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Fernández-Fernández J, Martín-Villanueva S, Perez-Fernandez J, de la Cruz J. The Role of Ribosomal Proteins eL15 and eL36 in the Early Steps of Yeast 60S Ribosomal Subunit Assembly. J Mol Biol 2023; 435:168321. [PMID: 37865285 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023]
Abstract
Ribosomal proteins have important roles in maintaining the structure and function of mature ribosomes, but they also drive crucial rearrangement reactions during ribosome biogenesis. The contribution of most, but not all, ribosomal proteins to ribosome synthesis has been previously analyzed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Herein, we characterize the role of yeast eL15 during 60S ribosomal subunit formation. In vivo depletion of eL15 results in a shortage of 60S subunits and the appearance of half-mer polysomes. This is likely due to defective processing of the 27SA3 to the 27SBS pre-rRNA and impaired subsequent processing of both forms of 27SB pre-rRNAs to mature 25S and 5.8S rRNAs. Indeed, eL15 depletion leads to the efficient turnover of the de novo formed 27S pre-rRNAs. Additionally, depletion of eL15 blocks nucleocytoplasmic export of pre-60S particles. Moreover, we have analyzed the impact of depleting either eL15 or eL36 on the composition of early pre-60S particles, thereby revealing that the depletion of eL15 or eL36 not only affects each other's assembly into pre-60S particles but also that of neighboring ribosomal proteins, including eL8. These intermediates also lack most ribosome assembly factors required for 27SA3 and 27SB pre-rRNA processing, named A3- and B-factors, respectively. Importantly, our results recapitulate previous ones obtained upon eL8 depletion. We conclude that assembly of eL15, together with that of eL8 and eL36, is a prerequisite to shape domain I of 5.8S/25S rRNA within early pre-60S particles, through their binding to this rRNA domain and the recruitment of specific groups of assembly factors.
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Affiliation(s)
- José Fernández-Fernández
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, E-41013 Seville, Spain; Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41012 Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, E-41013 Seville, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry III, University of Regensburg, D-93051 Regensburg, Germany.
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, E-41013 Seville, Spain; Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41012 Seville, Spain.
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LaPeruta AJ, Hedayati S, Micic J, Fitzgerald F, Kim D, Oualline G, Woolford JL. Yeast ribosome biogenesis factors Puf6 and Nog2 and ribosomal proteins uL2 and eL43 act in concert to facilitate the release of nascent large ribosomal subunits from the nucleolus. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:11277-11290. [PMID: 37811893 PMCID: PMC10639061 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Large ribosomal subunit precursors (pre-LSUs) are primarily synthesized in the nucleolus. At an undetermined step in their assembly, they are released into the nucleoplasm. Structural models of yeast pre-LSUs at various stages of assembly have been collected using cryo-EM. However, which cryo-EM model is closest to the final nucleolar intermediate of the LSU has yet to be determined. To elucidate the mechanisms of the release of pre-LSUs from the nucleolus, we assayed effects of depleting or knocking out two yeast ribosome biogenesis factors (RiBi factors), Puf6 and Nog2, and two ribosomal proteins, uL2 and eL43. These proteins function during or stabilize onto pre-LSUs between the late nucleolar stages to early nucleoplasmic stages of ribosome biogenesis. By characterizing the phenotype of these four mutants, we determined that a particle that is intermediate between the cryo-EM model State NE1 and State NE2 likely represents the final nucleolar assembly intermediate of the LSU. We conclude that the release of the RiBi factors Nip7, Nop2 and Spb1 and the subsequent stabilization of rRNA domains IV and V may be key triggers for the release of pre-LSUs from the nucleolus.
