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Tikhonova EB, Gutierrez Guarnizo SA, Kellogg MK, Karamyshev A, Dozmorov IM, Karamysheva ZN, Karamyshev AL. Defective Human SRP Induces Protein Quality Control and Triggers Stress Response. J Mol Biol 2022; 434:167832. [PMID: 36210597 PMCID: PMC10024925 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Regulation of Aberrant Protein Production (RAPP) is a protein quality control in mammalian cells. RAPP degrades mRNAs of nascent proteins not able to associate with their natural interacting partners during synthesis at the ribosome. However, little is known about the molecular mechanism of the pathway, its substrates, or its specificity. The Signal Recognition Particle (SRP) is the first interacting partner for secretory proteins. It recognizes signal sequences of the nascent polypeptides when they are exposed from the ribosomal exit tunnel. Here, we reveal the generality of the RAPP pathway on the whole transcriptome level through depletion of human SRP54, an SRP subunit. This depletion triggers RAPP and leads to decreased expression of the mRNAs encoding a number of secretory and membrane proteins. The loss of SRP54 also leads to the dramatic upregulation of a specific network of HSP70/40/90 chaperones (HSPA1A, DNAJB1, HSP90AA1, and others), increased ribosome associated ubiquitination, and change in expression of RPS27 and RPS27L suggesting ribosome rearrangement. These results demonstrate the complex nature of defects in protein trafficking, mRNA and protein quality control, and provide better understanding of their mechanisms at the ribosome.
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- Elena B Tikhonova
- Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
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Spatiotemporal kinetics of the SRP pathway in live E. coli cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2204038119. [PMID: 36095178 PMCID: PMC9499511 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2204038119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mechanistic details of the signal recognition particle (SRP)-mediated insertion of membrane proteins have been described from decades of in vitro biochemical studies. However, the dynamics of the pathway inside the living cell remain obscure. By combining in vivo single-molecule tracking with numerical modeling and simulated microscopy, we have constructed a quantitative reaction-diffusion model of the SRP cycle. Our results suggest that the SRP-ribosome complex finds its target, the membrane-bound translocon, through a combination of three-dimensional (3D) and 2D diffusional search, together taking on average 750 ms. During this time, the nascent peptide is expected to be elongated only 12 or 13 amino acids, which explains why, in Escherichia coli, no translation arrest is needed to prevent incorrect folding of the polypeptide in the cytosol. We also found that a remarkably high proportion (75%) of SRP bindings to ribosomes occur in the cytosol, suggesting that the majority of target ribosomes bind SRP before reaching the membrane. In combination with the average SRP cycling time, 2.2 s, this result further shows that the SRP pathway is capable of targeting all substrate ribosomes to translocons.
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Iizuka R, Yamazaki H, Uemura S. Zero-mode waveguides and nanopore-based sequencing technologies accelerate single-molecule studies. Biophys Physicobiol 2022; 19:e190032. [DOI: 10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v19.0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Ryo Iizuka
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
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Take Me Home, Protein Roads: Structural Insights into Signal Peptide Interactions during ER Translocation. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222111871. [PMID: 34769302 PMCID: PMC8584900 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cleavable endoplasmic reticulum (ER) signal peptides (SPs) and other non-cleavable signal sequences target roughly a quarter of the human proteome to the ER. These short peptides, mostly located at the N-termini of proteins, are highly diverse. For most proteins targeted to the ER, it is the interactions between the signal sequences and the various ER targeting and translocation machineries such as the signal recognition particle (SRP), the protein-conducting channel Sec61, and the signal peptidase complex (SPC) that determine the proteins’ target location and provide translocation fidelity. In this review, we follow the signal peptide into the ER and discuss the recent insights that structural biology has provided on the governing principles of those interactions.
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SRPassing Co-translational Targeting: The Role of the Signal Recognition Particle in Protein Targeting and mRNA Protection. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22126284. [PMID: 34208095 PMCID: PMC8230904 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Signal recognition particle (SRP) is an RNA and protein complex that exists in all domains of life. It consists of one protein and one noncoding RNA in some bacteria. It is more complex in eukaryotes and consists of six proteins and one noncoding RNA in mammals. In the eukaryotic cytoplasm, SRP co-translationally targets proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum and prevents misfolding and aggregation of the secretory proteins in the cytoplasm. It was demonstrated recently that SRP also possesses an earlier unknown function, the protection of mRNAs of secretory proteins from degradation. In this review, we analyze the progress in studies of SRPs from different organisms, SRP biogenesis, its structure, and function in protein targeting and mRNA protection.
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Steinberg R, Koch HG. The largely unexplored biology of small proteins in pro- and eukaryotes. FEBS J 2021; 288:7002-7024. [PMID: 33780127 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The large abundance of small open reading frames (smORFs) in prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes and the plethora of smORF-encoded small proteins became only apparent with the constant advancements in bioinformatic, genomic, proteomic, and biochemical tools. Small proteins are typically defined as proteins of < 50 amino acids in prokaryotes and of less than 100 amino acids in eukaryotes, and their importance for cell physiology and cellular adaptation is only beginning to emerge. In contrast to antimicrobial peptides, which are secreted by prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells for combatting pathogens and competitors, small proteins act within the producing cell mainly by stabilizing protein assemblies and by modifying the activity of larger proteins. Production of small proteins is frequently linked to stress conditions or environmental changes, and therefore, cells seem to use small proteins as intracellular modifiers for adjusting cell metabolism to different intra- and extracellular cues. However, the size of small proteins imposes a major challenge for the cellular machinery required for protein folding and intracellular trafficking and recent data indicate that small proteins can engage distinct trafficking pathways. In the current review, we describe the diversity of small proteins in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, highlight distinct and common features, and illustrate how they are handled by the protein trafficking machineries in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Finally, we also discuss future topics of research on this fascinating but largely unexplored group of proteins.
