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Lai LB, Lai SM, Szymanski ES, Kapur M, Choi EK, Al-Hashimi HM, Ackerman SL, Gopalan V. Structural basis for impaired 5' processing of a mutant tRNA associated with defects in neuronal homeostasis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2119529119. [PMID: 35238631 PMCID: PMC8915964 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2119529119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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SignificanceUnderstanding and treating neurological disorders are global priorities. Some of these diseases are engendered by mutations that cause defects in the cellular synthesis of transfer RNAs (tRNAs), which function as adapter molecules that translate messenger RNAs into proteins. During tRNA biogenesis, ribonuclease P catalyzes removal of the transcribed sequence upstream of the mature tRNA. Here, we focus on a cytoplasmic tRNAArgUCU that is expressed specifically in neurons and, when harboring a particular point mutation, contributes to neurodegeneration in mice. Our results suggest that this mutation favors stable alternative structures that are not cleaved by mouse ribonuclease P and motivate a paradigm that may help to understand the molecular basis for disease-associated mutations in other tRNAs.
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- Lien B. Lai
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Section of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Section of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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Cellular RNAs are chemically modified by many RNA modification enzymes; however, often the functions of modifications remain unclear, such as for pseudouridine formation in the tRNA TΨC arm by the bacterial tRNA pseudouridine synthase TruB. Here we test the hypothesis that RNA modification enzymes also act as RNA chaperones. Using TruB as a model, we demonstrate that TruB folds tRNA independent of its catalytic activity, thus increasing the fraction of tRNA that can be aminoacylated. By rapid kinetic stopped-flow analysis, we identified the molecular mechanism of TruB's RNA chaperone activity: TruB binds and unfolds both misfolded and folded tRNAs thereby providing misfolded tRNAs a second chance at folding. Previously, it has been shown that a catalytically inactive TruB variant has no phenotype when expressed in an Escherichia coli truB KO strain [Gutgsell N, et al. (2000) RNA 6(12):1870-1881]. However, here we uncover that E. coli strains expressing a TruB variant impaired in tRNA binding and in in vitro tRNA folding cannot compete with WT E. coli. Consequently, the tRNA chaperone activity of TruB is critical for bacterial fitness. In conclusion, we prove the tRNA chaperone activity of the pseudouridine synthase TruB, reveal its molecular mechanism, and demonstrate its importance for cellular fitness. We discuss the likelihood that other RNA modification enzymes are also RNA chaperones.
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van Bel N, Ghabri A, Das AT, Berkhout B. The HIV-1 leader RNA is exquisitely sensitive to structural changes. Virology 2015; 483:236-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.03.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2014] [Revised: 03/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Rijal K, Maraia RJ, Arimbasseri AG. A methods review on use of nonsense suppression to study 3' end formation and other aspects of tRNA biogenesis. Gene 2014; 556:35-50. [PMID: 25447915 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Revised: 11/13/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Suppressor tRNAs bear anticodon mutations that allow them to decode premature stop codons in metabolic marker gene mRNAs, that can be used as in vivo reporters of functional tRNA biogenesis. Here, we review key components of a suppressor tRNA system specific to Schizosaccharomyces pombe and its adaptations for use to study specific steps in tRNA biogenesis. Eukaryotic tRNA biogenesis begins with transcription initiation by RNA polymerase (pol) III. The nascent pre-tRNAs must undergo folding, 5' and 3' processing to remove the leader and trailer, nuclear export, and splicing if applicable, while multiple complex chemical modifications occur throughout the process. We review evidence that precursor-tRNA processing begins with transcription termination at the oligo(T) terminator element, which forms a 3' oligo(U) tract on the nascent RNA, a sequence-specific binding site for the RNA chaperone, La protein. The processing pathway bifurcates depending on a poorly understood property of pol III termination that determines the 3' oligo(U) length and therefore the affinity for La. We thus review the pol III termination process and the factors involved including advances using gene-specific random mutagenesis by dNTP analogs that identify key residues important for transcription termination in certain pol III subunits. The review ends with a 'technical approaches' section that includes a parts lists of suppressor-tRNA alleles, strains and plasmids, and graphic examples of its diverse uses.
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- Keshab Rijal
- Intramural Research Program on Genomics of Differentiation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Intramural Research Program on Genomics of Differentiation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Intramural Research Program on Genomics of Differentiation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Ishimura R, Nagy G, Dotu I, Zhou H, Yang XL, Schimmel P, Senju S, Nishimura Y, Chuang JH, Ackerman SL. RNA function. Ribosome stalling induced by mutation of a CNS-specific tRNA causes neurodegeneration. Science 2014; 345:455-9. [PMID: 25061210 DOI: 10.1126/science.1249749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 320] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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In higher eukaryotes, transfer RNAs (tRNAs) with the same anticodon are encoded by multiple nuclear genes, and little is known about how mutations in these genes affect translation and cellular homeostasis. Similarly, the surveillance systems that respond to such defects in higher eukaryotes are not clear. Here, we discover that loss of GTPBP2, a novel binding partner of the ribosome recycling protein Pelota, in mice with a mutation in a tRNA gene that is specifically expressed in the central nervous system causes ribosome stalling and widespread neurodegeneration. Our results not only define GTPBP2 as a ribosome rescue factor but also unmask the disease potential of mutations in nuclear-encoded tRNA genes.
