexpression of the protein kinases in vivo revealed that elevated level of either SiRe_1531 or SiRe_2056 inhibited the cell growth of S. islandicus cells. Finally, a phosphorylation network of the protein kinases was proposed and their putative physiological roles were discussed.
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- Qihong Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Function and Biosynthesis of the Universal tRNA Modification N6-Threonylcarbamoyl-Adenosine. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65795-0_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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Braun DA, Rao J, Mollet G, Schapiro D, Daugeron MC, Tan W, Gribouval O, Boyer O, Revy P, Jobst-Schwan T, Schmidt JM, Lawson JA, Schanze D, Ashraf S, Ullmann JFP, Hoogstraten CA, Boddaert N, Collinet B, Martin G, Liger D, Lovric S, Furlano M, Guerrera IC, Sanchez-Ferras O, Hu JF, Boschat AC, Sanquer S, Menten B, Vergult S, De Rocker N, Airik M, Hermle T, Shril S, Widmeier E, Gee HY, Choi WI, Sadowski CE, Pabst WL, Warejko JK, Daga A, Basta T, Matejas V, Scharmann K, Kienast SD, Behnam B, Beeson B, Begtrup A, Bruce M, Ch'ng GS, Lin SP, Chang JH, Chen CH, Cho MT, Gaffney PM, Gipson PE, Hsu CH, Kari JA, Ke YY, Kiraly-Borri C, Lai WM, Lemyre E, Littlejohn RO, Masri A, Moghtaderi M, Nakamura K, Ozaltin F, Praet M, Prasad C, Prytula A, Roeder ER, Rump P, Schnur RE, Shiihara T, Sinha MD, Soliman NA, Soulami K, Sweetser DA, Tsai WH, Tsai JD, Topaloglu R, Vester U, Viskochil DH, Vatanavicharn N, Waxler JL, Wierenga KJ, Wolf MTF, Wong SN, Leidel SA, Truglio G, Dedon PC, Poduri A, Mane S, Lifton RP, Bouchard M, Kannu P, Chitayat D, Magen D, Callewaert B, van Tilbeurgh H, Zenker M, Antignac C, Hildebrandt F. Mutations in KEOPS-complex genes cause nephrotic syndrome with primary microcephaly. Nat Genet 2017; 49:1529-1538. [PMID: 28805828 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Galloway-Mowat syndrome (GAMOS) is an autosomal-recessive disease characterized by the combination of early-onset nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) and microcephaly with brain anomalies. Here we identified recessive mutations in OSGEP, TP53RK, TPRKB, and LAGE3, genes encoding the four subunits of the KEOPS complex, in 37 individuals from 32 families with GAMOS. CRISPR-Cas9 knockout in zebrafish and mice recapitulated the human phenotype of primary microcephaly and resulted in early lethality. Knockdown of OSGEP, TP53RK, or TPRKB inhibited cell proliferation, which human mutations did not rescue. Furthermore, knockdown of these genes impaired protein translation, caused endoplasmic reticulum stress, activated DNA-damage-response signaling, and ultimately induced apoptosis. Knockdown of OSGEP or TP53RK induced defects in the actin cytoskeleton and decreased the migration rate of human podocytes, an established intermediate phenotype of SRNS. We thus identified four new monogenic causes of GAMOS, describe a link between KEOPS function and human disease, and delineate potential pathogenic mechanisms.