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- Ruth Steinberg
- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekulare Medizin (ZMBZ), Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekulare Medizin (ZMBZ), Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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Nissley DA, Carbery A, Chonofsky M, Deane CM. Ribosome occupancy profiles are conserved between structurally and evolutionarily related yeast domains. Bioinformatics 2021; 37:1853-1859. [PMID: 33483722 PMCID: PMC8317121 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Motivation Protein synthesis is a non-equilibrium process, meaning that the speed of translation can influence the ability of proteins to fold and function. Assuming that structurally similar proteins fold by similar pathways, the profile of translation speed along an mRNA should be evolutionarily conserved between related proteins to direct correct folding and downstream function. The only evidence to date for such conservation of translation speed between homologous proteins has used codon rarity as a proxy for translation speed. There are, however, many other factors including mRNA structure and the chemistry of the amino acids in the A- and P-sites of the ribosome that influence the speed of amino acid addition. Results Ribosome profiling experiments provide a signal directly proportional to the underlying translation times at the level of individual codons. We compared ribosome occupancy profiles (extracted from five different large-scale yeast ribosome profiling studies) between related protein domains to more directly test if their translation schedule was conserved. Our analysis reveals that the ribosome occupancy profiles of paralogous domains tend to be significantly more similar to one another than to profiles of non-paralogous domains. This trend does not depend on domain length, structural classes, amino acid composition or sequence similarity. Our results indicate that entire ribosome occupancy profiles and not just rare codon locations are conserved between even distantly related domains in yeast, providing support for the hypothesis that translation schedule is conserved between structurally related domains to retain folding pathways and facilitate efficient folding. Availability and implementation Python3 code is available on GitHub at https://github.com/DanNissley/Compare-ribosome-occupancy. Supplementary information Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Daniel A Nissley
- Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3LB, UK
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- Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3LB, UK
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- Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3LB, UK
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A ribosome-associated chaperone enables substrate triage in a cotranslational protein targeting complex. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5840. [PMID: 33203865 PMCID: PMC7673040 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19548-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Protein biogenesis is essential in all cells and initiates when a nascent polypeptide emerges from the ribosome exit tunnel, where multiple ribosome-associated protein biogenesis factors (RPBs) direct nascent proteins to distinct fates. How distinct RPBs spatiotemporally coordinate with one another to affect accurate protein biogenesis is an emerging question. Here, we address this question by studying the role of a cotranslational chaperone, nascent polypeptide-associated complex (NAC), in regulating substrate selection by signal recognition particle (SRP), a universally conserved protein targeting machine. We show that mammalian SRP and SRP receptors (SR) are insufficient to generate the biologically required specificity for protein targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum. NAC co-binds with and remodels the conformational landscape of SRP on the ribosome to regulate its interaction kinetics with SR, thereby reducing the nonspecific targeting of signalless ribosomes and pre-emptive targeting of ribosomes with short nascent chains. Mathematical modeling demonstrates that the NAC-induced regulations of SRP activity are essential for the fidelity of cotranslational protein targeting. Our work establishes a molecular model for how NAC acts as a triage factor to prevent protein mislocalization, and demonstrates how the macromolecular crowding of RPBs at the ribosome exit site enhances the fidelity of substrate selection into individual protein biogenesis pathways.
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Steinberg R, Origi A, Natriashvili A, Sarmah P, Licheva M, Walker PM, Kraft C, High S, Luirink J, Shi WQ, Helmstädter M, Ulbrich MH, Koch HG. Posttranslational insertion of small membrane proteins by the bacterial signal recognition particle. PLoS Biol 2020; 18:e3000874. [PMID: 32997663 PMCID: PMC7549839 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Small membrane proteins represent a largely unexplored yet abundant class of proteins in pro- and eukaryotes. They essentially consist of a single transmembrane domain and are associated with stress response mechanisms in bacteria. How these proteins are inserted into the bacterial membrane is unknown. Our study revealed that in Escherichia coli, the 27-amino-acid-long model protein YohP is recognized by the signal recognition particle (SRP), as indicated by in vivo and in vitro site-directed cross-linking. Cross-links to SRP were also observed for a second small membrane protein, the 33-amino-acid-long YkgR. However, in contrast to the canonical cotranslational recognition by SRP, SRP was found to bind to YohP posttranslationally. In vitro protein transport assays in the presence of a SecY inhibitor and proteoliposome studies demonstrated that SRP and its receptor FtsY are essential for the posttranslational membrane insertion of YohP by either the SecYEG translocon or by the YidC insertase. Furthermore, our data showed that the yohP mRNA localized preferentially and translation-independently to the bacterial membrane in vivo. In summary, our data revealed that YohP engages an unique SRP-dependent posttranslational insertion pathway that is likely preceded by an mRNA targeting step. This further highlights the enormous plasticity of bacterial protein transport machineries. Small membrane proteins represent a largely unexplored yet abundant class of proteins, but how they are inserted into the bacterial membrane is unknown. This study identifies a novel posttranslational protein transport pathway that relies on the signal recognition particle and the SecYEG translocon/YidC insertase.
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- Ruth Steinberg
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States of America
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Microbiology, AIMMS, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States of America
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- Internal Medicine IV, Department of Medicine, Medical Center − University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Internal Medicine IV, Department of Medicine, Medical Center − University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Karamyshev AL, Tikhonova EB, Karamysheva ZN. Translational Control of Secretory Proteins in Health and Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21072538. [PMID: 32268488 PMCID: PMC7177344 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21072538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Secretory proteins are synthesized in a form of precursors with additional sequences at their N-terminal ends called signal peptides. The signal peptides are recognized co-translationally by signal recognition particle (SRP). This interaction leads to targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane and translocation of the nascent chains into the ER lumen. It was demonstrated recently that in addition to a targeting function, SRP has a novel role in protection of secretory protein mRNAs from degradation. It was also found that the quality of secretory proteins is controlled by the recently discovered Regulation of Aberrant Protein Production (RAPP) pathway. RAPP monitors interactions of polypeptide nascent chains during their synthesis on the ribosomes and specifically degrades their mRNAs if these interactions are abolished due to mutations in the nascent chains or defects in the targeting factor. It was demonstrated that pathological RAPP activation is one of the molecular mechanisms of human diseases associated with defects in the secretory proteins. In this review, we discuss recent progress in understanding of translational control of secretory protein biogenesis on the ribosome and pathological consequences of its dysregulation in human diseases.