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- Ryuta Ishimura
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo 1-1-1, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo 1-1-1, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA.
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Nuclear ribonuclease (RNase) P is a ubiquitous essential ribonucleoprotein complex, one of only two known RNA-based enzymes found in all three domains of life. The RNA component is the catalytic moiety of RNases P across all phylogenetic domains; it contains a well-conserved core, whereas peripheral structural elements are diverse. RNA components of eukaryotic RNases P tend to be less complex than their bacterial counterparts, a simplification that is accompanied by a dramatic reduction of their catalytic ability in the absence of protein. The size and complexity of the protein moieties increase dramatically from bacterial to archaeal to eukaryotic enzymes, apparently reflecting the delegation of some structural functions from RNA to proteins and, perhaps, in response to the increased complexity of the cellular environment in the more evolutionarily advanced organisms; the reasons for the increased dependence on proteins are not clear. We review current information on RNase P and the closely related universal eukaryotic enzyme RNase MRP, focusing on their functions and structural organization.
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- Olga Esakova
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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The mitochondrial genome of the screamer louse Bothriometopus (phthiraptera: ischnocera): effects of extensive gene rearrangements on the evolution of the genome. J Mol Evol 2007; 65:589-604. [PMID: 17925995 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-007-9042-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2007] [Revised: 09/12/2007] [Accepted: 09/18/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mitochondrial (mt) genome rearrangement has generally been studied with respect to the phenomenon itself, focusing on their phylogenetic distribution and causal mechanisms. Rearrangements have additional significance through effects on substitution, transcription, and mRNA processing. Lice are an ideal group in which to study the interactions between rearrangements and these factors due to the heightened rearrangement rate within this group. The entire mt genome of the screamer louse Bothriometopus was sequenced and compared to previously sequenced louse genomes. The mt genome is 15,564 bp, circular, and all genes are encoded on the same strand. The gene arrangement differs radically from both other louse species and the ancestral insect. Nucleotide composition is A+T biased, but there is no skew which may be due to reversal of replication direction or a transcriptional effect. Bothriometopus has both tRNA duplication and concerted evolution which has not been observed previously. Eleven of the 13 protein-coding genes have 3' end stem-loop structures which may allow mRNA processing without flanking tRNAs and so facilitate gene rearrangements. There are five candidate control regions capable of forming stem-loop structures. Two are structurally more similar to the control regions of other insect species than those of other lice. Analyses of Bothriometopus demonstrate that louse mt genomes, in addition to being extensively rearranged, differ significantly from most insect species in nucleotide composition biases, tRNA evolution, protein-coding gene structures and putative signaling sites such as the control region. These may be either a cause or a consequence of gene rearrangements.
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Karkashon S, Hopkinson A, Levinger L. tRNase Z catalysis and conserved residues on the carboxy side of the His cluster. Biochemistry 2007; 46:9380-7. [PMID: 17655328 PMCID: PMC2526284 DOI: 10.1021/bi700578v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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tRNAs are transcribed as precursors and processed in a series of required reactions leading to aminoacylation and translation. The 3'-end trailer can be removed by the pre-tRNA processing endonuclease tRNase Z, an ancient, conserved member of the beta-lactamase superfamily of metal-dependent hydrolases. The signature sequence of this family, the His domain (HxHxDH, Motif II), and histidines in Motifs III and V and aspartate in Motif IV contribute seven side chains for the coordination of two divalent metal ions. We previously investigated the effects on catalysis of substitutions in Motif II and in the PxKxRN loop and Motif I on the amino side of Motif II. Herein, we present the effects of substitutions on the carboxy side of Motif II within Motifs III, IV, the HEAT and HST loops, and Motif V. Substitution of the Motif IV aspartate reduces catalytic efficiency more than 10,000-fold. Histidines in Motif III, V, and the HST loop are also functionally important. Strikingly, replacement of Glu in the HEAT loop with Ala reduces efficiency by approximately 1000-fold. Proximity and orientation of this Glu side chain relative to His in the HST loop and the importance of both residues for catalysis suggest that they function as a duo in proton transfer at the final stage of reaction, characteristic of the tRNase Z class of RNA endonucleases.
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- *to whom correspondence should be addressed: Phone: 718-262-2704 FAX: 718-262-2652
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Ishii R, Minagawa A, Takaku H, Takagi M, Nashimoto M, Yokoyama S. The structure of the flexible arm of Thermotoga maritima tRNase Z differs from those of homologous enzymes. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2007; 63:637-41. [PMID: 17671357 PMCID: PMC2335171 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309107033623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2007] [Accepted: 07/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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tRNA 3'-processing endoribonuclease (tRNase Z) is one of the enzymes involved in the 3'-end processing of precursor tRNAs and is a member of the metallo-beta-lactamase superfamily. tRNase Z crystal structures have revealed that the enzyme forms a dimer and has a characteristic domain, named a flexible arm or an exosite, which protrudes from the metallo-beta-lactamase core and is involved in tRNA binding. The refined structure of Thermotoga maritima tRNase Z has been determined at 1.97 A resolution, revealing the structure of the flexible arm and the zinc-bound active site. The structure of the flexible arm of T. maritima tRNase Z is distinct from those of the Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli tRNase Zs. A comparison of the three tRNase Z structures revealed differences in the dimer orientation, which may be related to the unique cleavage-site specificity of T. maritima tRNase Z.
