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Rivara-Espasandín M, Palumbo MC, Sosa EJ, Radío S, Turjanski AG, Sotelo-Silveira J, Fernandez Do Porto D, Smircich P. Omics data integration facilitates target selection for new antiparasitic drugs against TriTryp infections. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1136321. [PMID: 37089958 PMCID: PMC10115950 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1136321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction:Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma brucei, and Leishmania spp., commonly referred to as TriTryps, are a group of protozoan parasites that cause important human diseases affecting millions of people belonging to the most vulnerable populations worldwide. Current treatments have limited efficiencies and can cause serious side effects, so there is an urgent need to develop new control strategies. Presently, the identification and prioritization of appropriate targets can be aided by integrative genomic and computational approaches.Methods: In this work, we conducted a genome-wide multidimensional data integration strategy to prioritize drug targets. We included genomic, transcriptomic, metabolic, and protein structural data sources, to delineate candidate proteins with relevant features for target selection in drug development.Results and Discussion: Our final ranked list includes proteins shared by TriTryps and covers a range of biological functions including essential proteins for parasite survival or growth, oxidative stress-related enzymes, virulence factors, and proteins that are exclusive to these parasites. Our strategy found previously described candidates, which validates our approach as well as new proteins that can be attractive targets to consider during the initial steps of drug discovery.
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- Martin Rivara-Espasandín
- Departamento de Genómica, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Instituto de Cálculo, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Genómica, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Genómica, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Instituto de Cálculo, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- *Correspondence: Dario Fernandez Do Porto, ; Pablo Smircich,
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- Departamento de Genómica, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
- *Correspondence: Dario Fernandez Do Porto, ; Pablo Smircich,
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Aphasizheva I, Alfonzo J, Carnes J, Cestari I, Cruz-Reyes J, Göringer HU, Hajduk S, Lukeš J, Madison-Antenucci S, Maslov DA, McDermott SM, Ochsenreiter T, Read LK, Salavati R, Schnaufer A, Schneider A, Simpson L, Stuart K, Yurchenko V, Zhou ZH, Zíková A, Zhang L, Zimmer S, Aphasizhev R. Lexis and Grammar of Mitochondrial RNA Processing in Trypanosomes. Trends Parasitol 2020; 36:337-355. [PMID: 32191849 PMCID: PMC7083771 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Revised: 01/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Trypanosoma brucei spp. cause African human and animal trypanosomiasis, a burden on health and economy in Africa. These hemoflagellates are distinguished by a kinetoplast nucleoid containing mitochondrial DNAs of two kinds: maxicircles encoding ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and proteins and minicircles bearing guide RNAs (gRNAs) for mRNA editing. All RNAs are produced by a phage-type RNA polymerase as 3' extended precursors, which undergo exonucleolytic trimming. Most pre-mRNAs proceed through 3' adenylation, uridine insertion/deletion editing, and 3' A/U-tailing. The rRNAs and gRNAs are 3' uridylated. Historically, RNA editing has attracted major research effort, and recently essential pre- and postediting processing events have been discovered. Here, we classify the key players that transform primary transcripts into mature molecules and regulate their function and turnover.
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- Inna Aphasizheva
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, H9X3V9, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Darmstadt University of Technology, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences and Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic
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- Parasitology Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology, University of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 4, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, H9X3V9, Québec, Canada
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA
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- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Life Science Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic; Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences and Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus, Duluth, MN 55812, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Voigt C, Dobrychlop M, Kruse E, Czerwoniec A, Kasprzak JM, Bytner P, Campo CD, Leeder WM, Bujnicki JM, Göringer HU. The OB-fold proteins of the Trypanosoma brucei editosome execute RNA-chaperone activity. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:10353-10367. [PMID: 30060205 PMCID: PMC6212840 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Sequence-deficient mitochondrial pre-mRNAs in African trypanosomes are substrates of a U-nucleotide-specific RNA editing reaction to generate translation-competent mRNAs. The reaction is catalyzed by a macromolecular protein complex termed the editosome. Editosomes execute RNA-chaperone activity to overcome the highly folded nature of pre-edited substrate mRNAs. The molecular basis for this activity is unknown. Here we test five of the OB-fold proteins of the Trypanosoma brucei editosome as candidates. We demonstrate that all proteins execute RNA-chaperone activity albeit to different degrees. We further show that the activities correlate to the surface areas of the proteins and we map the protein-induced RNA-structure changes using SHAPE-chemical probing. To provide a structural context for our findings we calculate a coarse-grained model of the editosome. The model has a shell-like structure: Structurally well-defined protein domains are separated from an outer shell of intrinsically disordered protein domains, which suggests a surface-driven mechanism for the chaperone activity.