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- Daniela A Braun
- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Laboratory of Hereditary Kidney Diseases, INSERM UMR1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Laboratory of Hereditary Kidney Diseases, INSERM UMR1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Hereditary Kidney Diseases, INSERM UMR1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Necker Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,INSERM, U1163, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Genome Dynamics in the Immune system, Paris, France
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Epilepsy Genetics Program and F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,INSERM, U1163, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Molecular and Pathophysiological Bases of Cognitive Disorders, and INSERM U1000, Paris, France.,Department of Pediatric Radiology, Necker Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.,Sorbonne Universités UPMC, UFR 927, Sciences de la Vie, Paris, France.,Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie UMR 7590, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, Université Paris 06, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Hereditary Kidney Diseases, INSERM UMR1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Laboratory of Hereditary Kidney Diseases, INSERM UMR1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,Nephrology Department, Fundació Puigvert, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and REDINREN, Barcelona, Spain
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- Proteomics platform 3P5-Necker, Université Paris Descartes-Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris, France
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- Goodman Cancer Research Centre and Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Metabolomic and Proteomic Biochemistry, Necker Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.,INSERM UMR-S1124, Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité University, Paris, France
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Biology, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran.,Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Undiagnosed Diseases Program, Common Fund, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Princess Margaret and King Edward Memorial Hospitals, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Princess Margaret and King Edward Memorial Hospitals, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Genetics, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pediatric Genetics, MacKay Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, MacKay Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Divisions of Adult and Pediatric Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, MacKay Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Pediatric Nephrology Center of Excellence and Pediatric Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Genetic Services of Western Australia, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Département de Pédiatrie, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, USA.,Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Chronic Kidney Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.,Nephrogenetics Laboratory, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.,Hacettepe University Center for Biobanking and Genomics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Genetics, Metabolism and Pediatrics, Western University, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, USA.,Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Kings College London, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center of Pediatric Nephrology &Transplantation, Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.,Egyptian Group for Orphan Renal Diseases, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Nephrology, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Department of Pediatrics, MacKay Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics II, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Klaas J Wierenga
- Department of Pediatrics, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center (OUHSC), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Medical Faculty, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Epilepsy Genetics Program and F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Infectious Disease IRG, Singapore
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- Epilepsy Genetics Program and F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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- Goodman Cancer Research Centre and Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Pediatric Nephrology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Hereditary Kidney Diseases, INSERM UMR1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,Department of Genetics, Necker Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Esser D, Hoffmann L, Pham TK, Bräsen C, Qiu W, Wright PC, Albers SV, Siebers B. Protein phosphorylation and its role in archaeal signal transduction. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2016; 40:625-47. [PMID: 27476079 PMCID: PMC5007285 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuw020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Reversible protein phosphorylation is the main mechanism of signal transduction that enables cells to rapidly respond to environmental changes by controlling the functional properties of proteins in response to external stimuli. However, whereas signal transduction is well studied in Eukaryotes and Bacteria, the knowledge in Archaea is still rather scarce. Archaea are special with regard to protein phosphorylation, due to the fact that the two best studied phyla, the Euryarchaeota and Crenarchaeaota, seem to exhibit fundamental differences in regulatory systems. Euryarchaeota (e.g. halophiles, methanogens, thermophiles), like Bacteria and Eukaryotes, rely on bacterial-type two-component signal transduction systems (phosphorylation on His and Asp), as well as on the protein phosphorylation on Ser, Thr and Tyr by Hanks-type protein kinases. Instead, Crenarchaeota (e.g. acidophiles and (hyper)thermophiles) only depend on Hanks-type protein phosphorylation. In this review, the current knowledge of reversible protein phosphorylation in Archaea is presented. It combines results from identified phosphoproteins, biochemical characterization of protein kinases and protein phosphatases as well as target enzymes and first insights into archaeal signal transduction by biochemical, genetic and polyomic studies. The authors review the current knowledge about protein phosphorylation in Archaea and its impact on signaling in this organism group.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dominik Esser
- Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, Biofilm Centre, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea, Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- ChELSI Institute, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
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- Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, Biofilm Centre, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- ChELSI Institute, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
