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Espinar-Marchena F, Rodríguez-Galán O, Fernández-Fernández J, Linnemann J, de la Cruz J. Ribosomal protein L14 contributes to the early assembly of 60S ribosomal subunits in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:4715-4732. [PMID: 29788267 PMCID: PMC5961077 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The contribution of most ribosomal proteins to ribosome synthesis has been quite well analysed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, few yeast ribosomal proteins still await characterization. Herein, we show that L14, an essential 60S ribosomal protein, assembles in the nucleolus at an early stage into pre-60S particles. Depletion of L14 results in a deficit in 60S subunits and defective processing of 27SA2 and 27SA3 to 27SB pre-rRNAs. As a result, 27S pre-rRNAs are subjected to turnover and export of pre-60S particles is blocked. These phenotypes likely appear as the direct consequence of the reduced pre-60S particle association not only of L14 upon its depletion but also of a set of neighboring ribosomal proteins located at the solvent interface of 60S subunits and the adjacent region surrounding the polypeptide exit tunnel. These pre-60S intermediates also lack some essential trans-acting factors required for 27SB pre-rRNA processing but accumulate practically all factors required for processing of 27SA3 pre-rRNA. We have also analysed the functional interaction between the eukaryote-specific carboxy-terminal extensions of the neighboring L14 and L16 proteins. Our results indicate that removal of the most distal parts of these extensions cause slight translation alterations in mature 60S subunits.
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- Francisco Espinar-Marchena
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, and Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain. Avda. Manuel Siurot, E-41013 Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, and Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain. Avda. Manuel Siurot, E-41013 Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, and Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain. Avda. Manuel Siurot, E-41013 Seville, Spain
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, and Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain. Avda. Manuel Siurot, E-41013 Seville, Spain
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Shi J, Zhang L, Zhou D, Zhang J, Lin Q, Guan W, Zhang J, Ren W, Xu G. Biological Function of Ribosomal Protein L10 on Cell Behavior in Human Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. J Cancer 2018; 9:745-756. [PMID: 29556332 PMCID: PMC5858496 DOI: 10.7150/jca.21614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2017] [Accepted: 12/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Ribosomal protein L10 (RPL10) is one of large ribosomal proteins and plays a role in Wilms' tumor and premature ovarian failure. However, the function of RPL10 in human epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to examine the expression level and function of RPL10 in EOC. RPL10 protein expression was detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blot. The association RPL10 expression with clinical features was analyzed. Loss-of-function and gain-of-function approaches were applied in cellular assays, including cell viability, migration, invasion, and apoptosis. Our study demonstrated for the first time that RPL10 was upregulated in human EOC compared with normal ovarian tissues. Knockdown of RPL10 inhibited cell viability, migration, and invasion, and increased cell apoptosis. On the contrary, upregulation of RPL10 increased cell viability, migration, invasion, and decreased cell apoptosis. Furthermore, miR-143-3p regulated RPL10 expression. Our data indicate that RPL10 is a potential tissue biomarker of patients with EOC and may be a therapeutic target of ovarian cancer.
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- Jimin Shi
- Center Laboratory, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Center Laboratory, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Center Laboratory, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Center Laboratory, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Center Laboratory, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Center Laboratory, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Center Laboratory, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Center Laboratory, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Center Laboratory, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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Preribosomes escaping from the nucleus are caught during translation by cytoplasmic quality control. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2017; 24:1107-1115. [PMID: 29083413 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Assembly of fully functional ribosomes is a prerequisite for failsafe translation. This explains why maturing preribosomal subunits have to pass through an array of quality-control checkpoints, including nuclear export, to ensure that only properly assembled ribosomes engage in translation. Despite these safeguards, we found that nuclear pre-60S particles unable to remove a transient structure composed of ITS2 pre-rRNA and associated assembly factors, termed the 'foot', escape to the cytoplasm, where they can join with mature 40S subunits to catalyze protein synthesis. However, cells harboring these abnormal ribosomes show translation defects indicated by the formation of 80S ribosomes poised with pre-60S subunits carrying tRNAs in trapped hybrid states. To overcome this translational stress, the cytoplasmic surveillance machineries RQC and Ski-exosome target these malfunctioning ribosomes. Thus, pre-60S subunits that escape nuclear quality control can enter translation, but are caught by cytoplasmic surveillance mechanisms.
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Espinar-Marchena FJ, Fernández-Fernández J, Rodríguez-Galán O, Fernández-Pevida A, Babiano R, de la Cruz J. Role of the yeast ribosomal protein L16 in ribosome biogenesis. FEBS J 2016; 283:2968-85. [PMID: 27374275 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Revised: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Most ribosomal proteins play essential roles in ribosome synthesis and function. In this study, we have analysed the contribution of yeast ribosomal protein L16 to ribosome biogenesis. We show that in vivo depletion of the essential L16 protein results in a deficit in 60S subunits and the appearance of half-mer polysomes. This phenotype is likely due to the instability and rapid turnover of early and intermediate pre-60S particles, as evidenced by the reduced steady-state levels of 27SBS and 7SL /S pre-rRNA, and the low amounts of de novo synthesized 27S pre-rRNA and 25S rRNA. Additionally, depletion of L16 blocks nucleocytoplasmic export of pre-60S particles. Moreover, we show that L16 assembles in the nucleolus and binds to early 90S preribosomal particles. Many evolutionarily conserved ribosomal proteins possess extra eukaryote-specific amino- or carboxy-terminal extensions and/or internal loops. Here, we have also investigated the role of the eukaryote-specific carboxy-terminal extension of L16. Progressive truncation of this extension recapitulates, albeit to a lesser extent, the growth and ribosome biogenesis defects of the L16 depletion. We conclude that L16 assembly is a prerequisite to properly stabilize rRNA structures within early pre-60S particles, thereby favouring efficient 27S pre-rRNA processing within the internal transcribed spacer 1 at sites A3 and B1 . Upon depletion of L16, the lack of this stabilization aborts early pre-60S particle assembly and subjects these intermediates to turnover.
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- Francisco J Espinar-Marchena
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla and Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla and Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla and Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla and Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla and Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla and Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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Liu Y, Qian Z, Qu R, Wang X, He S, Hou F, Liu Q, Mi X, Liu X. Molecular characterization, immune responsive expression and functional analysis of QM, a putative tumor suppressor gene from the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 37:1-10. [PMID: 24444825 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.01.005] [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: 09/20/2013] [Revised: 12/09/2013] [Accepted: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The QM, firstly identified as a putative tumor suppressor gene from human, has been confirmed to possess varieties of functions in a range of organisms. In the present study, the cDNA that encodes a 220-amino-acid QM protein with calculated molecular mass of 25.5 kDa and isoelectric point of 10.07 was characterized from the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence of LvQM revealed that it contained a series of conserved functional motifs. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) results showed that the transcript of LvQM was extensively distributed in the tissues under investigation and most highly expressed in gill. After challenged with Vibrio anguillarum, the LvQM transcripts were significantly increased (P < 0.05) both in hepatopancreas and hemocytes in the early experimental phase. When LvQM was knocked down by RNA interference (RNAi), the transcript of prophenoloxidase (proPO) and the phenoloxidase activity (PO) in shrimp hemolymph were dramatically decreased, while the mortality was significantly increased. Furthermore, the recombinant LvQM protein (rLvQM) was successfully expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3)-pLysS. Injecting the purified rLvQM mixed with V. anguillarum markedly increased the clearance rate of bacteria and PO activity in the shrimp hemolymph. Hence, we conclude that LvQM was involved in the host defense of L. vannamei, probably as a positive regulator to phenoloxidase activity.