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- Christin Voigt
- Molecular Genetics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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- Molecular Genetics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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- Molecular Genetics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland.,Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Molecular Genetics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany
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Uridine insertion and deletion RNA editing generates functional mitochondrial mRNAs in Trypanosoma brucei Editing is catalyzed by three distinct ∼20S editosomes that have a common set of 12 proteins, but are typified by mutually exclusive RNase III endonucleases with distinct cleavage specificities and unique partner proteins. Previous studies identified a network of protein-protein interactions among a subset of common editosome proteins, but interactions among the endonucleases and their partner proteins, and their interactions with common subunits were not identified. Here, chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry, comparative structural modeling, and genetic and biochemical analyses were used to define the molecular architecture and subunit organization of purified editosomes. We identified intra- and interprotein cross-links for all editosome subunits that are fully consistent with editosome protein structures and previously identified interactions, which we validated by genetic and biochemical studies. The results were used to create a highly detailed map of editosome protein domain proximities, leading to identification of molecular interactions between subunits, insights into the functions of noncatalytic editosome proteins, and a global understanding of editosome architecture.
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RNA editing describes a chemically diverse set of biomolecular reactions in which the nucleotide sequence of RNA molecules is altered. Editing reactions have been identified in many organisms and frequently contribute to the maturation of organellar transcripts. A special editing reaction has evolved within the mitochondria of the kinetoplastid protozoa. The process is characterized by the insertion and deletion of uridine nucleotides into otherwise nontranslatable messenger RNAs. Kinetoplastid RNA editing involves an exclusive class of small, noncoding RNAs known as guide RNAs. Furthermore, a unique molecular machinery, the editosome, catalyzes the process. Editosomes are megadalton multienzyme assemblies that provide a catalytic surface for the individual steps of the reaction cycle. Here I review the current mechanistic understanding and molecular inventory of kinetoplastid RNA editing and the editosome machinery. Special emphasis is placed on the molecular morphology of the editing complex in order to correlate structural features with functional characteristics.
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- H Ulrich Göringer
- Department of Genetics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany.
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Park YJ, Hol WGJ. Explorations of linked editosome domains leading to the discovery of motifs defining conserved pockets in editosome OB-folds. J Struct Biol 2012; 180:362-73. [PMID: 22902563 PMCID: PMC3483419 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2012] [Revised: 07/26/2012] [Accepted: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Trypanosomatids form a group of protozoa which contain parasites of human, animals and plants. Several of these species cause major human diseases, including Trypanosoma brucei which is the causative agent of human African trypanosomiasis, also called sleeping sickness. These organisms have many highly unusual features including a unique U-insertion/deletion RNA editing process in the single mitochondrion. A key multi-protein complex, called the ∼20S editosome, or editosome, carries out a cascade of essential RNA-modifying reactions and contains a core of 12 different proteins of which six are the interaction proteins A1 to A6. Each of these interaction proteins comprises a C-terminal OB-fold and the smallest interaction protein A6 has been shown to interact with four other editosome OB-folds. Here we report the results of a "linked OB-fold" approach to obtain a view of how multiple OB-folds might interact in the core of the editosome. Constructs with variants of linked domains in 25 expression and co-expression experiments resulted in 13 soluble multi-OB-fold complexes. In several instances, these complexes were more homogeneous in size than those obtained from corresponding unlinked OB-folds. The crystal structure of A3(OB) linked to A6 could be elucidated and confirmed the tight interaction between these two OB domains as seen also in our recent complex of A3(OB) and A6 with nanobodies. In the current crystal structure of A3(OB) linked to A6, hydrophobic side chains reside in well-defined pockets of neighboring OB-fold domains. When analyzing the available crystal structures of editosome OB-folds, it appears that in five instances "Pocket 1" of A1(OB), A3(OB) and A6 is occupied by a hydrophobic side chain from a neighboring protein. In these three different OB-folds, Pocket 1 is formed by two conserved sequence motifs and an invariant arginine. These pockets might play a key role in the assembly or mechanism of the editosome by interacting with hydrophobic side chains from other proteins.