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- ChELSI Institute, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea, Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, Biofilm Centre, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
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Thiaville PC, Legendre R, Rojas-Benítez D, Baudin-Baillieu A, Hatin I, Chalancon G, Glavic A, Namy O, de Crécy-Lagard V. Global translational impacts of the loss of the tRNA modification t 6A in yeast. MICROBIAL CELL 2016; 3:29-45. [PMID: 26798630 PMCID: PMC4717488 DOI: 10.15698/mic2016.01.473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
The universal tRNA modification t6A is found at position 37 of nearly
all tRNAs decoding ANN codons. The absence of t6A37 leads
to severe growth defects in baker’s yeast, phenotypes similar to those caused by
defects in mcm5s2U34 synthesis. Mutants in
mcm5s2U34 can be suppressed by
overexpression of tRNALysUUU, but we show t6A
phenotypes could not be suppressed by expressing any individual ANN decoding
tRNA, and t6A and mcm5s2U are not determinants
for each other’s formation. Our results suggest that t6A deficiency,
like mcm5s2U deficiency, leads to protein folding defects,
and show that the absence of t6A led to stress sensitivities (heat,
ethanol, salt) and sensitivity to TOR pathway inhibitors. Additionally,
L-homoserine suppressed the slow growth phenotype seen in
t6A-deficient strains, and proteins aggregates and Advanced Glycation
End-products (AGEs) were increased in the mutants. The global consequences on
translation caused by t6A absence were examined by ribosome
profiling. Interestingly, the absence of t6A did not lead to global
translation defects, but did increase translation initiation at upstream non-AUG
codons and increased frame-shifting in specific genes. Analysis of codon
occupancy rates suggests that one of the major roles of t6A is to
homogenize the process of elongation by slowing the elongation rate at codons
decoded by high abundance tRNAs and I34:C3 pairs while
increasing the elongation rate of rare tRNAs and G34:U3
pairs. This work reveals that the consequences of t6A absence are
complex and multilayered and has set the stage to elucidate the molecular basis
of the observed phenotypes.
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- Patrick C Thiaville
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; University of Florida Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 400, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 400, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Centro de Regulación del Genoma. Facultad de Ciencias - Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 400, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 400, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Centro de Regulación del Genoma. Facultad de Ciencias - Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 400, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; University of Florida Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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KAEA (SUDPRO), a member of the ubiquitous KEOPS/EKC protein complex, regulates the arginine catabolic pathway and the expression of several other genes in Aspergillus nidulans. Gene 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.07.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Zhang W, Collinet B, Graille M, Daugeron MC, Lazar N, Libri D, Durand D, van Tilbeurgh H. Crystal structures of the Gon7/Pcc1 and Bud32/Cgi121 complexes provide a model for the complete yeast KEOPS complex. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:3358-72. [PMID: 25735745 PMCID: PMC4381065 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2015] [Revised: 02/16/2015] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The yeast KEOPS protein complex comprising Kae1, Bud32, Cgi121, Pcc1 and Gon7 is responsible for the essential tRNA threonylcarbamoyladenosine (t(6)A) modification. Deletion of genes coding for the KEOPS subunits also affects telomere elongation and transcriptional regulation. In the present work, the crystal structure of Bud32/Cgi121 in complex with ADP revealed that ADP is bound in the catalytic site of Bud32 in a canonical manner characteristic of Protein Kinase A (PKA) family proteins. We found that Gon7 forms a stable heterodimer with Pcc1 and report the crystal structure of the Pcc1-Gon7 heterodimer. Gon7 interacts with the same Pcc1 region engaged in the archaeal Pcc1 homodimer. We further show that yeast KEOPS, unlike its archaeal counterpart, exists as a heteropentamer in which Gon7, Pcc1, Kae1, Bud32 and Cgi121 also adopt a linear arrangement. We constructed a model of yeast KEOPS that provides structural insight into the role of Gon7. The model also revealed the presence of a highly positively charged crater surrounding the entrance of Kae1 that likely binds tRNA.
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- Wenhua Zhang
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule, UMR 9198, CNRS, Université de Paris Sud XI, Bâtiment 430, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule, UMR 9198, CNRS, Université de Paris Sud XI, Bâtiment 430, 91405 Orsay, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UFR 927, Sciences de la vie, F-75005, Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule, UMR 9198, CNRS, Université de Paris Sud XI, Bâtiment 430, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Domenico Libri 33 Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, UMR 7592, Université de Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule, UMR 9198, CNRS, Université de Paris Sud XI, Bâtiment 430, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, UMR 7592, Université de Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule, UMR 9198, CNRS, Université de Paris Sud XI, Bâtiment 430, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule, UMR 9198, CNRS, Université de Paris Sud XI, Bâtiment 430, 91405 Orsay, France
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Base excision repair in Archaea: back to the future in DNA repair. DNA Repair (Amst) 2014; 21:148-57. [PMID: 25012975 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2014.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Together with Bacteria and Eukarya, Archaea represents one of the three domain of life. In contrast with the morphological difference existing between Archaea and Eukarya, these two domains are closely related. Phylogenetic analyses confirm this evolutionary relationship showing that most of the proteins involved in DNA transcription and replication are highly conserved. On the contrary, information is scanty about DNA repair pathways and their mechanisms. In the present review the most important proteins involved in base excision repair, namely glycosylases, AP lyases, AP endonucleases, polymerases, sliding clamps, flap endonucleases, and ligases, will be discussed and compared with bacterial and eukaryotic ones. Finally, possible applications and future perspectives derived from studies on Archaea and their repair pathways, will be taken into account.