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- Ryohei Ishii
- RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata 956-8603, Japan
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- Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata 956-8603, Japan
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- Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata 956-8603, Japan
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- Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata 956-8603, Japan
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- RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Correspondence e-mail:
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Vogel A, Schilling O, Späth B, Marchfelder A. The tRNase Z family of proteins: physiological functions, substrate specificity and structural properties. Biol Chem 2006; 386:1253-64. [PMID: 16336119 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2005.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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tRNase Z is the endoribonuclease that generates the mature 3'-end of tRNA molecules by removal of the 3'-trailer elements of precursor tRNAs. This enzyme has been characterized from representatives of all three domains of life (Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya), as well as from mitochondria and chloroplasts. tRNase Z enzymes come in two forms: short versions (280-360 amino acids in length), present in all three kingdoms, and long versions (750-930 amino acids), present only in eukaryotes. The recently solved crystal structure of the bacterial tRNase Z provides the structural basis for the understanding of central functional elements. The substrate is recognized by an exosite that protrudes from the main protein body and consists of a metallo-beta-lactamase domain. Cleavage of the precursor tRNA occurs at the binuclear zinc site located in the other subunit of the functional homodimer. The first gene of the tRNase Z family was cloned in 2002. Since then a comprehensive set of data has been acquired concerning this new enzyme, including detailed functional studies on purified recombinant enzymes, mutagenesis studies and finally the determination of the crystal structure of three bacterial enzymes. This review summarizes the current knowledge about these exciting enzymes.
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- Andreas Vogel
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, D-45470 Mülheim, Germany
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Zareen N, Hopkinson A, Levinger L. Residues in two homology blocks on the amino side of the tRNase Z His domain contribute unexpectedly to pre-tRNA 3' end processing. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2006; 12:1104-15. [PMID: 16618969 PMCID: PMC1464858 DOI: 10.1261/rna.4206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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tRNase Z, which can endonucleolytically remove pre-tRNA 3'-end trailers, possesses the signature His domain (HxHxDH; Motif II) of the beta-lactamase family of metal-dependent hydrolases. Motif II combines with Motifs III-V on its carboxy side to coordinate two divalent metal ions, constituting the catalytic core. The PxKxRN loop and Motif I on the amino side of Motif II have been suggested to modulate tRNase Z activity, including the anti-determinant effect of CCA in mature tRNA. Ala walks through these two homology blocks reveal residues in which the substitutions unexpectedly reduce catalytic efficiency. While substitutions in Motif II can drastically affect k(cat) without affecting k(M), five- to 15-fold increases in k(M) are observed with substitutions in several conserved residues in the PxKxRN loop and Motif I. These increases in k(M) suggest a model for substrate binding. Expressed tRNase Z processes mature tRNA with CCA at the 3' end approximately 80 times less efficiently than a pre-tRNA possessing natural sequence of the 3'-end trailer, due to reduced k(cat) with no effect on k(M), showing the CCA anti-determinant to be a characteristic of this enzyme.
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- Neela Zareen
- York College of The City University of New York, Jamaica, 11451, USA
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Yan H, Zareen N, Levinger L. Naturally occurring mutations in human mitochondrial pre-tRNASer(UCN) can affect the transfer ribonuclease Z cleavage site, processing kinetics, and substrate secondary structure. J Biol Chem 2005; 281:3926-35. [PMID: 16361254 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m509822200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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tRNAs are transcribed as precursors with a 5' end leader and a 3' end trailer. The 5' end leader is processed by RNase P, and in most organisms in all three kingdoms, transfer ribonuclease (tRNase) Z can endonucleolytically remove the 3' end trailer. Long ((L)) and short ((S)) forms of the tRNase Z gene are present in the human genome. tRNase Z(L) processes a nuclear-encoded pre-tRNA approximately 1600-fold more efficiently than tRNase Z(S) and is predicted to have a strong mitochondrial transport signal. tRNase Z(L) could, thus, process both nuclear- and mitochondrially encoded pre-tRNAs. More than 150 pathogenesis-associated mutations have been found in the mitochondrial genome, most of them in the 22 mitochondrially encoded tRNAs. All the mutations investigated in human mitochondrial tRNA(Ser(UCN)) affect processing efficiency, and some affect the cleavage site and secondary structure. These changes could affect tRNase Z processing of mutant pre-tRNAs, perhaps contributing to mitochondrial disease.