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- Yongjie Liu
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi, China.
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Li Y, Wang ZK, Chen H, Feng EY, Yin YP. Identification and expression analysis of QM-like gene from Spodoptera litura after challenge by the entomopathogenic fungus Nomuraea rileyi. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2014; 14:ieu062. [PMID: 25528750 PMCID: PMC5443418 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieu062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A partial sequence of QM homologue was isolated from a Spodoptera litura fatbody suppression subtractive hybridization library. The full-length Spodoptera litura QM (SpLQM) cDNA of 838 bp contains a 5' untranslated region (UTR) of 112 bp, a 3' UTR of 66 bp, and an open reading frame of 660 nucleotides coding for a 219 amino acid peptide with a molecular weight of 25.5 kDa. Analysis of SpLQM sequence revealed the presence of characteristic motifs, including the ribosomal protein L10 signature and SH3-binding motif. Multiple alignment analysis revealed that SpLQM shares an overall identity of 57.1-99.1% with other members of QM family. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed that SpLQM is closely related to other insect QMs. Analysis of the tissue expression pattern showed that the SpLQM mRNA was expressed in all tissues tested, with highest levels measured in hemocytes, followed by fat bodies. Upon Nomuraea rileyi challenge, SpLQM showed significant upregulation in fat bodies and hemocytes, while slightly upregulation in midguts. The results suggest that SpLQM might play an important role in the innate immunity of S. litura in response to N. rileyi infection. SpLQM was also successfully overexpressed in Escherichia coli, and the recombinant fusion protein SpLQM-His has a molecular weight of 32 kDa.
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- Yan Li
- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Fungal Insecticides, School of Life Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China
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- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Fungal Insecticides, School of Life Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China
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- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Fungal Insecticides, School of Life Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China
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- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Fungal Insecticides, School of Life Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China
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- Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Fungal Insecticides, School of Life Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China
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Chen X, Wu CW, Zhong SP, Zeng FR, Zhang JS, Wang J, Niu SF. Molecular characterization and structure analysis of RPL10/QM-like protein from the red drum Sciaenops ocellatus (Sciaenidae). GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 2011; 10:576-87. [PMID: 21491368 DOI: 10.4238/vol10-2gmr1134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The QM-like gene encodes a ribosomal protein L10. Besides housekeeping roles in protein synthesis, QM-like proteins have multiple extraribosomal functions during cell growth, cell differentiation and apoptosis. We obtained the full-length cDNA of QM-like protein (designated as SoQM) from the salt water game fish Sciaenops ocellatus, using RACE-PCR. The sequence consists of 740 bp, encoding 215-amino acid residues with 24.60 kDa. The AA sequence of the SoQM protein contains a series of functional motifs that belong to the QM family signature, which is conserved among different species. The SoQM gene contains five introns and six exons. The expression pattern of SoQM as determined by RT-PCR indicated that SoQM mRNA was expressed in all tissues tested, including brain, gill, head-kidney, intestine, stomach, heart, spleen, blood, muscle, and gonads. The phylogenetic tree constructed with MEGA 4.0 showed that SoQM clusters together with that of other fish. It was found that the sequences of the SoQM gene are highly conserved, suggesting the fundamental and critical functions of SoQM in S. ocellatus. The three-dimensional structure of the SoQM protein core domain (4~169) was predicted by the Swiss-Model program. Compared with QM proteins in other species, the main structure of SoQM protein was conserved, while the C-terminal domain was different from other QM-like proteins. Prediction of the three-dimensional structure of SoQM would provide valuable insight into the molecular basis of protein function, allowing an effective design of experiments, such as site-directed mutagenesis, studies of disease-related mutations or structure-based design of specific inhibitors.
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- X Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Zhou F, Jiang S, Huang J, Qiu L, Zhang D, Su T. Molecular analysis of the QM gene from Penaeus monodon and its expression on the different ovarian stages of development. Mol Biol Rep 2010; 38:1921-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0312-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2010] [Accepted: 09/03/2010] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Ferreyra MLF, Pezza A, Biarc J, Burlingame AL, Casati P. Plant L10 ribosomal proteins have different roles during development and translation under ultraviolet-B stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 153:1878-94. [PMID: 20516338 PMCID: PMC2923885 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.157057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2010] [Accepted: 05/30/2010] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Ribosomal protein L10 (RPL10) proteins are ubiquitous in the plant kingdom. Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) has three RPL10 genes encoding RPL10A to RPL10C proteins, while two genes are present in the maize (Zea mays) genome (rpl10-1 and rpl10-2). Maize and Arabidopsis RPL10s are tissue-specific and developmentally regulated, showing high levels of expression in tissues with active cell division. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments indicate that RPL10s in Arabidopsis associate with translation proteins, demonstrating that it is a component of the 80S ribosome. Previously, ultraviolet-B (UV-B) exposure was shown to increase the expression of a number of maize ribosomal protein genes, including rpl10. In this work, we demonstrate that maize rpl10 genes are induced by UV-B while Arabidopsis RPL10s are differentially regulated by this radiation: RPL10A is not UV-B regulated, RPL10B is down-regulated, while RPL10C is up-regulated by UV-B in all organs studied. Characterization of Arabidopsis T-DNA insertional mutants indicates that RPL10 genes are not functionally equivalent. rpl10A and rpl10B mutant plants show different phenotypes: knockout rpl10A mutants are lethal, rpl10A heterozygous plants are deficient in translation under UV-B conditions, and knockdown homozygous rpl10B mutants show abnormal growth. Based on the results described here, RPL10 genes are not redundant and participate in development and translation under UV-B stress.
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario, Argentina (M.L.F.F., A.P., P.C.); Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158–2517 (J.B., A.L.B.)
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Functional redundancy of yeast proteins Reh1 and Rei1 in cytoplasmic 60S subunit maturation. Mol Cell Biol 2009; 29:4014-23. [PMID: 19433447 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01582-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The biogenesis of the large (60S) ribosomal subunit in eukaryotes involves nucleolar, nucleoplasmic, and cytoplasmic steps. The cytoplasmic protein Rei1, found in all eukaryotes, was previously shown to be necessary for the nuclear reimport of 60S subunit export factor Arx1. In this study we investigate the function of Reh1, a protein with high sequence similarity to Rei1. We demonstrate an overlapping function for Reh1 and Rei1 in the cytoplasmic maturation of the 60S subunit that is independent of Arx1 recycling. We observe that strains lacking both Reh1 and Rei1 accumulate salt-labile 60S subunits, suggesting that Reh1/Rei1 is necessary for the cytoplasmic 60S subunit to adopt its mature, stable form.