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The third domain of life, the Archaea (formerly Archaebacteria), is populated by a physiologically diverse set of microorganisms, many of which reside at the ecological extremes of our global environment. Although ostensibly prokaryotic in morphology, the Archaea share much closer evolutionary ties with the Eukarya than with the superficially more similar Bacteria. Initial genomic, proteomic, and biochemical analyses have revealed the presence of "eukaryotic" protein kinases and phosphatases and an intriguing set of serine-, threonine-, and tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins in the Archaea that may offer new insights into this important regulatory mechanism.
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- Peter J Kennelly
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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Oberto J. SyntTax: a web server linking synteny to prokaryotic taxonomy. BMC Bioinformatics 2013; 14:4. [PMID: 23323735 PMCID: PMC3571937 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-14-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background The study of the conservation of gene order or synteny constitutes a powerful methodology to assess the orthology of genomic regions and to predict functional relationships between genes. The exponential growth of microbial genomic databases is expected to improve synteny predictions significantly. Paradoxically, this genomic data plethora, without information on organisms relatedness, could impair the performance of synteny analysis programs. Results In this work, I present SyntTax, a synteny web service designed to take full advantage of the large amount or archaeal and bacterial genomes by linking them through taxonomic relationships. SyntTax incorporates a full hierarchical taxonomic tree allowing intuitive access to all completely sequenced prokaryotes. Single or multiple organisms can be chosen on the basis of their lineage by selecting the corresponding rank nodes in the tree. The synteny methodology is built upon our previously described Absynte algorithm with several additional improvements. Conclusions SyntTax aims to produce robust syntenies by providing prompt access to the taxonomic relationships connecting all completely sequenced microbial genomes. The reduction in redundancy offered by lineage selection presents the benefit of increasing accuracy while reducing computation time. This web tool was used to resolve successfully several conserved complex gene clusters described in the literature. In addition, particular features of SyntTax permit the confirmation of the involvement of the four components constituting the E. coli YgjD multiprotein complex responsible for tRNA modification. By analyzing the clustering evolution of alternative gene fusions, new proteins potentially interacting with this complex could be proposed. The web service is available at http://archaea.u-psud.fr/SyntTax.
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- Jacques Oberto
- Université Paris-Sud 11, CNRS, UMR8621, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, 91405, Orsay, France.
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Structural analysis of the essential resuscitation promoting factor YeaZ suggests a mechanism of nucleotide regulation through dimer reorganization. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23245. [PMID: 21858042 PMCID: PMC3157347 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2011] [Accepted: 07/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background The yeaZ gene product forms part of the conserved network YjeE/YeaZ/YgjD essential for the survival of many Gram-negative eubacteria. Among other as yet unidentified roles, YeaZ functions as a resuscitation promoting factor required for survival and resuscitation of cells in a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state. Methodology/Principal Findings In order to investigate in detail the structure/function relationship of this family of proteins we have performed X-ray crystallographic studies of Vibrio parahaemolyticus YeaZ. The YeaZ structure showed that it has a classic actin-like nucleotide-binding fold. Comparisons of this crystal structure to that of available homologues from E. coli, T. maritima and S. typhimurium revealed two distinctly different modes of dimer formation. In one form, prevalent in the absence of nucleotide, the putative nucleotide-binding site is incomplete, lacking a binding pocket for a nucleotide base. In the second form, residues from the second subunit complete the nucleotide-binding site. This suggests that the two dimer architectures observed in the crystal structures correspond to a free and a nucleotide-bound form of YeaZ. A multiple sequence alignment of YeaZ proteins from different bacteria allowed us to identify a large conserved hydrophobic patch on the protein surface that becomes exposed upon nucleotide-driven dimer re-arrangement. We hypothesize that the transition between two dimer architectures represents the transition between the ‘on’ and ‘off’ states of YeaZ. The effect of this transition is to alternately expose and bury a docking site for the partner protein YgjD. Conclusions/Significance This paper provides the first structural insight into the putative mechanism of nucleotide regulation of YeaZ through dimer reorganization. Our analysis suggests that nucleotide binding to YeaZ may act as a regulator or switch that changes YeaZ shape, allowing it to switch partners between YjeE and YgjD.