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- Andrey L. Karamyshev
- Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA;
- Correspondence: (A.L.K.); (Z.N.K.); Tel.: +1-806-743-4102 (A.L.K.); +1-806-834-5075 (Z.N.K.)
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- Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
- Correspondence: (A.L.K.); (Z.N.K.); Tel.: +1-806-743-4102 (A.L.K.); +1-806-834-5075 (Z.N.K.)
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Leznicki P, High S. SGTA associates with nascent membrane protein precursors. EMBO Rep 2020; 21:e48835. [PMID: 32216016 PMCID: PMC7202230 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201948835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a major site for membrane protein synthesis in eukaryotes. The majority of integral membrane proteins are delivered to the ER membrane via the co‐translational, signal recognition particle (SRP)‐dependent route. However, tail‐anchored proteins employ an alternative, post‐translational route(s) that relies on distinct factors such as a cytosolic protein quality control component, SGTA. We now show that SGTA is selectively recruited to ribosomes synthesising a diverse range of membrane proteins, suggesting that its biosynthetic client base also includes precursors on the co‐translational ER delivery pathway. Strikingly, SGTA is recruited to nascent membrane proteins before their transmembrane domain emerges from the ribosome. Hence, SGTA is ideally placed to capture these aggregation prone regions shortly after their synthesis. For nascent membrane proteins on the co‐translational pathway, SGTA complements the role of SRP by reducing the co‐translational ubiquitination of clients with multiple hydrophobic signal sequences. On this basis, we propose that SGTA acts to mask specific transmembrane domains located in complex membrane proteins until they can engage the ER translocon and become membrane inserted.
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- Pawel Leznicki
- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Co-Translational Protein Folding and Sorting in Chloroplasts. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9020214. [PMID: 32045984 PMCID: PMC7076657 DOI: 10.3390/plants9020214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Cells depend on the continuous renewal of their proteome composition during the cell cycle and in order to replace aberrant proteins or to react to changing environmental conditions. In higher eukaryotes, protein synthesis is achieved by up to five million ribosomes per cell. With the fast kinetics of translation, the large number of newly made proteins generates a substantial burden for protein homeostasis and requires a highly orchestrated cascade of factors promoting folding, sorting and final maturation. Several of the involved factors directly bind to translating ribosomes for the early processing of emerging nascent polypeptides and the translocation of ribosome nascent chain complexes to target membranes. In plant cells, protein synthesis also occurs in chloroplasts serving the expression of a relatively small set of 60–100 protein-coding genes. However, most of these proteins, together with nucleus-derived subunits, form central complexes majorly involved in the essential processes of photosynthetic light reaction, carbon fixation, metabolism and gene expression. Biogenesis of these heterogenic complexes adds an additional level of complexity for protein biogenesis. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about co-translationally binding factors in chloroplasts and discuss their role in protein folding and ribosome translocation to thylakoid membranes.
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Vatandoost J, Bos MHA. Improved activity and expression of recombinant human factor IX by propeptide engineering. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 27:653-660. [PMID: 31637661 DOI: 10.1007/s40199-019-00299-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE The main therapeutic strategy for Hemophilia B patients involves the administration of recombinant coagulation factors IX (rFIX). Although there are various approaches to increasing the activity of rFIX, targeted protein engineering of specific residues could result in increased rFIX activity through enhanced γ-carboxylation. Specific amino acids in the propeptide sequence of vitamin K-dependent proteins are known to play a role in the interaction with the enzyme γ-carboxylase. The net hydrophobicity and charge of the γ-carboxylic recognition site (γ-CRS) region in the propeptide are important determinants of γ-carboxylase binding. So the contribution of individual γ-CRS residues to the expression of fully γ-carboxylated and active FIX was studied. METHODS Propeptide residues at positions -14, -13, or - 12 were substituted for equivalent prothrombin amino acids by SEOing PCR. The recombinant FIX variants were transfected and stably expressed in Drosophila S2 cells, and the expression of both total FIX protein and active FIX was assessed. RESULTS While overall the substitutions resulted in an increase of both total FIX protein expression as well as an increase in the portion of active FIX, the highest increase in FIX protein expression, FIX activity, and specific FIX activity was observed following the simultaneous substitution of residues at positions -12, -13, and - 14. The enhanced rFIX activity was further confirmed by enrichment for functional, fully γ-carboxylated rFIX species via barium citrate adsorption. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that by increasing both the net charge and the net hydrophobicity of the FIX γ-CRS region, the expression of fully γ-carboxylated and as such active FIX is enhanced. Graphical abstract .
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- Jafar Vatandoost
- Department of Biology, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.
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- Division of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Steinberg R, Knüpffer L, Origi A, Asti R, Koch HG. Co-translational protein targeting in bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 365:4966980. [PMID: 29790984 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fny095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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About 30% of all bacterial proteins execute their function outside of the cytosol and have to be transported into or across the cytoplasmic membrane. Bacteria use multiple protein transport systems in parallel, but the majority of proteins engage two distinct targeting systems. One is the co-translational targeting by two universally conserved GTPases, the signal recognition particle (SRP) and its receptor FtsY, which deliver inner membrane proteins to either the SecYEG translocon or the YidC insertase for membrane insertion. The other targeting system depends on the ATPase SecA, which targets secretory proteins, i.e. periplasmic and outer membrane proteins, to SecYEG for their subsequent ATP-dependent translocation. While SRP selects its substrates already very early during their synthesis, the recognition of secretory proteins by SecA is believed to occur primarily after translation termination, i.e. post-translationally. In this review we highlight recent progress on how SRP recognizes its substrates at the ribosome and how the fidelity of the targeting reaction to SecYEG is maintained. We furthermore discuss similarities and differences in the SRP-dependent targeting to either SecYEG or YidC and summarize recent results that suggest that some membrane proteins are co-translationally targeted by SecA.