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- Hua Yan
- York College of The City University of New York, Jamaica, 11451, USA
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Zareen N, Yan H, Hopkinson A, Levinger L. Residues in the conserved His domain of fruit fly tRNase Z that function in catalysis are not involved in substrate recognition or binding. J Mol Biol 2005; 350:189-99. [PMID: 15935379 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.04.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2005] [Revised: 04/26/2005] [Accepted: 04/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Transfer RNAs are transcribed as precursors with extensions at both the 5' and 3' ends. RNase P removes endonucleolytically the 5' end leader. tRNase Z can remove endonucleolytically the 3' end trailer as a necessary step in tRNA maturation. CCA is not transcriptionally encoded in the tRNAs of eukaryotes, archaebacteria and some bacteria and must be added by a CCA-adding enzyme after removal of the 3' end trailer. tRNase Z is a member of the beta-lactamase family of metal-dependent hydrolases, the signature sequence of which, the conserved histidine cluster (HxHxDH), is essential for activity. Starting with baculovirus-expressed fruit fly tRNase Z, we completed an 18 residue Ala scan of the His cluster to analyze the functional landscape of this critical region. Residues in and around the His cluster fall into three categories based on effects of the substitutions on processing efficiency: substitutions in eight residues have little effect, five substitutions reduce efficiency moderately (approximately 5-50-fold), while substitutions in five conserved residues, one serine, three histidine and one aspartate, severely reduce efficiency (approximately 500-5000-fold). Wild-type and mutant dissociation constants (Kd values), determined using gel shifts, displayed no substantial differences, and were of the same order as kM (2-20 nM). Lower processing efficiencies arising from substitutions in the His domain are almost entirely due to reduced kcat values; conserved, functionally important residues within the His cluster of tRNase Z are thus involved in catalysis, and substrate recognition and binding functions must reside elsewhere in the protein.
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- Neela Zareen
- York College of The City University of New York, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11451, USA
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Ishii R, Minagawa A, Takaku H, Takagi M, Nashimoto M, Yokoyama S. Crystal structure of the tRNA 3' processing endoribonuclease tRNase Z from Thermotoga maritima. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:14138-44. [PMID: 15701599 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m500355200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The maturation of the tRNA 3' end is catalyzed by a tRNA 3' processing endoribonuclease named tRNase Z (RNase Z or 3'-tRNase) in eukaryotes, Archaea, and some bacteria. The tRNase Z generally cuts the 3' extra sequence from the precursor tRNA after the discriminator nucleotide. In contrast, Thermotoga maritima tRNase Z cleaves the precursor tRNA precisely after the CCA sequence. In this study, we determined the crystal structure of T. maritima tRNase Z at 2.6-A resolution. The tRNase Z has a four-layer alphabeta/betaalpha sandwich fold, which is classified as a metallo-beta-lactamase fold, and forms a dimer. The active site is located at one edge of the beta-sandwich and is composed of conserved motifs. Based on the structure, we constructed a docking model with the tRNAs that suggests how tRNase Z may recognize the substrate tRNAs.
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- Ryohei Ishii
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Dubrovsky EB, Dubrovskaya VA, Levinger L, Schiffer S, Marchfelder A. Drosophila RNase Z processes mitochondrial and nuclear pre-tRNA 3' ends in vivo. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:255-62. [PMID: 14715923 PMCID: PMC373292 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Although correct tRNA 3' ends are crucial for protein biosynthesis, generation of mature tRNA 3' ends in eukaryotes is poorly understood and has so far only been investigated in vitro. We report here for the first time that eukaryotic tRNA 3' end maturation is catalysed by the endonuclease RNase Z in vivo. Silencing of the JhI-1 gene (RNase Z homolog) in vivo with RNAi in Drosophila S2 cultured cells causes accumulation of nuclear and mitochondrial pre-tRNAs, suggesting that JhI-1 encodes both forms of the tRNA 3' endonuclease RNase Z, and establishing its biological role in endonucleolytic tRNA 3' end processing. In addition our data show that in vivo 5' processing of nuclear and mitochondrial pre-tRNAs occurs before 3' processing.
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Rinaldi T, Gambadoro A, Francisci S, Frontali L. Nucleo-mitochondrial interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: characterization of a nuclear gene suppressing a defect in mitochondrial tRNA(Asp) processing. Gene 2003; 303:63-8. [PMID: 12559567 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(02)01154-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We utilized the heat-sensitive mutant strain (Ts932), bearing a mutation at position 61 in the mitochondrial tRNA(Asp) gene, to identify nuclear genes involved in tRNA biogenesis; this mutant is defective in 3'-end processing and consequently in the production of mature mitochondrial tRNA(Asp). We transformed this strain with a yeast nuclear library and we isolated among other suppressors, an unknown, non-essential gene (called SMM1, corresponding to open reading frame YNR015w), which restored the growth on glycerol and a normal amount of processed tRNA(Asp) in the mutant. The gene contains a domain highly conserved in evolution from bacteria to human and its product has been recently shown to have dihydrouridine synthase activity.
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- T Rinaldi
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Pasteur Institute - Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, University of Rome I, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Italy.