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The C-terminal domain of the novel essential protein Gcp is critical for interaction with another essential protein YeaZ of Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS One 2011; 6:e20163. [PMID: 21625506 PMCID: PMC3098269 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2011] [Accepted: 04/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Previous studies have demonstrated that the novel protein Gcp is essential for the viability of various bacterial species including Staphylococcus aureus; however, the reason why it is required for bacterial growth remains unclear. In order to explore the potential mechanisms of this essentiality, we performed RT-PCR analysis and revealed that the gcp gene (sa1854) was co-transcribed with sa1855, yeaZ (sa1856) and sa1857 genes, indicating these genes are located in the same operon. Furthermore, we demonstrated that Gcp interacts with YeaZ using a yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) system and in vitro pull down assays. To characterize the Gcp-YeaZ interaction, we performed alanine scanning mutagenesis on the residues of C-terminal segment of Gcp. We found that the mutations of the C-terminal Y317-F322 region abolished the interaction of Gcp and YeaZ, and the mutations of the D324-N329 and S332-Y336 regions alleviated Gcp binding to YeaZ. More importantly, we demonstrated that these key regions of Gcp are also necessary for the bacterial survival since these mutated Gcp could not complement the depletion of endogenous Gcp. Taken together, our data suggest that the interaction of Gcp and YeaZ may contribute to the essentiality of Gcp for S. aureus survival. Our findings provide new insights into the potential mechanisms and biological functions of this novel essential protein.
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Mulenga A, Erikson K. A snapshot of the Ixodes scapularis degradome. Gene 2011; 482:78-93. [PMID: 21596113 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2011] [Revised: 03/04/2011] [Accepted: 04/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Parasitic encoded proteases are essential to regulating interactions between parasites and their hosts and thus they represent attractive anti-parasitic druggable and/or vaccine target. We have utilized annotations of Ixodes scapularis proteases in gene bank and version 9.3 MEROPS database to compile an index of at least 233 putatively active and 150 putatively inactive protease enzymes that are encoded by the I. scapularis genome. The 233 putatively active protease homologs hereafter referred to as the degradome (the full repertoire of proteases encoded by the I. scapularis genome) represent ~1.14% of the 20485 putative I. scapularis protein content. Consistent with observations in other animals, the content of the I. scapularis degradome is ~6.0% (14/233) aspartic, ~19% (44/233) cysteine, ~40% (93/233) metallo, ~28.3% (66/233) serine and ~6.4% (15/233) threonine proteases. When scanned against other tick sequences, ~11% (25/233) of I. scapularis putatively active proteases are conserved in other tick species with ≥ 60% amino acid identity levels. The I. scapularis genome does not apparently encode for putatively inactive aspartic proteases. Of the 150 putative inactive protease homologs none are from the aspartic protease class, ~8% (12/150) are cysteine, ~58.7% (88/150) metallo, 30% (45/150) serine and ~3.3% (5/150) are threonine proteases. The I. scapularis tick genome appears to have evolutionarily lost proteolytic activity of at least 6 protease families, C56 and C64 (cysteine), M20 and M23 (metallo), S24 and S28 (serine) as revealed by a lack of the putatively active proteases in these families. The overall protease content is comparable to other organisms. However, the paucity of the S1 chymotrypsin/trypsin-like serine protease family in the I. scapularis genome where it is ~12.7% (28/233) of the degradome as opposed to ~22-48% content in other blood feeding arthropods, Pediculus humanus humanus, Anopheles gambiae, Aedes Aegypti and Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus is notable. The data is presented as a one-stop index of proteases encoded by the I. scapularis genome.