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Crystal Structure of Human Ribosomal Protein L10 Core Domain Reveals Eukaryote-Specific Motifs in Addition to the Conserved Fold. J Mol Biol 2008; 377:421-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2007] [Revised: 12/25/2007] [Accepted: 01/02/2008] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Xu J, Wu S, Zhang X. Novel Function of QM Protein of Shrimp ( Penaeus Japonicus) in Regulation of Phenol Oxidase Activity by Interaction with Hemocyanin. Cell Physiol Biochem 2008; 21:473-80. [DOI: 10.1159/000129640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Nishimura M, Kaminishi T, Kawazoe M, Shirouzu M, Takemoto C, Yokoyama S, Tanaka A, Sugano S, Yoshida T, Ohkubo T, Kobayashi Y. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction study of human ribosomal protein L10 core domain. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2007; 63:950-2. [PMID: 18007048 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309107048142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Eukaryotic ribosomal protein L10 is an essential component of the large ribosomal subunit, which organizes the architecture of the aminoacyl-tRNA binding site. The human L10 protein is also called the QM protein and consists of 214 amino-acid residues. For crystallization, the L10 core domain (L10CD, Phe34-Glu182) was recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. A hexagonal crystal of L10CD was obtained by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method. The L10CD crystal diffracted to 2.5 A resolution and belongs to space group P3(1)21 or P3(2)21.
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- Mitsuhiro Nishimura
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Dresios J, Panopoulos P, Synetos D. Eukaryotic ribosomal proteins lacking a eubacterial counterpart: important players in ribosomal function. Mol Microbiol 2006; 59:1651-63. [PMID: 16553873 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05054.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The ribosome is a macromolecular machine responsible for protein synthesis in all organisms. Despite the enormous progress in studies on the structure and function of prokaryotic ribosomes, the respective molecular details of the mechanism by which the eukaryotic ribosome and associated factors construct a polypeptide accurately and rapidly still remain largely unexplored. Eukaryotic ribosomes possess more RNA and a higher number of proteins than eubacterial ribosomes. As the tertiary structure and basic function of the ribosomes are conserved, what is the contribution of these additional elements? Elucidation of the role of these components should provide clues to the mechanisms of translation in eukaryotes and help unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying the differences between eukaryotic and eubacterial ribosomes. This article focuses on a class of eukaryotic ribosomal proteins that do not have a eubacterial homologue. These proteins play substantial roles in ribosomal structure and function, and in mRNA binding and nascent peptide folding. The role of these proteins in human diseases and viral expression, as well as their potential use as targets for antiviral agents is discussed.
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- John Dresios
- Department of Neurobiology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Altinok G, Powell IJ, Che M, Hormont K, Sarkar FH, Sakr WA, Grignon D, Liao DJ. Reduction of QM protein expression correlates with tumor grade in prostatic adenocarcinoma. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2006; 9:77-82. [PMID: 16331298 DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The QM protein is a transcription cofactor inhibiting the activity of AP-1 transcription factors and is also a ribosomal protein participating in protein synthesis. While protein synthesis is known to be increased in many cancers, inhibition of AP-1 activity presumably suppresses development and growth of sex-hormone-regulated tumor cells. The present study is the first report on immunohistochemical data of QM in human prostatic tissues. Paraffin sections of human prostate cancer samples were immunohistochemically stained for QM. The staining scores were analyzed with the clinicopathologic data of the patients. QM protein expression was found in all normal prostate glands adjacent to prostate cancer and in various intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN). In prostate cancer, the staining intensity and stained areas were decreased, compared to the normal glands and PIN lesions; in high-grade tumors only some patches of tumor cells showed positivity. Intense (3+) staining was mostly observed in the Gleason grade three areas (48%) compared to grade 4 and 5 areas (22%), although both low and high-grade tumors showed similar percentages of weakly stained areas. Moreover, staining in prostatic adenocarcinoma was often topographically patchy and varied from negative or weak (1+) to intense (3+). There was an inverse correlation from normal to low-grade tumors and then to high-grade tumors. However, in high-grade tumors, the positive areas were mostly confined to peripheral aspects of tumors and were particularly strong in foci of perineural invasion. This preliminary study suggests that decreased QM expression may be associated with early development of prostate cancer, but later a high level of QM may facilitate progression of the tumors to a more aggressive phenotype.
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- G Altinok
- Department of Pathology, Harper University Hospital and Wayne State University, and Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA
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Wen Y, Shao JZ, Pan XX, Xiang LX. Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of QM gene from grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) homologous to Wilms' tumor suppressor. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2005; 141:356-65. [PMID: 15936234 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2005] [Revised: 04/02/2005] [Accepted: 04/20/2005] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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QM, a novel gene that was originally identified as a tumor suppressor, has been cloned from species encompassing members of higher vertebrate, plant and fungal kingdoms, but it is not well documented in fish. In present study, a gene homologous to QM was obtained from grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) head kidney and spleen cDNA library. The full-length grass carp QM (GcQM) cDNA of 759 bp contains a short 5' UTR of 22 bp, a 3' UTR of 89 bp and an open reading frame of 648 nucleotides that translates into a 215-amino acid peptide with a molecular weight of 24.5 kDa. The predicted GcQM contains a series of functional motifs that belong to the QM family signature conserved among different species. Multiple alignment analysis reveals that GcQM shares an overall identity of 62.4% approximately 97.7% with other members of QM family. The fish QM has a closest genetic relationship to chicken homologue Jif-1. The GcQM expresses constitutively in spleen, heart and brain, and significantly up-regulated by Aeromonas hydrophila and grass carp haemorrhagic virus (GCHV) in head kidney, spleen and liver. The results suggest that grass carp QM homolog is an inflammatory stress inducible gene associated with anti-bacterial and viral defense, and it plays an important role in immune defense.