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Schierling K, Rösch S, Rupprecht R, Schiffer S, Marchfelder A. tRNA 3' end maturation in archaea has eukaryotic features: the RNase Z from Haloferax volcanii. J Mol Biol 2002; 316:895-902. [PMID: 11884130 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Here, we report the first characterization and partial purification of an archaeal tRNA 3' processing activity, the RNase Z from Haloferax volcanii. The activity identified here is an endonuclease, which cleaves tRNA precursors 3' to the discriminator. Thus tRNA 3' processing in archaea resembles the eukaryotic 3' processing pathway. The archaeal RNase Z has a KCl optimum at 5mM, which is in contrast to the intracellular KCl concentration being as high as 4M KCl. The archaeal RNase Z does process 5' extended and intron-containing pretRNAs but with a much lower efficiency than 5' matured, intronless pretRNAs. At least in vitro there is thus no defined order for 5' and 3' processing and splicing. A heterologous precursor tRNA is cleaved efficiently by the archaeal RNase Z. Experiments with precursors containing mutated tRNAs revealed that removal of the anticodon arm reduces cleavage efficiency only slightly, while removal of D and T arm reduces processing effciency drastically, even down to complete inhibition. Comparison with its nuclear and mitochondrial homologs revealed that the substrate specificity of the archaeal RNase Z is narrower than that of the nuclear RNase Z but broader than that of the mitochondrial RNase Z.
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MESH Headings
- Anticodon/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Cell Nucleus/enzymology
- Endoribonucleases/isolation & purification
- Endoribonucleases/metabolism
- Eukaryotic Cells/enzymology
- Evolution, Molecular
- Haloferax volcanii/enzymology
- Haloferax volcanii/genetics
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Introns/genetics
- Mitochondria/enzymology
- Mutation/genetics
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Osmolar Concentration
- Potassium Chloride/pharmacology
- RNA 3' End Processing
- RNA, Archaeal/chemistry
- RNA, Archaeal/genetics
- RNA, Archaeal/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer/genetics
- RNA, Transfer/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Tyr/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer, Tyr/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Tyr/metabolism
- Substrate Specificity
- Temperature
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Levinger L, Jacobs O, James M. In vitro 3'-end endonucleolytic processing defect in a human mitochondrial tRNA(Ser(UCN)) precursor with the U7445C substitution, which causes non-syndromic deafness. Nucleic Acids Res 2001; 29:4334-40. [PMID: 11691920 PMCID: PMC60182 DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.21.4334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic tRNAs are transcribed as precursors. A 5'-end leader and 3'-end trailer are endonucleolytically removed by RNase P and 3'-tRNase before 3'-end CCA addition, aminoacylation, nuclear export and translation. 3'-End -CC can be a 3'-tRNase anti-determinant with the ability to prevent mature tRNA from recycling through 3'-tRNase. Twenty-two tRNAs punctuate the two rRNAs and 13 mRNAs in long, bidirectional mitochondrial transcripts. Accurate mitochondrial gene expression thus depends on endonucleolytic excision of tRNAs. Various mitochondrial diseases and syndromes could arise from defective tRNA end processing. The U7445C substitution in the human mitochondrial L-strand transcript (U74C directly following the discriminator base of tRNA(Ser(UCN))) causes non-syndromic deafness. The sequence of the precursor (G/UCU) becomes G/CCU, resembling a 3'-tRNase anti-determinant. We demonstrate that a tRNA(Ser(UCN)) precursor with the U7445C substitution cannot be processed in vitro by 3'-tRNase from human mitochondria. A 3'-end processing defect in this tRNA precursor could thus be responsible for mitochondrial disease.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Cell Extracts
- Deafness/enzymology
- Deafness/genetics
- Endoribonucleases/metabolism
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Mitochondria/genetics
- Mitochondrial Diseases/enzymology
- Mitochondrial Diseases/genetics
- Models, Genetic
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Point Mutation/genetics
- RNA/chemistry
- RNA/genetics
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA 3' End Processing
- RNA Precursors/chemistry
- RNA Precursors/genetics
- RNA Precursors/metabolism
- RNA, Catalytic/metabolism
- RNA, Mitochondrial
- RNA, Transfer, Ser/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer, Ser/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Ser/metabolism
- Ribonuclease P
- Substrate Specificity
- Templates, Genetic
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- L Levinger
- Natural Sciences/Biology, York College/CUNY, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11451, USA.
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Schürer H, Schiffer S, Marchfelder A, Mörl M. This is the end: processing, editing and repair at the tRNA 3'-terminus. Biol Chem 2001; 382:1147-56. [PMID: 11592395 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2001.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The generation of a mature tRNA 3'-end is an important step in the processing pathways leading to functional tRNA molecules. While 5'-end processing by RNase P is similar in all organisms, generation of the mature 3'-terminus seems to be more variable and complex. The first step in this reaction is the removal of 3'-trailer sequences. In bacteria, this is a multistep process performed by endo- and exonucleases. In contrast, the majority of eukaryotes generate the mature tRNA 3'-end in a single step reaction, which consists of an endonucleolytic cut at the tRNA terminus. After removal of the 3'-trailer, a terminal CCA triplet has to be added to allow charging of the tRNA with its cognate amino acid. The enzyme catalyzing this reaction is tRNA nucleotidyltransferase, homologs of which have been found in representatives of all three kingdoms. Furthermore, in metazoan mitochondria, some genes encode 3'-terminally truncated tRNAs, which are restored in an editing reaction in order to yield functional tRNAs. Interestingly, this reaction is not restricted to distinct tRNAs, but seems to act on a variety of tRNA molecules and represents therefore a more general tRNA repair mechanism than a specialized editing reaction. In this review, the current knowledge about these crucial reactions is summarized.