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- Albert Mulenga
- Texas A & M University AgriLife Research, Department of Entomology, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
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The activity of an ancient atypical protein kinase is stimulated by ADP-ribose in vitro. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 511:56-63. [PMID: 21527241 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2010] [Revised: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The piD261/Bud32 protein kinases are universal amongst the members of the Eucarya and Archaea. Despite the fact that phylogenetic analyses indicate that the piD261/Bud32 protein kinases descend directly from the primordial ancestor of the "eukaryotic" protein kinase superfamily, our knowledge of their physiological role is relatively fragmentary and largely limited to two eucaryal representatives: piD261/Bud32 from yeast and the p53-related protein kinase from humans. A deduced archaeal homolog, SsoPK5, is encoded by open reading frame sso0433 from the acidothermophile Sulfolobus solfataricus. Recombinantly-expressed SsoPK5 exhibited protein kinase activity, with a noticeable preference for phosphorylating proteins of acidic character and for Mn(2+) as cofactor. The protein kinase also can phosphorylate itself on serine and threonine residues. The activity of rSsoPK5 was increased several-fold upon preincubation with either millimolar concentrations of 5'-AMP or submicromolar concentrations of ADP-ribose. Other mono- and di-nucleotides were ineffective. While activation was enhanced by the presence of ATP, no autophosphorylation of the protein kinase could be detected prior to addition of exogenous substrate proteins. We therefore suggest that ADP-ribose acts by evoking a conformational transition in the enzyme. Activation by ADP-ribose represents a potential regulatory link between chromatin remodeling and the activity of SsoPK5.
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Archaeal ubiquitin-like proteins: functional versatility and putative ancestral involvement in tRNA modification revealed by comparative genomic analysis. ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2010; 2010. [PMID: 20936112 PMCID: PMC2948915 DOI: 10.1155/2010/710303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2010] [Accepted: 07/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The recent discovery of protein modification by SAMPs, ubiquitin-like (Ubl) proteins from the archaeon Haloferax volcanii, prompted a comprehensive comparative-genomic analysis of archaeal Ubl protein genes and the genes for enzymes thought to be functionally associated with Ubl proteins. This analysis showed that most archaea encode members of two major groups of Ubl proteins with the β-grasp fold, the ThiS and MoaD families, and indicated that the ThiS family genes are rarely linked to genes for thiamine or Mo/W cofactor metabolism enzymes but instead are most often associated with genes for enzymes of tRNA modification. Therefore it is hypothesized that the ancestral function of the archaeal Ubl proteins is sulfur insertion into modified nucleotides in tRNAs, an activity analogous to that of the URM1 protein in eukaryotes. Together with additional, previously described genomic associations, these findings indicate that systems for protein quality control operating at different levels, including tRNA modification that controls translation fidelity, protein ubiquitination that regulates protein degradation, and, possibly, mRNA degradation by the exosome, are functionally and evolutionarily linked.