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- Yi Wen
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310012, People's Republic of China
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Brengues M, Pintard L, Lapeyre B. mRNA decay is rapidly induced after spore germination of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:40505-12. [PMID: 12181322 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m206700200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Spores from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae can germinate and resume their vegetative growth when placed in favorable conditions. Biochemical studies on germination have been limited by the difficulty of obtaining a pure population of spores germinating synchronously. Here, we report that spores can be purified and sorted according to their size by centrifugal elutriation and that these spores are able to germinate synchronously. Synchronizing their development has allowed reevaluating certain parameters of germination, and we demonstrate that both transcription and translation are induced very rapidly after germination induction. Spores contain mRNAs that are stable for several months in spores kept at 4 degrees C. Germination induction leads to very rapid degradation of these mRNAs, thus providing a simple model to study induction of mRNA decay in eukaryotes. mRNAs from the spore are polyadenylated, capped, and cosediment on sucrose gradients with ribosomes and polysomes and with components of the mRNA degradation machinery. The presence of polysomes in the spores led us to evaluate the activity of the translation apparatus in these cells. We present evidence that there is ongoing transcription and translation in nongerminating yeast spores incubated in water at 30 degrees C, suggesting that these activities could play a role in spore long term survival.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Glucose/metabolism
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Organelles/metabolism
- RNA, Fungal/chemistry
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Fungal/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/chemistry
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/growth & development
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Spores, Fungal/physiology
- Spores, Fungal/ultrastructure
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- Muriel Brengues
- Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire du CNRS, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Oh HS, Kwon H, Sun SK, Yang CH. QM, a putative tumor suppressor, regulates proto-oncogene c-yes. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:36489-98. [PMID: 12138090 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m201859200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The QM gene encodes a 24.5 kDa ribosomal protein L10 known to be highly homologous to a Jun-binding protein (Jif-1), which inhibits the formation of Jun-Jun dimers. Here we have carried out screening with the c-Yes protein and found that a QM homologous protein showed interactions with c-Yes and other Src family members. We have found that two different regions of QM protein were associated with the SH3 domain of c-Yes. The QM protein does not contain canonical SH3 binding motifs or previously reported amino acid fragments showing interaction with SH3 domains. Several c-Yes kinase activity assays indicated that the QM protein reduced c-Yes kinase activity by 70% and that this suppression is related not only to the two SH3 binding regions but also to the C-terminal region of QM. Moreover, our autophosphorylation assays clarified that this regulation resulted from the inhibition of c-Yes autophosphorylation. Immunofluorescence studies showed that the QM proteins and c-Yes are able to interact in various tumor cell lines in vivo. The increases of the c-Yes protein and mRNA levels were detected when the QM was transfected. These results suggest that the QM protein might be a regulator for various signal transduction pathways involving SH3 domain-containing membrane proteins.
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- Hyung Suk Oh
- Division of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Lillico SG, Mottram JC, Murphy NB, Welburn SC. Characterisation of the QM gene of Trypanosoma brucei. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2002; 211:123-8. [PMID: 12076801 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11213.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The QM protein has been reported to have roles in both tumour suppression and transcription factor regulation in vertebrate cells, and in ribosome stability in both yeast and mammals. The present study isolated the QM gene of Trypanosoma brucei and determined its sequence. Alignment with QM sequences from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Arabidopsis thaliana, Drosophila melanogaster and Homo sapiens revealed greater than 60% identity. Southern blot analysis revealed multiple copies of QM within the trypanosome genome. An epitope tag was inserted into the C-terminus of the T. brucei QM and the protein expressed under inducible control in procyclic form trypanosomes. Immune fluorescence microscopy revealed co-localisation with the GPI:protein transamidase component, GPI8, a distribution indicative of ribosome association with the rough endoplasmic reticulum.
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- Simon G Lillico
- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, The Anderson College, Glasgow G11 6NU, UK
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Miyoshi K, Tsujii R, Yoshida H, Maki Y, Wada A, Matsui Y, Toh-E A, Mizuta K. Normal assembly of 60 S ribosomal subunits is required for the signaling in response to a secretory defect in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:18334-9. [PMID: 11893754 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m201667200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A secretory defect leads to transcriptional repression of both ribosomal protein and rRNA genes in yeast. To elucidate the mechanism of the signaling, we previously isolated rrs mutants that were unable to respond to a secretory defect, and we cloned RRS1 encoding a nuclear protein that was required for ribosome biogenesis (Tsuno, A., Miyoshi, K., Tsujii, R., Miyakawa, T., and Mizuta, K. (2000) Mol. Cell. Biol. 20, 2066-2074). We identified duplicated genes encoding ribosomal protein L11, RPL11B as a wild-type allele complementing the rrs2 mutation, and RPL11A in two-hybrid screening using RRS1 as bait. Rpl11p was copurified with Rrs1p in immunoprecipitation analysis. Ultracentrifugation analysis revealed that Rrs1p associated fairly tightly with 60 S preribosomal subunits. These results suggest that signaling in response to a secretory defect requires the normal assembly of 60 S ribosomal subunits including Rrs1p and Rpl11p.
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- Keita Miyoshi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Biosphere Sciences, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan
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DeLabre ML, Kessl J, Karamanou S, Trumpower BL. RPL29 codes for a non-essential protein of the 60S ribosomal subunit in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and exhibits synthetic lethality with mutations in genes for proteins required for subunit coupling. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1574:255-61. [PMID: 11997090 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(01)00372-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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RPL29 (YFR032c-a) is a non-essential gene that codes for a 60S ribosomal subunit protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Deletion of RPL29 leads to a moderate accumulation of half-mer polysomes with little or no change in the amounts of free 60S subunits. In vitro translation and the growth rate are also delayed in the Deltarpl29 strain. Such a phenotype is characteristic of mutants defective in 60S to 40S subunit joining. The Deltarpl29 strain exhibits synthetic lethality with mutations in RPL10, the gene encoding an essential 60S ribosomal subunit protein that is required for 60S to 40S subunit joining. The Deltarpl29 strain also exhibits synthetic lethality with RSA1, a gene encoding a nucleoplasmic protein required for the loading of Rpl10p onto the 60S subunit. Over-expression of RPL10 suppresses the half-mer phenotype of the Deltarpl29 strain, but does not correct the growth defect of the deletion strain. We conclude that absence of Rpl29p impairs proper assembly of proteins onto the 60S subunit and that this retards subunit joining and additionally retards protein synthesis subsequent to subunit joining.
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- Marie Laure DeLabre
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Pintard L, Bujnicki JM, Lapeyre B, Bonnerot C. MRM2 encodes a novel yeast mitochondrial 21S rRNA methyltransferase. EMBO J 2002; 21:1139-47. [PMID: 11867542 PMCID: PMC125888 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.5.1139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Mitochondria of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae assemble their ribosomes from ribosomal proteins, encoded by the nuclear genome (with one exception), and rRNAs of 15S and 21S, encoded by the mitochondrial genome. Unlike cytoplasmic rRNA, which is highly modified, mitochondrial rRNA contains only three modified nucleotides: a pseudouridine (Psi(2918)) and two 2'-O-methylated riboses (Gm(2270) and Um(2791)) located at the peptidyl transferase centre of 21S rRNA. We demonstrate here that the yeast nuclear genome encodes a mitochondrial protein, named Mrm2, which is required for methylating U(2791) of 21S rRNA, both in vivo and in vitro. Deletion of the MRM2 gene causes thermosensitive respiration and leads to rapid loss of mitochondrial DNA. We propose that Mrm2p belongs to a new class of three eukaryotic RNA-modifying enzymes and is the orthologue of FtsJ/RrmJ, which methylates a nucleotide of the peptidyl transferase centre of Escherichia coli 23S rRNA that is homologous to U(2791) of 21S rRNA. Our data suggest that this universally conserved modified nucleotide plays an important function in vivo, possibly by inducing conformational rearrangement of the peptidyl transferase centre.