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- Ruth Steinberg
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stefan Meier Str. 17, Freiburg D-79104, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stefan Meier Str. 17, Freiburg D-79104, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stefan Meier Str. 17, Freiburg D-79104, Germany.,Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 1, Freiburg D-79104, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stefan Meier Str. 17, Freiburg D-79104, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stefan Meier Str. 17, Freiburg D-79104, Germany
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Wild K, Becker MM, Kempf G, Sinning I. Structure, dynamics and interactions of large SRP variants. Biol Chem 2019; 401:63-80. [DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2019-0282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Co-translational protein targeting to membranes relies on the signal recognition particle (SRP) system consisting of a cytosolic ribonucleoprotein complex and its membrane-associated receptor. SRP recognizes N-terminal cleavable signals or signal anchor sequences, retards translation, and delivers ribosome-nascent chain complexes (RNCs) to vacant translocation channels in the target membrane. While our mechanistic understanding is well advanced for the small bacterial systems it lags behind for the large bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic SRP variants including an Alu and an S domain. Here we describe recent advances on structural and functional insights in domain architecture, particle dynamics and interplay with RNCs and translocon and GTP-dependent regulation of co-translational protein targeting stimulated by SRP RNA.
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- Klemens Wild
- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH) , INF 328 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH) , INF 328 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH) , INF 328 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH) , INF 328 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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Kramer G, Shiber A, Bukau B. Mechanisms of Cotranslational Maturation of Newly Synthesized Proteins. Annu Rev Biochem 2019; 88:337-364. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-013118-111717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The timely production of functional proteins is of critical importance for the biological activity of cells. To reach the functional state, newly synthesized polypeptides have to become enzymatically processed, folded, and assembled into oligomeric complexes and, for noncytosolic proteins, translocated across membranes. Key activities of these processes occur cotranslationally, assisted by a network of machineries that transiently engage nascent polypeptides at distinct phases of translation. The sequence of events is tuned by intrinsic features of the nascent polypeptides and timely association of factors with the translating ribosome. Considering the dynamics of translation, the heterogeneity of cellular proteins, and the diversity of interaction partners, it is a major cellular achievement that these processes are temporally and spatially so precisely coordinated, minimizing the generation of damaged proteins. This review summarizes the current progress we have made toward a comprehensive understanding of the cotranslational interactions of nascent chains, which pave the way to their functional state.
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- Günter Kramer
- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany;,
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany;,
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany;,
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Non-equilibrium coupling of protein structure and function to translation-elongation kinetics. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2018; 49:94-103. [PMID: 29414517 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2018.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Protein folding research has been dominated by the assumption that thermodynamics determines protein structure and function. And that when the folding process is compromised in vivo the proteostasis machinery-chaperones, deaggregases, the proteasome-work to restore proteins to their soluble, functional form or degrade them to maintain the cellular pool of proteins in a quasi-equilibrium state. During the past decade, however, more and more proteins have been identified for which altering only their speed of synthesis alters their structure and function, the efficiency of the down-stream processes they take part in, and cellular phenotype. Indeed, evidence has emerged that evolutionary selection pressures have encoded translation-rate information into mRNA molecules to coordinate diverse co-translational processes. Thus, non-equilibrium physics can play a fundamental role in influencing nascent protein behavior, mRNA sequence evolution, and disease. Here, we discuss how our understanding of this phenomenon is being advanced by the application of theoretical tools from the physical sciences.
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Acosta-Sampson L, Döring K, Lin Y, Yu VY, Bukau B, Kramer G, Cate JHD. Role for ribosome-associated complex and stress-seventy subfamily B (RAC-Ssb) in integral membrane protein translation. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:19610-19627. [PMID: 28972146 PMCID: PMC5712606 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.813857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Targeting of most integral membrane proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum is controlled by the signal recognition particle, which recognizes a hydrophobic signal sequence near the protein N terminus. Proper folding of these proteins is monitored by the unfolded protein response and involves protein degradation pathways to ensure quality control. Here, we identify a new pathway for quality control of major facilitator superfamily transporters that occurs before the first transmembrane helix, the signal sequence recognized by the signal recognition particle, is made by the ribosome. Increased rates of translation elongation of the N-terminal sequence of these integral membrane proteins can divert the nascent protein chains to the ribosome-associated complex and stress-seventy subfamily B chaperones. We also show that quality control of integral membrane proteins by ribosome-associated complex-stress-seventy subfamily B couples translation rate to the unfolded protein response, which has implications for understanding mechanisms underlying human disease and protein production in biotechnology.