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- Young-Jun Park
- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA,To whom correspondence should be addressed. Telephone: +1 (206) 685 7044; Fax: +1 (206) 685 7002;
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Park YJ, Budiarto T, Wu M, Pardon E, Steyaert J, Hol WGJ. The structure of the C-terminal domain of the largest editosome interaction protein and its role in promoting RNA binding by RNA-editing ligase L2. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:6966-77. [PMID: 22561373 PMCID: PMC3413154 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2012] [Revised: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 04/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Trypanosomatids, such as the sleeping sickness parasite Trypanosoma brucei, contain a ∼ 20S RNA-editing complex, also called the editosome, which is required for U-insertion/deletion editing of mitochondrial mRNAs. The editosome contains a core of 12 proteins including the large interaction protein A1, the small interaction protein A6, and the editing RNA ligase L2. Using biochemical and structural data, we identified distinct domains of T. brucei A1 which specifically recognize A6 and L2. We provide evidence that an N-terminal domain of A1 interacts with the C-terminal domain of L2. The C-terminal domain of A1 appears to be required for the interaction with A6 and also plays a key role in RNA binding by the RNA-editing ligase L2 in trans. Three crystal structures of the C-terminal domain of A1 have been elucidated, each in complex with a nanobody as a crystallization chaperone. These structures permitted the identification of putative dsRNA recognition sites. Mutational analysis of conserved residues of the C-terminal domain identified Arg703, Arg731 and Arg734 as key requirements for RNA binding. The data show that the editing RNA ligase activity is modulated by a novel mechanism, i.e. by the trans-acting RNA binding C-terminal domain of A1.
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- Young-Jun Park
- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA, Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Department of Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA, Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Department of Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA, Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Department of Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA, Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Department of Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA, Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Department of Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA, Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Department of Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Park YJ, Pardon E, Wu M, Steyaert J, Hol WGJ. Crystal structure of a heterodimer of editosome interaction proteins in complex with two copies of a cross-reacting nanobody. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 40:1828-40. [PMID: 22039098 PMCID: PMC3287191 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
The parasite Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of sleeping sickness across sub-Saharan Africa, depends on a remarkable U-insertion/deletion RNA editing process in its mitochondrion. A approximately 20 S multi-protein complex, called the editosome, is an essential machinery for editing pre-mRNA molecules encoding the majority of mitochondrial proteins. Editosomes contain a common core of twelve proteins where six OB-fold interaction proteins, called A1-A6, play a crucial role. Here, we report the structure of two single-strand nucleic acid-binding OB-folds from interaction proteins A3 and A6 that surprisingly, form a heterodimer. Crystal growth required the assistance of an anti-A3 nanobody as a crystallization chaperone. Unexpectedly, this anti-A3 nanobody binds to both A3(OB) and A6, despite only ~40% amino acid sequence identity between the OB-folds of A3 and A6. The A3(OB)-A6 heterodimer buries 35% more surface area than the A6 homodimer. This is attributed mainly to the presence of a conserved Pro-rich loop in A3(OB). The implications of the A3(OB)-A6 heterodimer, and of a dimer of heterodimers observed in the crystals, for the architecture of the editosome are profound, resulting in a proposal of a 'five OB-fold center' in the core of the editosome.