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The ubiquitous conserved glycopeptidase Gcp prevents accumulation of toxic glycated proteins. mBio 2010; 1. [PMID: 20824107 PMCID: PMC2932512 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00195-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Amadori-modified proteins (AMPs) are the products of nonenzymatic glycation formed by reaction of reducing sugars with primary amine-containing amino acids and can develop into advanced glycated end products (AGEs), highly stable toxic compounds. AGEs are known to participate in many age-related human diseases, including cardiovascular, neurological, and liver diseases. The metabolism of these glycated proteins is not yet understood, and the mechanisms that reduce their accumulation are not known so far. Here, we show for Escherichia coli that a conserved glycopeptidase (Gcp, also called Kae1), which is encoded by nearly every sequenced genome in the three domains of life, prevents the accumulation of Amadori products and AGEs. Using mutants, we show that Gcp depletion results in accumulation of AMPs and eventually leads to the accumulation of AGEs. We demonstrate that Gcp binds to glycated proteins, including pyruvate dehydrogenase, previously shown to be a glycation-prone enzyme. Our experiments also show that the severe phenotype of Gcp depletion can be relieved under conditions of low intracellular glycation. As glycated proteins are ubiquitous, the involvement of Gcp in the metabolism of AMPs and AGEs is likely to have been conserved in evolution, suggesting a universal involvement of Gcp in cellular aging and explaining the essentiality of Gcp in many organisms. Glycated proteins (Amadori-modified proteins [AMPs] and advanced glycated end products [AGEs]) are known to participate in many age-related diseases. Their existence in fast-growing organisms was considered unlikely, as their formation was assumed to be slow. Yet, recent evidence demonstrated their existence in bacteria, and our data suggest a bacterial mechanism that reduced their accumulation. We identify in Escherichia coli a protein, Gcp, which carries out this function. Gcp is conserved in all domains of life and is essential in many organisms. Although it was annotated as a chaperon protease, there were no experimental data to support this function. Our findings are compatible with the annotation and will open up studies of the bacterial metabolism of glycated proteins. Furthermore, the data from the bacterial systems may also be instrumental in understanding the metabolism of glycated proteins, including their toxicity in human health and disease.
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Eukaryotic GCP1 is a conserved mitochondrial protein required for progression of embryo development beyond the globular stage in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochem J 2009; 423:333-41. [PMID: 19694617 DOI: 10.1042/bj20091023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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GCPs (glycoproteases) are members of the HSP70 (heat-shock protein 70)/actin ATPase superfamily that are highly conserved in taxonomically diverse species from bacteria to man, suggesting an essential physiological role. Although originally identified and annotated as putative endopeptidases, a proteolytic activity could not be confirmed for these proteins. Our survey of genome databases revealed that all eukaryotic organisms contain two GCP genes [called GCP1 and GCP2/Kae1 (kinase-associated endopeptidase 1)], whereas prokaryotes have only one, either of the GCP1- (Bacteria) or the GCP2/Kae1- (Archaea) type. GCP2/Kae1 is essential for telomere elongation and transcription of essential genes, although little is known about the localization, expression and physiological role of GCP1. In the present study on GCP1-type proteins from eukaryotic organisms we demonstrated that GCP1 is a mitochondrial protein in Homo sapiens [called here GCP1/OSGEPL1 (O-sialoglycoprotein endopeptidase)] and Arabidopsis thaliana, which is located/anchored to the mitochondrial inner membrane. Analysis of mRNA and protein levels revealed that the expression of GCP1/OSGEPL1 in A. thaliana and H. sapiens is tissue- and organ-specific and depends on the developmental stage, suggesting a more specialized function for this protein. We showed that homozygous A. thaliana GCP1 T-DNA (transferred DNA) insertion lines were embryonic lethal. Embryos in homozygous seeds were arrested at the globular stage and failed to undergo the transition into the heart stage. On the basis of these data we propose that the mitochondrial GCP1 is essential for embryonic development in plants.