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- the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
- the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany, and
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- From the Departments of Molecular and Cell Biology and
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- From the Departments of Molecular and Cell Biology and
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- the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
- the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany, and
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- the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
- the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany, and
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- From the Departments of Molecular and Cell Biology and
- Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
- the Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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Hwang Fu YH, Huang WYC, Shen K, Groves JT, Miller T, Shan SO. Two-step membrane binding by the bacterial SRP receptor enable efficient and accurate Co-translational protein targeting. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28753124 PMCID: PMC5533587 DOI: 10.7554/elife.25885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) delivers ~30% of the proteome to the eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum, or the bacterial plasma membrane. The precise mechanism by which the bacterial SRP receptor, FtsY, interacts with and is regulated at the target membrane remain unclear. Here, quantitative analysis of FtsY-lipid interactions at single-molecule resolution revealed a two-step mechanism in which FtsY initially contacts membrane via a Dynamic mode, followed by an SRP-induced conformational transition to a Stable mode that activates FtsY for downstream steps. Importantly, mutational analyses revealed extensive auto-inhibitory mechanisms that prevent free FtsY from engaging membrane in the Stable mode; an engineered FtsY pre-organized into the Stable mode led to indiscriminate targeting in vitro and disrupted FtsY function in vivo. Our results show that the two-step lipid-binding mechanism uncouples the membrane association of FtsY from its conformational activation, thus optimizing the balance between the efficiency and fidelity of co-translational protein targeting. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.25885.001
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- Yu-Hsien Hwang Fu
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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Jomaa A, Fu YHH, Boehringer D, Leibundgut M, Shan SO, Ban N. Structure of the quaternary complex between SRP, SR, and translocon bound to the translating ribosome. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15470. [PMID: 28524878 PMCID: PMC5454536 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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During co-translational protein targeting, the signal recognition particle (SRP) binds to the translating ribosome displaying the signal sequence to deliver it to the SRP receptor (SR) on the membrane, where the signal peptide is transferred to the translocon. Using electron cryo-microscopy, we have determined the structure of a quaternary complex of the translating Escherichia coli ribosome, the SRP–SR in the ‘activated' state and the translocon. Our structure, supported by biochemical experiments, reveals that the SRP RNA adopts a kinked and untwisted conformation to allow repositioning of the ‘activated' SRP–SR complex on the ribosome. In addition, we observe the translocon positioned through interactions with the SR in the vicinity of the ribosome exit tunnel where the signal sequence is extending beyond its hydrophobic binding groove of the SRP M domain towards the translocon. Our study provides new insights into the mechanism of signal sequence transfer from the SRP to the translocon. Membrane proteins are inserted co-transnationally through the association between ribosome, the signal recognition particle and its receptor, and the membrane-bound translocon. Here the authors present a cryo-EM reconstruction of this quaternary complex in the activated state and propose a model for signal sequence transfer to the translocon.
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- Ahmad Jomaa
- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, ETH, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, ETH, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, ETH, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, ETH, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
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Tu L, Deutsch C. Determinants of Helix Formation for a Kv1.3 Transmembrane Segment inside the Ribosome Exit Tunnel. J Mol Biol 2017; 429:1722-1732. [PMID: 28478285 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Revised: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Proteins begin to fold in the ribosome, and misfolding has pathological consequences. Among the earliest folding events in biogenesis is the formation of a helix, an elementary structure that is ubiquitously present and required for correct protein folding in all proteomes. The determinants underlying helix formation in the confined space of the ribosome exit tunnel are relatively unknown. We chose the second transmembrane segment, S2, of a voltage-gated potassium channel, Kv1.3, as a model to probe this issue. Since the N terminus of S2 is initially in an extended conformation in the folding vestibule of the ribosome yet ultimately emerges at the exit port as a helix, S2 is ideally suited for delineating sequential events and folding determinants of helix formation inside the ribosome. We show that S2's extended N terminus inside the tunnel is converted into a helix by a single, distant mutation in the nascent peptide. This transition depends on nascent peptide sequence at specific tunnel locations. Co-translational secondary folding of nascent chains inside the ribosome has profound physiological consequences that bear on correct membrane insertion, tertiary folding, oligomerization, and biochemical modification of the newborn protein during biogenesis.
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- LiWei Tu
- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104-6085, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104-6085, Philadelphia, USA.
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Aviram N, Ast T, Costa EA, Arakel EC, Chuartzman SG, Jan CH, Haßdenteufel S, Dudek J, Jung M, Schorr S, Zimmermann R, Schwappach B, Weissman JS, Schuldiner M. The SND proteins constitute an alternative targeting route to the endoplasmic reticulum. Nature 2017; 540:134-138. [PMID: 27905431 DOI: 10.1038/nature20169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In eukaryotes, up to one-third of cellular proteins are targeted to the endoplasmic reticulum, where they undergo folding, processing, sorting and trafficking to subsequent endomembrane compartments. Targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum has been shown to occur co-translationally by the signal recognition particle (SRP) pathway or post-translationally by the mammalian transmembrane recognition complex of 40 kDa (TRC40) and homologous yeast guided entry of tail-anchored proteins (GET) pathways. Despite the range of proteins that can be catered for by these two pathways, many proteins are still known to be independent of both SRP and GET, so there seems to be a critical need for an additional dedicated pathway for endoplasmic reticulum relay. We set out to uncover additional targeting proteins using unbiased high-content screening approaches. To this end, we performed a systematic visual screen using the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and uncovered three uncharacterized proteins whose loss affected targeting. We suggest that these proteins work together and demonstrate that they function in parallel with SRP and GET to target a broad range of substrates to the endoplasmic reticulum. The three proteins, which we name Snd1, Snd2 and Snd3 (for SRP-independent targeting), can synthetically compensate for the loss of both the SRP and GET pathways, and act as a backup targeting system. This explains why it has previously been difficult to demonstrate complete loss of targeting for some substrates. Our discovery thus puts in place an essential piece of the endoplasmic reticulum targeting puzzle, highlighting how the targeting apparatus of the eukaryotic cell is robust, interlinked and flexible.
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- Naama Aviram
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, San Francisco, California 94158-2330, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, San Francisco, California 94158-2330, USA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.,Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, San Francisco, California 94158-2330, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Denks K, Sliwinski N, Erichsen V, Borodkina B, Origi A, Koch HG. The signal recognition particle contacts uL23 and scans substrate translation inside the ribosomal tunnel. Nat Microbiol 2017; 2:16265. [PMID: 28134917 DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) delivers ∼25% of all bacterial proteins to the membrane for cotranslational insertion. However, a comprehensive model on how the low-abundant SRP scans the vast number of translating ribosomes to identify the correct substrates is lacking. Here, we show that the C-terminal helix of the signal-sequence-binding domain of SRP penetrates into the ribosomal tunnel and contacts the intra-tunnel loop of ribosomal protein uL23. This allows SRP to obtain information about the translational status of the ribosome and possibly the character of the approaching nascent chain. Correct substrates reposition the C-terminal helix of SRP, which facilitates stable binding of the signal sequence by the M-domain of SRP. Thus, SRP already surveys translating ribosomes before the signal sequence is surface exposed. This early interaction probably enables the small number of SRP molecules to scan many ribosomes and to initiate efficient targeting of proper substrates.