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Affiliation(s)
- Young-Jun Park
- Department of Biochemistry, Biomolecular Structure Center, School of Medicine, University of Washington, PO Box 357742, Seattle WA 98195, USA
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Aphasizhev R, Aphasizheva I. Uridine insertion/deletion editing in trypanosomes: a playground for RNA-guided information transfer. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. RNA 2011; 2:669-85. [PMID: 21823228 PMCID: PMC3154072 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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RNA editing is a collective term referring to enzymatic processes that change RNA sequence apart from splicing, 5' capping or 3' extension. In this article, we focus on uridine insertion/deletion mRNA editing found exclusively in mitochondria of kinetoplastid protists. This type of editing corrects frameshifts, introduces start and stops codons, and often adds much of the coding sequence to create an open reading frame. The mitochondrial genome of trypanosomatids, the most extensively studied clade within the order Kinetoplastida, is composed of ∼50 maxicircles with limited coding capacity and thousands of minicircles. To produce functional mRNAs, a multitude of nuclear-encoded factors mediate interactions of maxicircle-encoded pre-mRNAs with a vast repertoire of minicircle-encoded guide RNAs. Editing reactions of mRNA cleavage, U-insertions or U-deletions, and ligation are catalyzed by the RNA editing core complex (RECC, the 20S editosome) while each step of this enzymatic cascade is directed by guide RNAs. These 50-60 nucleotide (nt) molecules are 3' uridylated by RET1 TUTase and stabilized via association with the gRNA binding complex (GRBC). Remarkably, the information transfer between maxicircle and minicircle transcriptomes does not rely on template-dependent polymerization of nucleic acids. Instead, intrinsic substrate specificities of key enzymes are largely responsible for the fidelity of editing. Conversely, the efficiency of editing is enhanced by assembling enzymes and RNA binding proteins into stable multiprotein complexes. WIREs RNA 2011 2 669-685 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.82 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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MESH Headings
- Endonucleases/chemistry
- Endonucleases/genetics
- Endonucleases/metabolism
- Models, Biological
- Models, Molecular
- Protozoan Proteins/chemistry
- Protozoan Proteins/genetics
- Protozoan Proteins/metabolism
- RNA Editing/genetics
- RNA Editing/physiology
- RNA Helicases/chemistry
- RNA Helicases/genetics
- RNA Helicases/metabolism
- RNA, Guide, Kinetoplastida/genetics
- RNA, Guide, Kinetoplastida/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/chemistry
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Protozoan/chemistry
- RNA, Protozoan/genetics
- RNA, Protozoan/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Trypanosoma/genetics
- Trypanosoma/metabolism
- Uridine/chemistry
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- Ruslan Aphasizhev
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, USA.
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Göringer HU, Katari VS, Böhm C. The structural landscape of native editosomes in African trypanosomes. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. RNA 2011; 2:395-407. [PMID: 21957025 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The majority of mitochondrial pre-messenger RNAs in African trypanosomes are substrates of a U-nucleotide-specific insertion/deletion-type RNA editing reaction. The process converts nonfunctional pre-mRNAs into translation-competent molecules and can generate protein diversity by alternative editing. High molecular mass protein complexes termed editosomes catalyze the processing reaction. They stably interact with pre-edited mRNAs and small noncoding RNAs, known as guide RNAs (gRNAs), which act as templates in the reaction. Editosomes provide a molecular surface for the individual steps of the catalytic reaction cycle and although the protein inventory of the complexes has been studied in detail, a structural analysis of the processing machinery has only recently been accomplished. Electron microscopy in combination with single particle reconstruction techniques has shown that steady state isolates of editosomes contain ensembles of two classes of stable complexes with calculated apparent hydrodynamic sizes of 20S and 35-40S. 20S editosomes are free of substrate RNAs, whereas 35-40S editosomes are associated with endogenous mRNA and gRNA molecules. Both complexes are characterized by a diverse structural landscape, which include complexes that lack or possess defined subdomains. Here, we summarize the consensus models and structural landmarks of both complexes. We correlate structural features with functional characteristics and provide an outlook into dynamic aspects of the editing reaction cycle.
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- H Ulrich Göringer
- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany.
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Wu M, Park YJ, Pardon E, Turley S, Hayhurst A, Deng J, Steyaert J, Hol WGJ. Structures of a key interaction protein from the Trypanosoma brucei editosome in complex with single domain antibodies. J Struct Biol 2011; 174:124-36. [PMID: 20969962 PMCID: PMC3037447 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2010] [Revised: 10/14/2010] [Accepted: 10/14/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Several major global diseases are caused by single-cell parasites called trypanosomatids. These organisms exhibit many unusual features including a unique and essential U-insertion/deletion RNA editing process in their single mitochondrion. Many key RNA editing steps occur in ∼20S editosomes, which have a core of 12 proteins. Among these, the "interaction protein" KREPA6 performs a central role in maintaining the integrity of the editosome core and also binds to ssRNA. The use of llama single domain antibodies (VHH domains) accelerated crystal growth of KREPA6 from Trypanosoma brucei dramatically. All three structures obtained are heterotetramers with a KREPA6 dimer in the center, and one VHH domain bound to each KREPA6 subunit. Two of the resultant heterotetramers use complementarity determining region 2 (CDR2) and framework residues to form a parallel pair of beta strands with KREPA6 - a mode of interaction not seen before in VHH domain-protein antigen complexes. The third type of VHH domain binds in a totally different manner to KREPA6. Intriguingly, while KREPA6 forms tetramers in solution adding either one of the three VHH domains results in the formation of a heterotetramer in solution, in perfect agreement with the crystal structures. Biochemical solution studies indicate that the C-terminal tail of KREPA6 is involved in the dimerization of KREPA6 dimers to form tetramers. The implications of these crystallographic and solution studies for possible modes of interaction of KREPA6 with its many binding partners in the editosome are discussed.