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- H Schürer
- Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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Schiffer S, Helm M, Théobald-Dietrich A, Giegé R, Marchfelder A. The plant tRNA 3' processing enzyme has a broad substrate spectrum. Biochemistry 2001; 40:8264-72. [PMID: 11444972 DOI: 10.1021/bi0101953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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To elucidate the minimal substrate for the plant nuclear tRNA 3' processing enzyme, we synthesized a set of tRNA variants, which were subsequently incubated with the nuclear tRNA 3' processing enzyme. Our experiments show that the minimal substrate for the nuclear RNase Z consists of the acceptor stem and T arm. The broad substrate spectrum of the nuclear RNase Z raises the possibility that this enzyme might have additional functions in the nucleus besides tRNA 3' processing. Incubation of tRNA variants with the plant mitochondrial enzyme revealed that the organellar counterpart of the nuclear enzyme has a much narrower substrate spectrum. The mitochondrial RNase Z only tolerates deletion of anticodon and variable arms and only with a drastic reduction in cleavage efficiency, indicating that the mitochondrial activity can only cleave bona fide tRNA substrates efficiently. Both enzymes prefer precursors containing short 3' trailers over extended 3' additional sequences. Determination of cleavage sites showed that the cleavage site is not shifted in any of the tRNA variant precursors.
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- S Schiffer
- Molekulare Botanik, Universität Ulm, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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XIAO SHAOHUA, HOUSER-SCOTT FELICIA, ENGELKE DAVIDR. Eukaryotic ribonuclease P: increased complexity to cope with the nuclear pre-tRNA pathway. J Cell Physiol 2001; 187:11-20. [PMID: 11241345 PMCID: PMC3758117 DOI: 10.1002/1097-4652(200104)187:1<11::aid-jcp1055>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Ribonuclease P is an ancient enzyme that cleaves pre-tRNAs to generate mature 5' ends. It contains an essential RNA subunit in Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya, but the degree to which the RNA subunit relies on proteins to supplement catalysis is highly variable. The eukaryotic nuclear holoenzyme has recently been found to contain almost twenty times the protein content of the bacterial enzymes, in addition to having split into at least two related enzymes with distinct substrate specificity. In this review, recent progress in understanding the molecular architecture and functions of nuclear forms of RNase P will be considered.
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- Correspondence: David R. Engelke, Department of Biological Chemistry, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606, USA.
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Maraia RJ, Intine RV. Recognition of nascent RNA by the human La antigen: conserved and divergent features of structure and function. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:367-79. [PMID: 11134326 PMCID: PMC86573 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.2.367-379.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- R J Maraia
- Laboratory of Molecular Growth Regulation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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The Transcription of Genes. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50031-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mohan A, Levinger L. The effects of matrices of paired substitutions in mid-acceptor stem on Drosophila tRNA(His) structure and end-processing. J Mol Biol 2000; 303:605-16. [PMID: 11054295 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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End-maturation reactions, in which the 5' end leader and 3' end trailer of precursor tRNA are removed by RNase P and 3'-tRNase, respectively, are early, essential steps in eukaryotic precursor tRNA processing. End-processing enzymes may be expected to contact the acceptor stem of tRNA due to its proximity to both cleavage sites. We constructed matrices of pair-wise substitutions in mid-acceptor stem at nt 3/70 and 4/69 of Drosophila tRNA(His) and analyzed their ability to be processed by Drosophila RNase P and 3'-tRNase. In accord with our earlier study of D/T loop processing matrices, we find that tRNA end processing enzymes respond to sequence changes differently. More processing defects were observed with 3'-tRNase than with RNase P, and substitutions at 4/69 reduced processing more than those at 3/70. We evaluated tRNA folding using structure probing nucleases and investigated the contribution of K(M) and V(Max) to the processing efficiency of selected variants. In one substitution (C3A), mis-folding correlates with processing defects. In another (C69A), a disruption of structure appears to be transmitted laterally to both ends of the acceptor stem. Poor processing of C69A by RNase P is due entirely to a reduction in V(Max), but for 3'-tRNase, it is due to an increase in K(M).
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- A Mohan
- Natural Sciences/Biology, York College of The City University of New York, New York, Jamaica, 11451, USA
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Hamada M, Sakulich AL, Koduru SB, Maraia RJ. Transcription termination by RNA polymerase III in fission yeast. A genetic and biochemically tractable model system. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:29076-81. [PMID: 10843998 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m003980200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In order for RNA polymerase (pol) III to produce a sufficient quantity of RNAs of appropriate structure, initiation, termination, and reinitiation must be accurate and efficient. Termination-associated factors have been shown to facilitate reinitiation and regulate transcription in some species. Suppressor tRNA genes that differ in the dT(n) termination signal were examined for function in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We also developed an S. pombe extract that is active for tRNA transcription that is described here for the first time. The ability of this tRNA gene to be transcribed in extracts from different species allowed us to compare termination in three model systems. Although human pol III terminates efficiently at 4 dTs and S. pombe at 5 dTs, Saccharomyces cerevisiae pol III requires 6 dTs to direct comparable but lower termination efficiency and also appears qualitatively distinct. Interestingly, this pattern of sensitivity to a minimal dT(n) termination signal was found to correlate with the sensitivity to alpha-amanitin, as S. pombe was intermediate between human and S. cerevisiae pols III. The results establish that the pols III of S. cerevisiae, S. pombe, and human exhibit distinctive properties and that termination occurs in S. pombe in a manner that is functionally more similar to human than is S. cerevisiae.