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- Kärt Denks
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Gupta S, Roy M, Ghosh A. The Archaeal Signal Recognition Particle: Present Understanding and Future Perspective. Curr Microbiol 2016; 74:284-297. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-016-1167-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Nissley DA, O'Brien EP. Altered Co-Translational Processing Plays a Role in Huntington's Pathogenesis-A Hypothesis. Front Mol Neurosci 2016; 9:54. [PMID: 27458341 PMCID: PMC4933702 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by the expansion of a CAG codon repeat region in the HTT gene's first exon that results in huntingtin protein aggregation and neuronal cell death. The development of therapeutic treatments for HD is hindered by the fact that while the etiology and symptoms of HD are understood, the molecular processes connecting this genotype to its phenotype remain unclear. Here, we propose the novel hypothesis that the perturbation of a co-translational process affects mutant huntingtin due to altered translation-elongation kinetics. These altered kinetics arise from the shift of a proline-induced translational pause site away from Htt's localization sequence due to the expansion of the CAG-repeat segment between the poly-proline and localization sequences. Motivation for this hypothesis comes from recent experiments in the field of protein biogenesis that illustrate the critical role that temporal coordination of co-translational processes plays in determining the function, localization, and fate of proteins in cells. We show that our hypothesis is consistent with various experimental observations concerning HD pathology, including the dependence of the age of symptom onset on CAG repeat number. Finally, we suggest three experiments to test our hypothesis.
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- Daniel A Nissley
- O'Brien Lab, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA, USA
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- O'Brien Lab, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA, USA
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The molecular choreography of protein synthesis: translational control, regulation, and pathways. Q Rev Biophys 2016; 49:e11. [PMID: 27658712 DOI: 10.1017/s0033583516000056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Translation of proteins by the ribosome regulates gene expression, with recent results underscoring the importance of translational control. Misregulation of translation underlies many diseases, including cancer and many genetic diseases. Decades of biochemical and structural studies have delineated many of the mechanistic details in prokaryotic translation, and sketched the outlines of eukaryotic translation. However, translation may not proceed linearly through a single mechanistic pathway, but likely involves multiple pathways and branchpoints. The stochastic nature of biological processes would allow different pathways to occur during translation that are biased by the interaction of the ribosome with other translation factors, with many of the steps kinetically controlled. These multiple pathways and branchpoints are potential regulatory nexus, allowing gene expression to be tuned at the translational level. As research focus shifts toward eukaryotic translation, certain themes will be echoed from studies on prokaryotic translation. This review provides a general overview of the dynamic data related to prokaryotic and eukaryotic translation, in particular recent findings with single-molecule methods, complemented by biochemical, kinetic, and structural findings. We will underscore the importance of viewing the process through the viewpoints of regulation, translational control, and heterogeneous pathways.
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Doris SM, Smith DR, Beamesderfer JN, Raphael BJ, Nathanson JA, Gerbi SA. Universal and domain-specific sequences in 23S-28S ribosomal RNA identified by computational phylogenetics. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2015; 21:1719-1730. [PMID: 26283689 PMCID: PMC4574749 DOI: 10.1261/rna.051144.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 07/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Comparative analysis of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequences has elucidated phylogenetic relationships. However, this powerful approach has not been fully exploited to address ribosome function. Here we identify stretches of evolutionarily conserved sequences, which correspond with regions of high functional importance. For this, we developed a structurally aligned database, FLORA (full-length organismal rRNA alignment) to identify highly conserved nucleotide elements (CNEs) in 23S-28S rRNA from each phylogenetic domain (Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea). Universal CNEs (uCNEs) are conserved in sequence and structural position in all three domains. Those in regions known to be essential for translation validate our approach. Importantly, some uCNEs reside in areas of unknown function, thus identifying novel sequences of likely great importance. In contrast to uCNEs, domain-specific CNEs (dsCNEs) are conserved in just one phylogenetic domain. This is the first report of conserved sequence elements in rRNA that are domain-specific; they are largely a eukaryotic phenomenon. The locations of the eukaryotic dsCNEs within the structure of the ribosome suggest they may function in nascent polypeptide transit through the ribosome tunnel and in tRNA exit from the ribosome. Our findings provide insights and a resource for ribosome function studies.