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- Meiting Wu
- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Virology and Immunology, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas 78227-5301, USA
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA,Corresponding author. Telephone: +1 (206) 685 7044; Fax: +1 (206) 685 7002;
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Guo X, Ernst NL, Carnes J, Stuart KD. The zinc-fingers of KREPA3 are essential for the complete editing of mitochondrial mRNAs in Trypanosoma brucei. PLoS One 2010; 5:e8913. [PMID: 20111718 PMCID: PMC2811742 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Accepted: 12/30/2009] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Most mitochondrial mRNAs in trypanosomes undergo uridine insertion/deletion editing that is catalyzed by ∼20S editosomes. The editosome component KREPA3 is essential for editosome structural integrity and its two zinc finger (ZF) motifs are essential for editing in vivo but not in vitro. KREPA3 function was further explored by examining the consequence of mutation of its N- and C- terminal ZFs (ZF1 and ZF2, respectively). Exclusively expressed myc-tagged KREPA3 with ZF2 mutation resulted in lower KREPA3 abundance and a relative increase in KREPA2 and KREL1 proteins. Detailed analysis of edited RNA products revealed the accumulation of partially edited mRNAs with less insertion editing compared to the partially edited mRNAs found in the cells with wild type KREPA3 expression. Mutation of ZF1 in TAP-tagged KREPA3 also resulted in accumulation of partially edited mRNAs that were shorter and only edited in the 3′-terminal editing region. Mutation of both ZFs essentially eliminated partially edited mRNA. The mutations did not affect gRNA abundance. These data indicate that both ZFs are essential for the progression of editing and perhaps its accuracy, which suggests that KREPA3 plays roles in the editing process via its ZFs interaction with editosome proteins and/or RNA substrates.
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- Xuemin Guo
- Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Schnaufer A, Wu M, Park YJ, Nakai T, Deng J, Proff R, Hol WGJ, Stuart KD. A protein-protein interaction map of trypanosome ~20S editosomes. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:5282-95. [PMID: 20018860 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.059378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Mitochondrial mRNA editing in trypanosomatid parasites involves several multiprotein assemblies, including three very similar complexes that contain the key enzymatic editing activities and sediment at ~20S on glycerol gradients. These ~20S editosomes have a common set of 12 proteins, including enzymes for uridylyl (U) removal and addition, 2 RNA ligases, 2 proteins with RNase III-like domains, and 6 proteins with predicted oligonucleotide binding (OB) folds. In addition, each of the 3 distinct ~20S editosomes contains a different RNase III-type endonuclease, 1 of 3 related proteins and, in one case, an additional exonuclease. Here we present a protein-protein interaction map that was obtained through a combination of yeast two-hybrid analysis and subcomplex reconstitution with recombinant protein. This map interlinks ten of the proteins and in several cases localizes the protein region mediating the interaction, which often includes the predicted OB-fold domain. The results indicate that the OB-fold proteins form an extensive protein-protein interaction network that connects the two trimeric subcomplexes that catalyze U removal or addition and RNA ligation. One of these proteins, KREPA6, interacts with the OB-fold zinc finger protein in each subcomplex that interconnects their two catalytic proteins. Another OB-fold protein, KREPA3, appears to link to the putative endonuclease subcomplex. These results reveal a physical organization that underlies the coordination of the various catalytic and substrate binding activities within the ~20S editosomes during the editing process.