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Mulkidjanian AY, Galperin MY. On the origin of life in the zinc world. 2. Validation of the hypothesis on the photosynthesizing zinc sulfide edifices as cradles of life on Earth. Biol Direct 2009; 4:27. [PMID: 19703275 PMCID: PMC2749021 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-4-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2009] [Accepted: 08/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The accompanying article (A.Y. Mulkidjanian, Biology Direct 4:26) puts forward a detailed hypothesis on the role of zinc sulfide (ZnS) in the origin of life on Earth. The hypothesis suggests that life emerged within compartmentalized, photosynthesizing ZnS formations of hydrothermal origin (the Zn world), assembled in sub-aerial settings on the surface of the primeval Earth. RESULTS If life started within photosynthesizing ZnS compartments, it should have been able to evolve under the conditions of elevated levels of Zn2+ ions, byproducts of the ZnS-mediated photosynthesis. Therefore, the Zn world hypothesis leads to a set of testable predictions regarding the specific roles of Zn2+ ions in modern organisms, particularly in RNA and protein structures related to the procession of RNA and the "evolutionarily old" cellular functions. We checked these predictions using publicly available data and obtained evidence suggesting that the development of the primeval life forms up to the stage of the Last Universal Common Ancestor proceeded in zinc-rich settings. Testing of the hypothesis has revealed the possible supportive role of manganese sulfide in the primeval photosynthesis. In addition, we demonstrate the explanatory power of the Zn world concept by elucidating several points that so far remained without acceptable rationalization. In particular, this concept implies a new scenario for the separation of Bacteria and Archaea and the origin of Eukarya. CONCLUSION The ability of the Zn world hypothesis to generate non-trivial veritable predictions and explain previously obscure items gives credence to its key postulate that the development of the first life forms started within zinc-rich formations of hydrothermal origin and was driven by solar UV irradiation. This concept implies that the geochemical conditions conducive to the origin of life may have persisted only as long as the atmospheric CO2 pressure remained above ca. 10 bar. This work envisions the first Earth biotopes as photosynthesizing and habitable areas of porous ZnS and MnS precipitates around primeval hot springs. Further work will be needed to provide details on the life within these communities and to elucidate the primordial (bio)chemical reactions. REVIEWERS This article was reviewed by Arcady Mushegian, Eugene Koonin, and Patrick Forterre. For the full reviews, please go to the Reviewers' reports section.
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- Armen Y Mulkidjanian
- School of Physics, Universität Osnabrück, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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Oberto J, Breuil N, Hecker A, Farina F, Brochier-Armanet C, Culetto E, Forterre P. Qri7/OSGEPL, the mitochondrial version of the universal Kae1/YgjD protein, is essential for mitochondrial genome maintenance. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:5343-52. [PMID: 19578062 PMCID: PMC2760799 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Yeast Qri7 and human OSGEPL are members of the orthologous Kae1(OSGEP)/YgjD protein family, the last class of universally conserved proteins without assigned function. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that the eukaryotic Qri7(OSGEPL) proteins originated from bacterial YgjD proteins. We have recently shown that the archaeal Kae1 protein is a DNA-binding protein that exhibits apurinic endonuclease activity in vitro. We show here that the Qri7/OSGEPL proteins localize in mitochondria and are involved in mitochondrial genome maintenance in two model eukaryotic organisms, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Caenorhabditis elegans. Furthermore, S. cerevisiae Qri7 complements the loss of the bacterial YgjD protein in Escherichia coli, suggesting that Qri7/OSGEPL and YgjD proteins have retained similar functions in modern organisms. We suggest to name members of the Kae1(OSGEP)/YgjD family UGMP, for Universal Genome Maintenance Proteins.
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- Jacques Oberto
- Université Paris-Sud 11, CNRS, UMR8621, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, 91405 Orsay, France
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The yjeE, yeaZ, and ygjD genes are highly conserved in the genomes of eubacteria, and ygjD orthologs are also found throughout the Archaea and eukaryotes. In this study, we have constructed conditional expression strains for each of these genes in the model organism Escherichia coli K12. We show that each gene is essential for the viability of E. coli under laboratory growth conditions. Growth of the conditional strains under nonpermissive conditions results in dramatic changes in cell ultrastructure. Deliberate repression of the expression of yeaZ results in cells with highly condensed nucleoids, while repression of yjeE and ygjD expression results in at least a proportion of very enlarged cells with an unusual peripheral distribution of DNA. Each of the three conditional expression strains can be complemented by multicopy clones harboring the rstA gene, which encodes a two-component-system response regulator, strongly suggesting that these proteins are involved in the same essential cellular pathway. The results of bacterial two-hybrid experiments show that YeaZ can interact with both YjeE and YgjD but that YgjD is the preferred interaction partner. The results of in vitro experiments indicate that YeaZ mediates the proteolysis of YgjD, suggesting that YeaZ and YjeE act as regulators to control the activity of this protein. Our results are consistent with these proteins forming a link between DNA metabolism and cell division.
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