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- Stephen M Doris
- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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Voorhees RM, Hegde RS. Structures of the scanning and engaged states of the mammalian SRP-ribosome complex. eLife 2015; 4. [PMID: 26158507 PMCID: PMC4497383 DOI: 10.7554/elife.07975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The universally conserved signal recognition particle (SRP) is essential for the biogenesis of most integral membrane proteins. SRP scans the nascent chains of translating ribosomes, preferentially engaging those with hydrophobic targeting signals, and delivers these ribosome-nascent chain complexes to the membrane. Here, we present structures of native mammalian SRP-ribosome complexes in the scanning and engaged states. These structures reveal the near-identical SRP architecture of these two states, show many of the SRP-ribosome interactions at atomic resolution, and suggest how the polypeptide-binding M domain selectively engages hydrophobic signals. The scanning M domain, pre-positioned at the ribosomal exit tunnel, is auto-inhibited by a C-terminal amphipathic helix occluding its hydrophobic binding groove. Upon engagement, the hydrophobic targeting signal displaces this amphipathic helix, which then acts as a protective lid over the signal. Biochemical experiments suggest how scanning and engagement are coordinated with translation elongation to minimize exposure of hydrophobic signals during membrane targeting. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07975.001 Proteins are long chain-like molecules built from smaller building blocks, called amino acids, by a large molecular machine known as a ribosome. Although all proteins are assembled inside cells, some of them must be delivered to the outside or inserted into cell membranes. It is important to understand how this selective delivery system works because secreted proteins (i.e., those delivered outside) and membrane-embedded proteins are essential for cells to communicate with their surroundings. Proteins destined for secretion or membrane insertion contain characteristic stretches of amino acids that act as a targeting signal for delivery to the membrane. These targeting signals are recognized by the ‘signal recognition particle’ (or SRP for short), a large complex found in all living organisms. The SRP has the task of finding ribosomes that are assembling proteins with a targeting signal, and then taking them to the membrane. The protein being assembled can then either cross the membrane for secretion by the cell, or get embedded within the membrane. So, how can the SRP scan the broad range of proteins that are made by the ribosome and engage with only those containing targeting signals? Voorhees and Hegde investigated this question by analyzing SRPs bound to ribosomes that were at different stages of building a membrane protein. The experiment was devised so that SRP would be in two different states: in the first state, the SRP was scanning for its targeting signal and, in the second, it was engaged with the targeting signal. Voorhees and Hegde took many thousands of pictures of these samples using a technique called cryo-electron microscopy, and reconstructed the three-dimensional structures of both states. This revealed fine details of how SRP positions itself immediately next to the part of the ribosome where newly formed protein chains emerge. From here, the SRP scans the protein until the targeting signal emerges and then it engages with the protein. Engaging the targeting signal just as it emerges from the ribosome is probably important because targeting signals tend to aggregate if they are exposed to the contents of a cell. The new structures show how SRP cradles the targeting signal inside a binding groove and covers it with a protective lid to minimize its risk of aggregation. The next challenges are to figure out how SRP chooses which ribosomes to scan, and how it releases the targeting signal when it has delivered it to the membrane. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07975.002
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Signal-sequence induced conformational changes in the signal recognition particle. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7163. [PMID: 26051119 PMCID: PMC4468861 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Co-translational protein targeting is an essential, evolutionarily conserved pathway for delivering nascent proteins to the proper cellular membrane. In this pathway, the signal recognition particle (SRP) first recognizes the N-terminal signal sequence of nascent proteins and subsequently interacts with the SRP receptor. For this, signal sequence binding in the SRP54 M domain must be effectively communicated to the SRP54 NG domain that interacts with the receptor. Here we present the 2.9 Å crystal structure of unbound- and signal sequence bound SRP forms, both present in the asymmetric unit. The structures provide evidence for a coupled binding and folding mechanism in which signal sequence binding induces the concerted folding of the GM linker helix, the finger loop, and the C-terminal alpha helix αM6. This mechanism allows for a high degree of structural adaptability of the binding site and suggests how signal sequence binding in the M domain is coupled to repositioning of the NG domain.
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Regulation by a chaperone improves substrate selectivity during cotranslational protein targeting. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:E3169-78. [PMID: 26056263 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1422594112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The ribosome exit site is a crowded environment where numerous factors contact nascent polypeptides to influence their folding, localization, and quality control. Timely and accurate selection of nascent polypeptides into the correct pathway is essential for proper protein biogenesis. To understand how this is accomplished, we probe the mechanism by which nascent polypeptides are accurately sorted between the major cotranslational chaperone trigger factor (TF) and the essential cotranslational targeting machinery, signal recognition particle (SRP). We show that TF regulates SRP function at three distinct stages, including binding of the translating ribosome, membrane targeting via recruitment of the SRP receptor, and rejection of ribosome-bound nascent polypeptides beyond a critical length. Together, these mechanisms enhance the specificity of substrate selection into both pathways. Our results reveal a multilayered mechanism of molecular interplay at the ribosome exit site, and provide a conceptual framework to understand how proteins are selected among distinct biogenesis machineries in this crowded environment.
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The signal recognition particle (SRP)-dependent pathway is essential for correct targeting of proteins to the membrane and subsequent insertion in the membrane or secretion. In Escherichia coli, the SRP and its receptor FtsY bind to ribosome-nascent chain complexes with signal sequences and undergo a series of distinct conformational changes, which ensures accurate timing and fidelity of protein targeting. Initial recruitment of the SRP receptor FtsY to the SRP-RNC complex results in GTP-independent binding of the SRP-FtsY GTPases at the SRP RNA tetraloop. In the presence of GTP, a closed state is adopted by the SRP-FtsY complex. The cryo-EM structure of the closed state reveals an ordered SRP RNA and SRP M domain with a signal sequence-bound. Van der Waals interactions between the finger loop and ribosomal protein L24 lead to a constricted signal sequence-binding pocket possibly preventing premature release of the signal sequence. Conserved M-domain residues contact ribosomal RNA helices 24 and 59. The SRP-FtsY GTPases are detached from the RNA tetraloop and flexible, thus liberating the ribosomal exit site for binding of the translocation machinery.
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Pechmann S, Chartron JW, Frydman J. Local slowdown of translation by nonoptimal codons promotes nascent-chain recognition by SRP in vivo. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2014; 21:1100-5. [PMID: 25420103 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The genetic code allows most amino acids a choice of optimal and nonoptimal codons. We report that synonymous codon choice is tuned to promote interaction of nascent polypeptides with the signal recognition particle (SRP), which assists in protein translocation across membranes. Cotranslational recognition by the SRP in vivo is enhanced when mRNAs contain nonoptimal codon clusters 35-40 codons downstream of the SRP-binding site, the distance that spans the ribosomal polypeptide exit tunnel. A local translation slowdown upon ribosomal exit of SRP-binding elements in mRNAs containing these nonoptimal codon clusters is supported experimentally by ribosome profiling analyses in yeast. Modulation of local elongation rates through codon choice appears to kinetically enhance recognition by ribosome-associated factors. We propose that cotranslational regulation of nascent-chain fate may be a general constraint shaping codon usage in the genome.