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- Achim Schnaufer
- Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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Simpson L, Aphasizhev R, Lukes J, Cruz-Reyes J. Guide to the nomenclature of kinetoplastid RNA editing: a proposal. Protist 2009; 161:2-6. [PMID: 19945343 DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2009.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Weng J, Aphasizheva I, Etheridge RD, Huang L, Wang X, Falick AM, Aphasizhev R. Guide RNA-binding complex from mitochondria of trypanosomatids. Mol Cell 2008; 32:198-209. [PMID: 18951088 PMCID: PMC2645705 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2008] [Revised: 07/14/2008] [Accepted: 08/18/2008] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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In the mitochondria of trypanosomatids, the majority of mRNAs undergo massive uracil-insertion/deletion editing. Throughout the processes of pre-mRNA polyadenylation, guide RNA (gRNA) uridylylation and annealing to mRNA, and editing reactions, several multiprotein complexes must engage in transient interactions to produce a template for protein synthesis. Here, we report the identification of a protein complex essential for gRNA stability. The gRNA-binding complex (GRBC) interacts with gRNA processing, editing, and polyadenylation machineries and with the mitochondrial edited mRNA stability (MERS1) factor. RNAi knockdown of the core subunits, GRBC1 and GRBC2, led to the elimination of gRNAs, thus inhibiting mRNA editing. Inhibition of MERS1 expression selectively abrogated edited mRNAs. Homologous proteins unique to the order of Kinetoplastida, GRBC1 and GRBC2, form a stable 200 kDa particle that directly binds gRNAs. Systematic analysis of RNA-mediated and RNA-independent interactions involving the GRBC and MERS1 suggests a unified model for RNA processing in the kinetoplast mitochondria.
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- James Weng
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Mass Spectrometry Laboratory and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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The KREPA3 zinc finger motifs and OB-fold domain are essential for RNA editing and survival of Trypanosoma brucei. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 28:6939-53. [PMID: 18794366 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01115-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Three types of editosomes, each with an identical core containing six related KREPA proteins, catalyze the U insertion and deletion RNA editing of mitochondrial mRNAs in trypanosomes. Repression of expression of one of these, KREPA3 (also known as TbMP42), shows that it is essential for growth and in vivo editing in both procyclic (PF) and bloodstream (BF) life cycle stages of Trypanosoma brucei. RNA interference knockdown results in editosome disruption and altered in vitro editing in PFs, while repression by regulatable double knockout results in almost complete loss of editosomes in BFs. Mutational analysis shows that the KREPA3 zinc fingers and OB-fold domain are each essential for growth and in vivo editing. Nevertheless, KREPA3 with mutated zinc fingers incorporates into editosomes that catalyze in vitro editing and thus is not essential for editosome integrity, although stability is affected. In contrast, the OB-fold domain is essential for editosome integrity. Overall, KREPA3, especially its OB-fold, functions in editosome integrity, and its zinc fingers are essential for editing in vivo but not for the central catalytic steps. KREPA3 may function in editosome organization and/or RNA positioning.
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Law JA, O'Hearn SF, Sollner-Webb B. Trypanosoma brucei RNA editing protein TbMP42 (band VI) is crucial for the endonucleolytic cleavages but not the subsequent steps of U-deletion and U-insertion. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2008; 14:1187-200. [PMID: 18441050 PMCID: PMC2390806 DOI: 10.1261/rna.899508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2007] [Accepted: 02/18/2008] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Trypanosome mitochondrial mRNAs achieve their coding sequences through RNA editing. This process, catalyzed by approximately 20S protein complexes, involves large numbers of uridylate (U) insertions and deletions within mRNA precursors. Here we analyze the role of the essential TbMP42 protein (band VI/KREPA2) by individually examining each step of the U-deletional and U-insertional editing cycles, using reactions in the approximately linear range. We examined control extracts and RNA interference (RNAi) extracts prepared soon after TbMP42 was depleted (when primary effects should be most evident) and three days later (when precedent shows secondary effects can become prominent). This analysis shows TbMP42 is critical for cleavage of editing substrates by both the U-deletional and U-insertional endonucleases. However, on simple substrates that assess cleavage independent of editing features, TbMP42 is similarly required only for the U-deletional endonuclease, indicating TbMP42 affects the two editing endonucleases differently. Supplementing RNAi extract with recombinant TbMP42 partly restores these cleavage activities. Notably, we find that all the other editing steps (the 3'-U-exonuclease [3'-U-exo] and ligation steps of U-deletion and the terminal-U-transferase [TUTase] and ligation steps of U-insertion) remain at control levels upon RNAi induction, and hence are not dependent on TbMP42. This contrasts with an earlier report that TbMP42 is a 3'-U-exo that may act in U-deletion and additionally is critical for the TUTase and/or ligation steps of U-insertion, observations our data suggest reflect indirect effects of TbMP42 depletion. Thus, trypanosomes require TbMP42 for both endonucleolytic cleavage steps of RNA editing, but not for any of the subsequent steps of the editing cycles.