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- M Hamada
- Laboratory of Molecular Growth Regulation, NICHHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2753, USA
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Nashimoto M, Wesemann DR, Geary S, Tamura M, Kaspar RL. Long 5' leaders inhibit removal of a 3' trailer from a precursor tRNA by mammalian tRNA 3' processing endoribonuclease. Nucleic Acids Res 1999; 27:2770-6. [PMID: 10373595 PMCID: PMC148487 DOI: 10.1093/nar/27.13.2770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Mammalian tRNA 3' processing endoribonuclease (3' tRNase) can remove a 3' trailer from various pre-tRNAs without 5' leader nucleotides. To examine how 5[prime] leader sequences affect 3' processing efficiency, we performed in vitro 3' processing reactions with purified pig 3' tRNase and pre-tRNAArgs containing a 13-nt 3' trailer and a 5[prime] leader of various lengths. The 3' processing was slightly stimulated by 5[prime] leaders containing up to 7 nt, whereas leaders of 9 nt or longer severely inhibited the reaction. Structure probing indicated that the 5' leader sequences had little effect on pre-tRNA folding. Similar results were obtained using pre-tRNA(Val)s containing a 5' leader of various lengths. We also investigated whether 3'tRNase can remove 3' trailers that are stably base-paired with 5' leaders to form an extended acceptor stem. Even such small 5' leaders as 3 and 6 nt, when base-paired with a 3' trailer, severely hindered removal of the 3' trailer by 3' tRNase.
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- M Nashimoto
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
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Nashimoto M, Tamura M, Kaspar RL. Selection of cleavage site by mammalian tRNA 3' processing endoribonuclease. J Mol Biol 1999; 287:727-40. [PMID: 10191141 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mammalian tRNA 3' processing endoribonuclease (3' tRNase) removes 3' trailers from pre-tRNAs by cleaving the RNA immediately downstream of the discriminator nucleotide. Although 3' tRNase can recognize and cleave any target RNA that forms a pre-tRNA-like complex with another RNA, in some cases cleavage occurs at multiple sites near the discriminator. We investigated what features of pre-tRNA determine the cleavage site using various pre-tRNAArg variants and purified pig enzyme. Because the T stem-loop and the acceptor stem plus a 3' trailer are sufficient for recognition by 3' tRNase, we constructed variants that had additions and/or deletions of base-pairs in the T stem and/or the acceptor stem. Pre-tRNAs lacking one and two acceptor stem base-pairs were cleaved one and two nucleotides and two and three nucleotides, respectively, downstream of the discriminator. On the other hand, pre-tRNA variants containing extra acceptor stem base-pairs were cleaved only after the discriminator. The cleavage site was shifted to one and two nucleotides downstream of the discriminator by deleting one base-pair from the T stem, but was not changed by additional base-pairs in the T stem. Pre-tRNA variants that contained an eight base-pair acceptor stem plus a six base-pair T stem, an eight base-pair acceptor stem plus a four base-pair T stem, or a six base-pair acceptor stem plus a six base-pair T stem were all cleaved after the original nucleotide. In general, pre-tRNA variants containing a total of more than 11 bp in the acceptor stem and the T stem were cleaved only after the discriminator, and pre-tRNA variants with a total of N bp (N is less than 12) were cleaved 12-N and 13-N nt downstream of the discriminator. Cleavage efficiency of the variants decreased depending on the degree of structural changes from the authentic pre-tRNA. This suggests that the numbers of base-pairs of both the acceptor stem and the T stem are important for recognition and cleavage by 3' tRNase.
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- M Nashimoto
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
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Vainauskas S, Stribinskis V, Padegimas L, Juodka B. Partial characterization of the ribonuclease P from Tetrahymena pyriformis. Biochimie 1998; 80:595-604. [PMID: 9810466 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(98)80012-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ribonuclease P activity from infusoria Tetrahymena pyriformis has been isolated and purified more than 1000-fold over cytosol crude extract. Purified tRNA 5' endonuclease processes in vitro heterologous substrates, precursors of the human tRNA(Tyr) and Drosophila melanogaster tRNA(Leu), exactly at the 5' end of the mature molecules. The activity was abolished by micrococcal nuclease and protease treatment indicating that both RNA and protein components are essential for its activity. The most abundant polypeptides in the purified enzyme fractions have molecular masses of about 100, 44 and 35 kDa. The enzyme requires divalent cations for its activity and shows optimal activity in the presence of the low concentrations of the monovalent salts. Substrate structural requirements for the purified enzyme were analyzed with different tRNA precursor models. The analysis of the derivatives of tRNA(Leu) precursors with altered aminoacyl stem structures reveals that end of the stem is important for substrate 5' end processing with purified enzyme.