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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Noriega TR, Chen J, Walter P, Puglisi JD. Real-time observation of signal recognition particle binding to actively translating ribosomes. eLife 2014; 3. [PMID: 25358118 PMCID: PMC4213662 DOI: 10.7554/elife.04418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) directs translating ribosome-nascent chain complexes (RNCs) that display a signal sequence to protein translocation channels in target membranes. All previous work on the initial step of the targeting reaction, when SRP binds to RNCs, used stalled and non-translating RNCs. This meant that an important dimension of the co-translational process remained unstudied. We apply single-molecule fluorescence measurements to observe directly and in real-time E. coli SRP binding to actively translating RNCs. We show at physiologically relevant SRP concentrations that SRP-RNC association and dissociation rates depend on nascent chain length and the exposure of a functional signal sequence outside the ribosome. Our results resolve a long-standing question: how can a limited, sub-stoichiometric pool of cellular SRP effectively distinguish RNCs displaying a signal sequence from those that are not? The answer is strikingly simple: as originally proposed, SRP only stably engages translating RNCs exposing a functional signal sequence. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04418.001 Genes contain the instructions needed to make proteins from smaller building blocks called amino acids. These instructions are first transcribed to produce molecules of messenger RNA, which are then translated by a ribosome. This ‘molecular machine’ translates the instructions in the messenger RNA into the sequence of amino acids needed to make the protein. For some proteins to carry out their role, they need to be delivered to the outside of the cell, or inserted into one of the cell's membranes. As they are being built, these proteins are identified by a so-called ‘signal recognition particle’, which is often called an SRP for short. The SRP attaches to the new protein when it is still joined to the ribosome, and pulls the protein-ribosome complex to an opening in the target membrane. The new protein chain then enters this opening and either passes through to the other side of the membrane, or ends up embedded within it. To date, most studies that have investigated this process have involved scientists stalling the building of the new protein to see how SRP interacts with inactivated protein-ribosome complexes. Unfortunately, this means that some of the details of what happens during this process have likely been missed. Now, Noriega et al. have addressed this problem by developing a method to watch, in real-time, a single active protein-ribosome complex interacting with individual SRPs. This was achieved by attaching fluorescent molecules to SRP and protein-ribosome complexes purified from the bacterium E. coli. The distance between the two fluorescent molecules was then tracked over time. This revealed that the SRP typically binds to the protein-ribosome complex after 40–55 amino acids have been built into the protein. At this point, a so-called ‘signal sequence’ of amino acids has emerged from the complex and can be recognized by the SRP. Earlier studies had suggested that signal sequences might tell the SRP when to bind, but this had not been demonstrated in experiments using active protein-ribosome complexes. The strategy of using fluorescent molecules to follow single molecules undergoing this process in real-time could now be used by other scientists to re-examine and determine new properties of the protein-ribosome complex in action. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04418.002
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- Thomas R Noriega
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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Wang CY, Miller TF. Allosteric response and substrate sensitivity in peptide binding of the signal recognition particle. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:30868-30879. [PMID: 25237192 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.584912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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We characterize the conformational dynamics and substrate selectivity of the signal recognition particle (SRP) using a thermodynamic free energy cycle approach and microsecond timescale molecular dynamics simulations. The SRP is a central component of the co-translational protein targeting machinery that binds to the N-terminal signal peptide (SP) of nascent proteins. We determined the shift in relative conformational stability of the SRP upon substrate binding to quantify allosteric coupling between SRP domains. In particular, for dipeptidyl aminopeptidase, an SP that is recognized by the SRP for co-translational targeting, it is found that substrate binding induces substantial changes in the SRP toward configurations associated with targeting of the nascent protein, and it is found that the changes are modestly enhanced by a mutation that increases the hydrophobicity of the SP. However, for alkaline phosphatase, an SP that is recognized for post-translational targeting, substrate binding induces the reverse change in the SRP conformational distribution away from targeting configurations. Microsecond timescale trajectories reveal the intrinsic flexibility of the SRP conformational landscape and provide insight into recent single molecule studies by illustrating that 10-nm lengthscale changes between FRET pairs occur via the rigid-body movement of SRP domains connected by the flexible linker region. In combination, these results provide direct evidence for the hypothesis that substrate-controlled conformational switching in the SRP provides a mechanism for discriminating between different SPs and for connecting substrate binding to downstream steps in the protein targeting pathway.
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- Connie Y Wang
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91106
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91106.
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Nilsson I, Lara P, Hessa T, Johnson AE, von Heijne G, Karamyshev AL. The code for directing proteins for translocation across ER membrane: SRP cotranslationally recognizes specific features of a signal sequence. J Mol Biol 2014; 427:1191-201. [PMID: 24979680 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2014] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) cotranslationally recognizes signal sequences of secretory proteins and targets ribosome-nascent chain complexes to the SRP receptor in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, initiating translocation of the nascent chain through the Sec61 translocon. Although signal sequences do not have homology, they have similar structural regions: a positively charged N-terminus, a hydrophobic core and a more polar C-terminal region that contains the cleavage site for the signal peptidase. Here, we have used site-specific photocrosslinking to study SRP-signal sequence interactions. A photoreactive probe was incorporated into the middle of wild-type or mutated signal sequences of the secretory protein preprolactin by in vitro translation of mRNAs containing an amber-stop codon in the signal peptide in the presence of the N(ε)-(5-azido-2 nitrobenzoyl)-Lys-tRNA(amb) amber suppressor. A homogeneous population of SRP-ribosome-nascent chain complexes was obtained by the use of truncated mRNAs in translations performed in the presence of purified canine SRP. Quantitative analysis of the photoadducts revealed that charged residues at the N-terminus of the signal sequence or in the early part of the mature protein have only a mild effect on the SRP-signal sequence association. However, deletions of amino acid residues in the hydrophobic portion of the signal sequence severely affect SRP binding. The photocrosslinking data correlate with targeting efficiency and translocation across the membrane. Thus, the hydrophobic core of the signal sequence is primarily responsible for its recognition and binding by SRP, while positive charges fine-tune the SRP-signal sequence affinity and targeting to the translocon.
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- IngMarie Nilsson
- Center for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA; Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Center for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Box 1031, 171 21 Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75235, USA.
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