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- Lionel Pintard
- Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, CNRS, Montpellier, France and
Bioinformatics Laboratory, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland Present address: Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Epalinges s/Lausanne, Switzerland Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, CNRS, Montpellier, France and
Bioinformatics Laboratory, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland Present address: Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Epalinges s/Lausanne, Switzerland Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, CNRS, Montpellier, France and
Bioinformatics Laboratory, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland Present address: Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Epalinges s/Lausanne, Switzerland Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, CNRS, Montpellier, France and
Bioinformatics Laboratory, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland Present address: Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Epalinges s/Lausanne, Switzerland Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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Gadal O, Strauss D, Kessl J, Trumpower B, Tollervey D, Hurt E. Nuclear export of 60s ribosomal subunits depends on Xpo1p and requires a nuclear export sequence-containing factor, Nmd3p, that associates with the large subunit protein Rpl10p. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:3405-15. [PMID: 11313466 PMCID: PMC100262 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.10.3405-3415.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2000] [Accepted: 02/19/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nuclear export of ribosomes requires a subset of nucleoporins and the Ran system, but specific transport factors have not been identified. Using a large subunit reporter (Rpl25p-eGFP), we have isolated several temperature-sensitive ribosomal export (rix) mutants. One of these corresponds to the ribosomal protein Rpl10p, which interacts directly with Nmd3p, a conserved and essential protein associated with 60S subunits. We find that thermosensitive nmd3 mutants are impaired in large subunit export. Strikingly, Nmd3p shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm and is exported by the nuclear export receptor Xpo1p. Moreover, we show that export of 60S subunits is Xpo1p dependent. We conclude that nuclear export of 60S subunits requires the nuclear export sequence-containing nonribosomal protein Nmd3p, which directly binds to the large subunit protein Rpl10p.
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- O Gadal
- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Bonnerot C, Boeck R, Lapeyre B. The two proteins Pat1p (Mrt1p) and Spb8p interact in vivo, are required for mRNA decay, and are functionally linked to Pab1p. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:5939-46. [PMID: 10913177 PMCID: PMC86071 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.16.5939-5946.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We report here the characterization of a bypass suppressor of pab1Delta which leads to a fourfold stabilization of the unstable MFA2 mRNA. Cloning of the wild-type gene for that suppressor reveals that it is identical to PAT1 (YCR077c), a gene whose product was reported to interact with Top2p. PAT1 is not an essential gene, but its deletion leads to a thermosensitive phenotype. Further analysis has shown that PAT1 is allelic with mrt1-3, a mutation previously reported to affect decapping and to bypass suppress pab1Delta, as is also the case for dcp1, spb8, and mrt3. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments show that Pat1p is associated with Spb8p. On sucrose gradients, the two proteins cosediment with fractions containing the polysomes. In the absence of Pat1p, however, Spb8p no longer cofractionates with the polysomes, while the removal of Spb8p leads to a sharp decrease in the level of Pat1p. Our results suggest that some of the factors involved in mRNA degradation could be associated with the mRNA that is still being translated, awaiting a specific signal to commit the mRNA to the degradation pathway.
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- C Bonnerot
- Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire du CNRS, 34293 Montpellier, France.
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Green H, Canfield AE, Hillarby MC, Grant ME, Boot-Handford RP, Freemont AJ, Wallis GA. The ribosomal protein QM is expressed differentially during vertebrate endochondral bone development. J Bone Miner Res 2000; 15:1066-75. [PMID: 10841175 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2000.15.6.1066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Endochondral ossification is a carefully coordinated developmental process that converts the cartilaginous model of the embryonic skeleton to bone with accompanying long bone growth. To identify genes that regulate this process we performed a complementary DNA (cDNA) subtractive hybridization of fetal bovine proliferative chondrocyte cDNA from epiphyseal cartilage cDNA. The subtracted product was used to screen a fetal bovine cartilage cDNA library. Ten percent of the clones identified encoded the bovine orthologue of the human ribosomal protein "QM." Northern and western blot analysis confirmed that QM was highly expressed by cells isolated from epiphyseal cartilage as opposed to proliferative chondrocytes. In contrast, no detectable difference in the expression of mRNA for the ribosomal protein S11 was detected. Immunohistochemical analysis of fetal bovine limb sections revealed that QM was not expressed by the majority of the epiphyseal chondrocytes but only by chondrocytes in close proximity to capillaries that had invaded the epiphyseal cartilage. Strongest QM expression was seen in osteoblasts in the diaphyseal region of the bone adjoining the growth plate, within the periosteum covering the growth plate and within secondary centers of ossification. Hypertrophic chondrocytes within the growth plate adjoining the periosteum also were positive for QM as were chondrocytes in the perichondrium adjoining the periosteum. In vitro investigation of the expression of QM revealed higher QM expression in nonmineralizing osteoblast and pericyte cultures as compared with mineralizing cultures. The in vivo and in vitro expression pattern of QM suggests that this protein may have a role in cell differentiation before mineralization.
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- H Green
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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Hwang JS, Goo TW, Yun EY, Lee JH, Kang SW, Kim KY, Kwon OY. Tissue-/stage-dependent expression of a cloned Bombyx mandarina QM homologue. BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING 2000; 16:211-5. [PMID: 10894116 DOI: 10.1016/s1389-0344(00)00056-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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QM, a novel gene that was firstly isolated as a putative tumor suppressor gene from Wilms' tumor cell line. Although it is well known that the QM gene product plays an important role within the tumor cells, the precise role of QM in the non-tumor cells has remained elusive. With in this mind we isolated a cDNA encoding QM homologue from Bombyx mandarina to understand the function of QM. The 596 bp cDNA has an open reading frame of 219 amino acids and a predicted mol. wt. of 25 kDa. The protein has more than 88% amino acid sequence identity to the QM protein from Drosophila melanogaster. mRNA expression gradually increased from 1-2 days after egg laying to 2 days of finial instar, while very low expressions were detected for either the pupae and the moth stages. The organs, posterior/middle division of silkgland, midgut, fat body and malpighian tubes, also show relatively high mRNA expression levels, respectively. The high degree of conservation and expression of the B. mandarina QM homologous suggest that it has a selectively conserved amino acid sequence due, presumably, to an important biological role which is associated with pupae formation.
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- J S Hwang
- National Sericulture and Entomology Research Institute, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, South Korea
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Pintard L, Kressler D, Lapeyre B. Spb1p is a yeast nucleolar protein associated with Nop1p and Nop58p that is able to bind S-adenosyl-L-methionine in vitro. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:1370-81. [PMID: 10648622 PMCID: PMC85287 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.4.1370-1381.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/1999] [Accepted: 11/10/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We present here the characterization of SPB1, an essential yeast gene that is required for ribosome synthesis. A cold-sensitive allele for that gene (referred to here as spb1-1) had been previously isolated as a suppressor of a mutation affecting the poly(A)-binding protein gene (PAB1) and a thermosensitive allele (referred to here as spb1-2) was isolated in a search for essential genes required for gene silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The two mutants are able to suppress the deletion of PAB1, and they both present a strong reduction in their 60S ribosomal subunit content. In an spb1-2 strain grown at the restrictive temperature, processing of the 27S pre-rRNA into mature 25S rRNA and 5.8S is completely abolished and production of mature 18S is reduced, while the abnormal 23S species is accumulated. Spb1p is a 96.5-kDa protein that is localized to the nucleolus. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments show that Spb1p is associated in vivo with the nucleolar proteins Nop1p and Nop5/58p. Protein sequence analysis reveals that Spb1p possesses a putative S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet)-binding domain, which is common to the AdoMet-dependent methyltransferases. We show here that Spb1p is able to bind [(3)H]AdoMet in vitro, suggesting that it is a novel methylase, whose possible substrates will be discussed.