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- S Vainauskas
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vilnius University, Lithuania
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Levinger L, Bourne R, Kolla S, Cylin E, Russell K, Wang X, Mohan A. Matrices of paired substitutions show the effects of tRNA D/T loop sequence on Drosophila RNase P and 3'-tRNase processing. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:1015-25. [PMID: 9422763 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.2.1015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Drosophila RNase P and 3'-tRNase endonucleolytically process the 5' and 3' ends of tRNA precursors. We examined the processing kinetics of normal substrates and the inhibitory effect of the tRNA product on both processing reactions. The product is not a good RNase P inhibitor, with a KI approximately 7 times greater than the substrate KM of approximately 200 nM and is a better inhibitor of 3'-tRNase, with a KI approximately two times the KM of approximately 80 nM. We generated matrices of substitutions at positions G18/U55 and G19/C56 (two contiguous universally conserved D/T loop base pairs) in Drosophila tRNAHis precursors. More than half the variants display a significant reduction in their ability to be processed by RNase P and 3'-tRNase. Minimal substrates with deleted D and anticodon stems could be processed by RNase P and 3'-tRNase much like full-length substrates, indicating that D/T loop contacts and D arm/enzyme contacts are not required by either enzyme. Selected tRNAs that were poor substrates for one or both enzymes were further analyzed using Michaelis-Menten kinetics and by structure probing. Processing reductions arise principally due to an increase in KM with relatively little change in Vmax, consistent with the remote location of the sequence and structure changes from the processing site for both enzymes. Local changes in variant tRNA susceptibility to RNase T1 and RNase A did not coincide with processing disabilities.
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- L Levinger
- Natural Sciences/Biology, York College of the City University of New York, Jamaica, New York 11451, USA.
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Nashimoto M. Distribution of both lengths and 5' terminal nucleotides of mammalian pre-tRNA 3' trailers reflects properties of 3' processing endoribonuclease. Nucleic Acids Res 1997; 25:1148-54. [PMID: 9092623 PMCID: PMC146555 DOI: 10.1093/nar/25.6.1148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Mammalian tRNA 3'processing endoribonuclease (3'tRNase) removes 3'extra nucleotides after the discriminator from tRNA precursors. Here I examined how the length of a 3'trailer and the nucleotides on each side of the cleavage site affected 3'processing efficiency. I performed in vitro 3'processing reactions of pre-tRNAArgs with various 3'trailers or various discriminator nucleotides using 3'tRNase purified from mouse FM3A cells or pig liver. On the whole, the efficiency of pre- tRNAArg3'processing by mammalian 3'tRNase decreased as the 3'trailer became longer, except in the case of a 3'trailer composed of CC, CCA or CCA plus 1 or 2 nucleotides, which was not able to be removed at all. The distribution of 3'trailer lengths deduced from mammalian nuclear tRNA genomic sequences reflects this property of 3'tRNase. The cleavage efficiency of pre-tRNAArgs varied depending on the 5'end nucleotide of a 3'trailer in the order G approximately A > U > C. This effect of the 5'end nucleotide was independent of the discriminator nucleotides. The distribution of the 5'end nucleotides of mammalian pre-tRNA 3'trailers reflects this differential 3'processing efficiency.
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- M Nashimoto
- Life Science Research Laboratory, Japan Tobacco Inc., 6-2 Umegaoka, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227, Japan.
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Arends S, Kraus J, Beier H. The tRNATyr multigene family of Triticum aestivum: genome organization, sequence analyses and maturation of intron-containing pre-tRNAs in wheat germ extract. FEBS Lett 1996; 384:222-6. [PMID: 8617358 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00313-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Southern analysis of Triticum DNA has revealed that nuclear tRNATyr genes are dispersed at a minimum of 16 loci in the genome. We have isolated six independent tRNATyr genes from a Triticum aestivum library in addition to three known members of the Triticum tRNATyr family. Four of the sequenced tRNATyr genes code for Triticum tRNA Tyr and two code for tRNA2Tyr. Three genes encode tRNAsTyr which carry one or two nucleotide substitutions as compared to the conventional genes. The nine Triticum tRNATyr genes possess highly conserved intron sequences ranging in size from 12 to 14 nucleotides. A common secondary intron structure with the 5' and 3' splice site loops separated by five base pairs can be formed by all pre-tRNAs Tyr which are efficiently spliced in the homologous wheat germ extract.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Cell Extracts
- DNA, Plant/chemistry
- Exons
- Genome, Plant
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Plant Extracts/chemistry
- RNA Precursors
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA Splicing
- RNA, Transfer, Tyr/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer, Tyr/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Transcription, Genetic
- Triticum/genetics
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- S Arends
- Institut für Biochemie, Bayerishche Julius-Maximillans-Universität, Biozentrum, Würzburg, Germany
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Levinger L. Making New Scientists, One at a Time. Nat Biotechnol 1995. [DOI: 10.1038/nbt0995-960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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