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- Julie A Law
- Biological Chemistry Department, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Alatortsev VS, Cruz-Reyes J, Zhelonkina AG, Sollner-Webb B. Trypanosoma brucei RNA editing: coupled cycles of U deletion reveal processive activity of the editing complex. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 28:2437-45. [PMID: 18227152 PMCID: PMC2268434 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01886-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2007] [Revised: 12/12/2007] [Accepted: 01/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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RNA editing in Trypanosoma brucei is posttranscriptional uridylate removal/addition, generally at vast numbers of pre-mRNA sites, but to date, only single editing cycles have been examined in vitro. We here demonstrate achieving sequential cycles of U deletion in vitro, with editing products confirmed by sequence analysis. Notably, the subsequent editing cycle is much more efficient and occurs far more rapidly than single editing cycles; plus, it has different recognition requirements. This indicates that the editing complex acts in a concerted manner and does not dissociate from the RNA substrate between these cycles. Furthermore, the multicycle substrate exhibits editing that is unexpected from a strictly 3'-to-5' progression, reminiscent of the unexpected editing that has been shown to occur frequently in T. brucei mRNAs edited in vivo. This unexpected editing is most likely due to alternate mRNA:guide RNA (gRNA) alignment forming a hyphenated anchor; its having only a 2-bp proximal duplex helps explain the prevalence of unexpected editing in vivo. Such unexpected editing was not previously reported in vitro, presumably because the common use of artificially tight mRNA:gRNA base pairing precludes alternate alignments. The multicycle editing and unexpected editing presented in this paper bring in vitro reactions closer to reproducing the in vivo editing process.
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- Vadim S Alatortsev
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Tarun SZ, Schnaufer A, Ernst NL, Proff R, Deng J, Hol W, Stuart K. KREPA6 is an RNA-binding protein essential for editosome integrity and survival of Trypanosoma brucei. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2008; 14:347-58. [PMID: 18065716 PMCID: PMC2212256 DOI: 10.1261/rna.763308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2007] [Accepted: 10/31/2007] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Most mitochondrial mRNAs in kinetoplastid protozoa require post-transcriptional RNA editing that inserts and deletes uridylates, a process that is catalyzed by multiprotein editosomes. KREPA6 is the smallest of six editosome proteins that have predicted oligonucleotide-binding (OB) folds. Inactivation of KREPA6 expression results in disruption and ultimate loss of approximately 20S editosomes and inhibition of procyclic form cell growth. Gel shift studies show that recombinant KREPA6 binds RNA, but not DNA, with a preference for oligo-(U) whether on the 3' end of gRNA or as a (UU)(12) homopolymer. Thus, KREPA6 is essential for the structural integrity and presence of approximately 20S editosomes and for cell viability. It functions in RNA binding perhaps primarily through the gRNA 3' oligo(U) tail. The significance of these findings to key steps in editing is discussed.
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Gannavaram S, Vedvyas C, Debrabant A. Conservation of the pro-apoptotic nuclease activity of endonuclease G in unicellular trypanosomatid parasites. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:99-109. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.014050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Endonuclease G is a mitochondrial protein implicated in DNA fragmentation during apoptosis in cell types ranging from fungi to mammals. Features of programmed cell death have been reported in a number of single-celled organisms, including the human trypanosomatid parasites Leishmania and Trypanosoma. However, the protozoan cell death pathways and the effector molecules involved in such processes remain to be identified. In this report, we describe the pro-apoptotic function of endonuclease G in trypanosomatid parasites. Similar to metazoans, trypanosome endoG showed intrinsic nuclease activity, is localized in mitochondria and is released from this organelle when cell death is triggered. Overexpression of endoG strongly promoted apoptotic cell death under oxidant or differentiation-related stress in Leishmania and, conversely, loss of endoG expression conferred robust resistance to oxidant-induced cell death in T. brucei. These data demonstrate the conservation of the pro-apoptotic endonuclease activity of endoG in these evolutionarily ancient eukaryotic organisms. Furthermore, nuclear DNA degradation by endoG upon release from mitochondria might represent a caspase-independent cell death mechanism in trypanosomatid parasites as genes encoding caspase-like proteins have not been identified in their genomes.
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- Sreenivas Gannavaram
- Laboratory of Bacterial, Parasitic and Unconventional Agents, Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Bacterial, Parasitic and Unconventional Agents, Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Bacterial, Parasitic and Unconventional Agents, Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda MD 20892, USA
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