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- L Pintard
- Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire du CNRS, 34293 Montpellier, France
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Kressler D, Doère M, Rojo M, Linder P. Synthetic lethality with conditional dbp6 alleles identifies rsa1p, a nucleoplasmic protein involved in the assembly of 60S ribosomal subunits. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:8633-45. [PMID: 10567587 PMCID: PMC85000 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.12.8633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Dbp6p is an essential putative ATP-dependent RNA helicase that is required for 60S-ribosomal-subunit assembly in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (D. Kressler, J. de la Cruz, M. Rojo, and P. Linder, Mol. Cell. Biol. 18:1855-1865, 1998). To identify factors that are functionally interacting with Dbp6p, we have performed a synthetic lethal screen with conditional dbp6 mutants. Here, we describe the cloning and the phenotypic analysis of the previously uncharacterized open reading frame YPL193W, which we renamed RSA1 (ribosome assembly 1). Rsa1p is not essential for cell viability; however, rsa1 null mutant strains display a slow-growth phenotype, which is exacerbated at elevated temperatures. The rsa1 null allele synthetically enhances the mild growth defect of weak dbp6 alleles and confers synthetic lethality when combined with stronger dbp6 alleles. Polysome profile analysis shows that the absence of Rsa1p results in the accumulation of half-mer polysomes. However, the pool of free 60S ribosomal subunits is only moderately decreased; this is reminiscent of polysome profiles from mutants defective in 60S-to-40S subunit joining. Pulse-chase labeling of pre-rRNA in the rsa1 null mutant strain indicates that formation of the mature 25S rRNA is decreased at the nonpermissive temperature. Interestingly, free 60S ribosomal subunits of a rsa1 null mutant strain that was grown for two generations at 37 degrees C are practically devoid of the 60S-ribosomal-subunit protein Qsr1p/Rpl10p, which is required for joining of 60S and 40S subunits (D. P. Eisinger, F. A. Dick, and B. L. Trumpower, Mol. Cell. Biol. 17:5136-5145, 1997). Moreover, the combination of the Deltarsa1 and qsr1-1 mutations leads to a strong synthetic growth inhibition. Finally, a hemagglutinin epitope-tagged Rsa1p localizes predominantly to the nucleoplasm. Together, these results point towards a function for Rsa1p in a late nucleoplasmic step of 60S-ribosomal-subunit assembly.
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- D Kressler
- Département de Biochimie Médicale, Centre Médical Universitaire, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Mills AA, Mills MJ, Gardiner DM, Bryant SV, Stanbridge EJ. Analysis of the pattern of QM expression during mouse development. Differentiation 1999; 64:161-71. [PMID: 10234813 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.1999.6430161.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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QM, a novel gene that was originally identified as a putative tumor suppressor gene, has since been cloned from species encompassing members of the plant, animal, and fungal kingdoms. Sequence comparison indicates that QM has been highly conserved throughout eukaryotic evolution. QM is a member of a multigene family in both mouse and man, is expressed in a broad range of tissues, and is downregulated during adipocyte differentiation. Jif-1, a chicken homolog of QM, has been reported to interact with the protooncogene c-Jun, and to inhibit transactivation of AP-1 regulated promoters in vitro. Furthermore, disruption of the yeast QM homolog is lethal. Although these studies suggest that the QM gene product plays an important role within the normal cell, the precise role of QM has remained elusive. In this study, a thorough analysis of the pattern of QM expression during mouse development was undertaken, using the techniques of whole mount in situ hybridization and whole mount immunohistochemistry, in combination with conventional immunohistochemical analysis of tissue sections. QM is expressed in numerous embryonic tissues, and is differentially expressed throughout the embryo. The cytoplasmic localization of QM is consistent with its reported association with ribosomes, and inconsistent with its previously hypothesized function as a direct modulator of the nuclear protooncogene c-Jun. QM is expressed in the developing epidermis, and is particularly strong within developing limbs. Analysis of embryos of various stages of gestation indicate that QM is downregulated in the surface ectoderm of the embryo as development proceeds. QM protein is not detectable within either nucleated or enucleated red blood cell precursors. QM is strongly expressed within chondrocytes within the transition zone of developing limb cartilage, as well as within differentiated keratinocytes of the suprabasal regions of the epidermis. Furthermore, within both cartilage and skin, there is an inverse relationship between QM expression and proliferative capacity. This pattern of QM expression suggests that this novel gene product may be involved in processes such as posttranslational protein processing which are essential for differentiation of specific tissues during embryogenesis.
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- A A Mills
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, College of Medicine, Irvine 92697-4025, USA
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Török I, Herrmann-Horle D, Kiss I, Tick G, Speer G, Schmitt R, Mechler BM. Down-regulation of RpS21, a putative translation initiation factor interacting with P40, produces viable minute imagos and larval lethality with overgrown hematopoietic organs and imaginal discs. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:2308-21. [PMID: 10022917 PMCID: PMC84023 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.3.2308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/1998] [Accepted: 12/07/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Down-regulation of the Drosophila ribosomal protein S21 gene (rpS21) causes a dominant weak Minute phenotype and recessively produces massive hyperplasia of the hematopoietic organs and moderate overgrowth of the imaginal discs during larval development. Here, we show that the S21 protein (RpS21) is bound to native 40S ribosomal subunits in a salt-labile association and is absent from polysomes, indicating that it acts as a translation initiation factor rather than as a core ribosomal protein. RpS21 can interact strongly with P40, a ribosomal peripheral protein encoded by the stubarista (sta) gene. Genetic studies reveal that P40 underexpression drastically enhances imaginal disc overgrowth in rpS21-deficient larvae, whereas viable combinations between rpS21 and sta affect the morphology of bristles, antennae, and aristae. These data demonstrate a strong interaction between components of the translation machinery and showed that their underexpression impairs the control of cell proliferation in both hematopoietic organs and imaginal discs.
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- I Török
- Department of Developmental Genetics, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Koller HT, Klade T, Ellinger A, Breitenbach M. The yeast growth control gene GRC5 is highly homologous to the mammalian putative tumor suppressor gene QM. Yeast 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(199601)12:1<53::aid-yea886>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Dick FA, Trumpower BL. Heterologous complementation reveals that mutant alleles of QSR1 render 60S ribosomal subunits unstable and translationally inactive. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:2442-8. [PMID: 9580698 PMCID: PMC147575 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.10.2442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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QSR1 is a highly conserved gene which encodes a 60S ribosomal subunit protein that is required for joining of large and small ribosomal subunits. In this report we demonstrate heterologous complementation of a yeast QSR1 deletion strain with both the human and corn homologs and show that the human and corn proteins are assembled into hybrid yeast/human and yeast/corn ribosomes. While the homologous genes complement lethality of the QSR1 deletion, they also result in a diminished growth rate. Analyses of the translation rates of ribosomes containing the human and corn proteins reveal a partial loss of function. Velocity gradient analyses of the hybrid ribosomes after exposure to high concentrations of salt indicate that the decreased activity is due to lability of the hybrid 60S subunits.
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- F A Dick
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Screening of the complete genome sequence from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has enabled us to compile a complete list of the genes encoding cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins in this organism. Putative ribosomal protein genes were selected primarily on the basis of the sequence similarity of their products with ribosomal proteins from other eukaryotic organisms, in particular the rat. These genes were subsequently screened for typical yeast rp-gene characteristics, viz. (1) a high codon adaptation index; (2) their promoter structure and (3) their responses to changes in growth conditions. The yeast genome appears to carry 78 different genes, of which 59 are duplicated, encoding 32 different small-subunit and 46 large-subunit proteins. A new nomenclature for these ribosomal proteins is proposed.
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- R J Planta
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, BioCentrum Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
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Dick FA, Eisinger DP, Trumpower BL. Exchangeability of Qsr1p, a large ribosomal subunit protein required for subunit joining, suggests a novel translational regulatory mechanism. FEBS Lett 1997; 419:1-3. [PMID: 9426207 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01402-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Qsr1p is a 60S ribosomal subunit protein that is necessary for joining of large and small ribosomal subunits and is also one of the last proteins assembled onto the 60S ribosomal subunit in the cytoplasm. The finding that Qsr1p is identical to L7, a protein previously shown to cycle on and off large ribosomal subunits in the cytoplasm, suggests that the addition of Qsr1p onto the 60S ribosomal subunit could be utilized as a translational regulatory mechanism by limiting the supply of functional 60S subunits.
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- F A Dick
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Nika J, Erickson FL, Hannig EM. Ribosomal protein L9 is the product of GRC5, a homolog of the putative tumor suppressor QM in S. cerevisiae. Yeast 1997; 13:1155-66. [PMID: 9301022 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(19970930)13:12<1155::aid-yea166>3.0.co;2-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Genes encoding members of the highly conserved QM family have been identified in eukaryotic organisms from yeast to man. Results of previous studies have suggested roles for QM in control of cell growth and proliferation, perhaps as a tumor suppressor, and in energy metabolism. We identified recessive lethal alleles of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae QM homolog GRC5 that increased GCN4 expression when present in multiple copies. These alleles encode truncated forms of the yeast QM protein Grc5p. Using a functional epitope-tagged GRC5 allele, we localized Grc5p to a 60S fraction that contained the large ribosomal subunit. Two-dimensional gel analysis of highly purified yeast ribosomes indicated that Grc5p corresponds to 60S ribosomal protein L9. This identification is consistent with the predicted physical characteristics of eukaryotic QM proteins, the highly biased codon usage of GRC5, and the presence of putative Rap1p-binding sites in the 5' sequences of the yeast GRC5 gene.
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- J Nika
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson 75083-0688, USA
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Eisinger DP, Dick FA, Denke E, Trumpower BL. SQT1, which encodes an essential WD domain protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, suppresses dominant-negative mutations of the ribosomal protein gene QSR1. Mol Cell Biol 1997; 17:5146-55. [PMID: 9271392 PMCID: PMC232365 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.9.5146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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QSR1 is an essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene, which encodes a 60S ribosomal subunit protein required for joining of 40S and 60S subunits. Truncations of QSR1 predicted to encode C-terminally truncated forms of Qsr1p do not substitute for QSR1 but do act as dominant negative mutations, inhibiting the growth of yeast when expressed from an inducible promoter. The dominant negative mutants exhibit a polysome profile characterized by 'half-mer' polysomes, indicative of a subunit joining defect like that seen in other qsr1 mutants (D. P. Eisinger, F. A. Dick, and B. L. Trumpower, Mol. Cell. Biol. 17:5136-5145, 1997.) By screening a high-copy yeast genomic library, we isolated several clones containing overlapping inserts of a novel gene that rescues the slow-growth phenotype of the dominant negative qsr1 truncations. The suppressor of qsr1 truncation mutants, SQT1, is an essential gene, which encodes a 47.1-kDa protein containing multiple WD repeats and which interacts strongly with Qsr1p in a yeast two-hybrid system. SQT1 restores growth and the "half-mer" polysome profile of the dominant negative qsr1 mutants to normal, but it does not rescue temperature-sensitive qsr1 mutants or the original qsr1-1 missense allele. In yeast cell lysates, Sqt1p fractionates as part of an oligomeric protein complex that is loosely associated with ribosomes but is distinct from known eukaryotic initiation factor complexes. Loss of SQT1 function by down regulation from an inducible promoter results in formation of half-mer polyribosomes and decreased Qsr1p levels on free 60S subunits. Sqt1p thus appears to be involved in a late step of 60S subunit assembly or modification in the cytoplasm.
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- D P Eisinger
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Eisinger DP, Dick FA, Trumpower BL. Qsr1p, a 60S ribosomal subunit protein, is required for joining of 40S and 60S subunits. Mol Cell Biol 1997; 17:5136-45. [PMID: 9271391 PMCID: PMC232364 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.9.5136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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QSR1 is a recently discovered, essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene, which encodes a 60S ribosomal subunit protein. Thirty-one unique temperature-sensitive alleles of QSR1 were generated by regional codon randomization within a conserved 20-amino-acid sequence of the QSR1-encoded protein. The temperature-sensitive mutants arrest as viable, large, unbudded cells 24 to 48 h after a shift to 37 degrees C. Polysome and ribosomal subunit analysis by velocity gradient centrifugation of lysates from temperature-sensitive qsr1 mutants and from cells in which Qsr1p was depleted by down regulation of an inducible promoter revealed the presence of half-mer polysomes and a large pool of free 60S subunits that lack Qsr1p. In vitro subunit-joining assays and analysis of a mutant conditional for the synthesis of Qsr1p demonstrate that 60S subunits devoid of Qsr1p are unable to join with 40S subunits whereas 60S subunits that contain either wild-type or mutant forms of the protein are capable of subunit joining. The defective 60S subunits result from a reduced association of mutant Qsr1p with 60S subunits. These results indicate that Qsr1p is required for ribosomal subunit joining.
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- D P Eisinger
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Loftus TM, Nguyen YH, Stanbridge EJ. The QM protein associates with ribosomes in the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Biochemistry 1997; 36:8224-30. [PMID: 9204867 DOI: 10.1021/bi970288d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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QM is a human cDNA originally isolated as a transcript elevated in a nontumorigenic Wilms' tumor microcell hybrid, relative to the tumorigenic parental cell line. Homologs of this gene have been identified from a large number of diverse eukaryotic species which demonstrate a high degree of conservation. The functional importance implied by this strong conservation is supported by the observation that the disruption of the yeast homolog is lethal. In spite of its apparent importance, the function of the encoded protein remains elusive. Indirect immunofluorescent cell staining of cultured human, G401 cells with an antibody to the QM protein shows a punctate staining pattern in the cytoplasm with much of the signal in a perinuclear pattern. Subcellular fractionation demonstrated an association of QM protein with the rough endoplasmic reticulum. It was possible to disrupt this association by washing microsomal membranes with 1M NaCl, suggesting a peripheral association. Proteolytic latency studies showed the protein to be exposed on the cytoplasmic face of the membrane. In situ cross-linking followed by diagonal SDS gel analysis indicates that QM exists as a member of a large protein complex. In agreement with this, QM was found to copurify with the ribosome complex. Incubation with 1 M NaCl was found to disrupt this association while having no effect on the association of core ribosomal proteins.
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- T M Loftus
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Dick FA, Karamanou S, Trumpower BL. QSR1, an essential yeast gene with a genetic relationship to a subunit of the mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex, codes for a 60 S ribosomal subunit protein. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:13372-9. [PMID: 9148960 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.20.13372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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QSR1 (quinol-cytochrome c reductase subunit-requiring) is a highly conserved, essential gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that was identified through a synthetic lethal screen by its genetic relationship to QCR6, the gene for subunit 6 (Qcr6p) of the mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex. The function of the QSR1-encoded protein (Qsr1p) and its relationship to the QCR6-encoded protein are unknown. When yeast cell lysates are fractionated by density gradient centrifugation, Qsr1p separates from organelles and sediments with a uniformly sized population of particles that are similar to eukaryotic ribosomes upon velocity gradient centrifugation. When 40 S and 60 S ribosomal subunits are separated on velocity gradients, Qsr1p is found exclusively with the 60 S subunits, where it is a stoichiometric component. Extracts prepared from qsr1-1 cells are defective in in vitro translation assays relative to the wild type. In yeast cell lysates in which QCR6 rescues an otherwise lethal qsr1-1 mutation, Qcr6p is found only in mitochondria, both in respiratory-competent cells and in rho0 cells in which the bc1 complex is no longer present. These results suggest that suppression of the qsr1-1 mutation by QCR6 occurs by a trans-relationship across the outer mitochondrial membrane.
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- F A Dick
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Inada H, Mukai J, Matsushima S, Tanaka T. QM is a novel zinc-binding transcription regulatory protein: its binding to c-Jun is regulated by zinc ions and phosphorylation by protein kinase C. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997; 230:331-4. [PMID: 9016777 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.5955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A novel method was developed for cloning of zinc-binding proteins. We used 65Zn2+ as a probe to screen a human lung cDNA library, and isolated QM using this approach. QM appears to be a negative regulator of c-Jun that acts by binding to the leucine zipper region of c-Jun. We demonstrated that QM bound zinc ions and that such binding was necessary for the interaction of QM with c-Jun. We also showed that protein kinase C introduced about 1 mol of phosphate into 1 mol of QM. The binding of QM to c-Jun was decreased by 60% when QM had been phosphorylated. These results suggest that QM is a novel zinc-binding transcription regulatory protein and that interaction between QM and c-Jun is regulated by zinc ions and phosphorylation.
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- H Inada
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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Farmer AA, Johnsen JI, Loftus TM, Smith KP, Stanbridge EJ. Isolation and characterization of the QM promoter. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; 24:2158-65. [PMID: 8668549 PMCID: PMC145915 DOI: 10.1093/nar/24.11.2158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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This report describes the isolation, sequencing and preliminary characterization of the first 1 kb of the 5'-regulatory region of the human QM gene. This region and the 5' -half of the transcribed region of the QM gene are enriched for C and G nucleotides with no bias against CpG dinucleotides--indicative of a CpG island. Several consensus GC boxes are present within the sequence. Most are clustered at the distal end, with one site present in the proximal 200 bp of the promoter. Electrophoretic mobility shift experiments and luciferase assays done in insect cells transfected with an Sp1 expression construct suggest that most of these sites can bind Sp1 or a closely related factor. In addition, the promoter is shown to be responsive to cAMP via a response element (CRE) in the proximal promoter. Studies with 5'-end and internal deletion mutants suggest that elements in the distal promoter exert their positive effect through interactions with a proximal element(s). Candidate proximal elements include the proximal GC box and a 43 bp region between a KpnI site (at -182) and a Smal site (at -139).
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- A A Farmer
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, CA 92715, USA
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Masson JY, Vadnais J, Ramotar D. The Schizosaccharomyces pombe spqM gene is a new member of the Qm transcription factor family. Gene X 1996; 170:153-4. [PMID: 8621081 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00853-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The Qm family of proteins, which are found in a wide variety of species such as budding yeast, plants and humans, are believed to play a role in gene expression. Here, we report the isolation ofaa gene, spqM, from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, whose deduced amino-acid sequence shared 71.6 to 61.36% identity with members of the Qm family. The high degree of conservation of the Qm members suggest that they were selectively conserved, because of an important biological role.
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- J Y Masson
- CHUL Research Center, Health and Environment Unit, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
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Koller HT, Klade T, Ellinger A, Breitenbach M. The yeast growth control gene GRC5 is highly homologous to the mammalian putative tumor suppressor gene QM. Yeast 1996; 12:53-65. [PMID: 8789260 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(199601)12:1%3c53::aid-yea886%3e3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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We isolated the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GRC5 (growth control) gene by functional complementation in vivo of a ts (temperature sensitive) mutation. Phenotypic analysis suggested involvement of GRC5 in cell growth and proliferation. Mutant cells arrest their cell cycles after one to three cell divisions predominantly as mother cells with a large bud. In the region of the septum, a massive accumulation of cell wall material is observed. The mother and daughter nuclei are well separated and spindles are no longer present, while the cytoskeleton is of aberrant appearance. Arrested cells do not perform protein synthesis and are unable to mate. Furthermore, grc5-1ts cells rapidly lose viability at the restrictive temperature (37 degrees C) only on full media, but not under nitrogen-starvation conditions, indicating that proper response to this nutrient limitation is still intact in mutant cells after cell cycle arrest. The sequence of GRC5 translates into a basic protein of 221 amino acid with a corresponding Mr of 25.4 kDa. GRC5 is a member of the highly conserved QM gene family, members of which have been reported from plants, invertebrates and vertebrates. The amino acid sequence of GRC5 over its entire length is more than 60% identical to the human QM protein, expression of which is associated with loss of the tumorigenic phenotype in a cell line derived from Wilms' tumor, a malignancy of the embyronic kidney. Here, we show that GRC5 is an essential yeast gene, the function of which as inferred from analysis of the grc5-1ts mutant is crucial for establishment of proper cytoskeletal structure and regulation of growth in yeast cells.
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- H T Koller
- Department of Genetics and General Biology, University of Salzburg, Austria
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