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- Amber J LaPeruta
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Cytosolic and mitochondrial ribosomal proteins mediate the locust phase transition via divergence of translational profiles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2216851120. [PMID: 36701367 PMCID: PMC9945961 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2216851120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The phase transition from solitary to gregarious locusts is crucial in outbreaks of locust plague, which threaten agricultural yield and food security. Research on the regulatory mechanisms of phase transition in locusts has focused primarily on the transcriptional or posttranslational level. However, the translational regulation of phase transition is unexplored. Here, we show a phase-dependent pattern at the translation level, which exhibits different polysome profiles between gregarious and solitary locusts. The gregarious locusts exhibit significant increases in 60S and polyribosomes, while solitary locusts possess higher peaks of the monoribosome and a specific "halfmer." The polysome profiles, a molecular phenotype, respond to changes in population density. In gregarious locusts, ten genes involved in the cytosolic ribosome pathway exhibited increased translational efficiency (TE). In solitary locusts, five genes from the mitochondrial ribosome pathway displayed increased TE. The high expression of large ribosomal protein 7 at the translational level promotes accumulation of the free 60S ribosomal subunit in gregarious locusts, while solitary locusts employ mitochondrial small ribosomal protein 18c to induce the assembly of mitochondrial ribosomes, causing divergence of the translational profiles and behavioral transition. This study reveals the translational regulatory mechanism of locust phase transition, in which the locusts employ divergent ribosome pathways to cope with changes in population density.
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Lin Z, Liu H, Chen H, Cao H, Liu X, Zhu H, Zhao L, Chen Z. Rrp14 controls rRNA transcription via facilitating the translocation of Pol5 into the nucleolus. Cell Cycle 2022; 21:489-500. [PMID: 34974803 PMCID: PMC8942550 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2021.2023303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Rrp14 is a conserved protein that plays an important role in rRNA processing and ribosomal biogenesis. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the rrp14 gene is split into SPAC8C9.10 c (rrp14) and SPBC947.07 (rrp1402). Although the SPAC8C9.10 c gene is not essential for S. pombe survival, deletion of the gene causes the yeast cells to grow sick and to exhibit decreased rRNA transcription. We identified a novel Pol5 protein that physically interacts with the Rrp14 protein. Taking advantage of the Pil1 co-tethering assay, we found that Rrp14 facilitates the nucleolus translocation of Pol5, and the 7-RINAWN-12 motif of the Rrp14 protein is responsible for the interaction between Pol5 and Rrp14. Since deletion of the 7-RINAWN-12 motif affects rRNA transcription, we thus propose that Rrp14 affects rRNA transcription by facilitating the nucleolus translocation of Pol5.
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- Zhen Lin
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Basic Medical College, Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Basic Medical College, Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Basic Medical College, Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Nursing Department, The First Hospital, Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Basic Medical College, Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Basic Medical College, Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Basic Medical College, Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Basic Medical College, Jilin University, Jilin, China,CONTACT Zhiming Chen Department of Forensic Medicine, Basic Medical College, Jilin University, No. 125, Xinjiang street, Changchun City, Jilin Province, Jilin, 130021. China
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Braun C, Knüppel R, Perez-Fernandez J, Ferreira-Cerca S. Non-radioactive In Vivo Labeling of RNA with 4-Thiouracil. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2533:199-213. [PMID: 35796990 PMCID: PMC9761907 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2501-9_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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RNA molecules and their expression dynamics play essential roles in the establishment of complex cellular phenotypes and/or in the rapid cellular adaption to environmental changes. Accordingly, analyzing RNA expression remains an important step to understand the molecular basis controlling the formation of cellular phenotypes, cellular homeostasis or disease progression. Steady-state RNA levels in the cells are controlled by the sum of highly dynamic molecular processes contributing to RNA expression and can be classified in transcription, maturation and degradation. The main goal of analyzing RNA dynamics is to disentangle the individual contribution of these molecular processes to the life cycle of a given RNA under different physiological conditions. In the recent years, the use of nonradioactive nucleotide/nucleoside analogs and improved chemistry, in combination with time-dependent and high-throughput analysis, have greatly expanded our understanding of RNA metabolism across various cell types, organisms, and growth conditions.In this chapter, we describe a step-by-step protocol allowing pulse labeling of RNA with the nonradioactive nucleotide analog, 4-thiouracil , in the eukaryotic model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the model archaeon Haloferax volcanii .
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- Christina Braun
- Biochemistry III-Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Biochemistry III-Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Biochemistry III-Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
- Department of Experimental Biology, University of Jaen, Jaén, Spain.
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- Biochemistry III-Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
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Braun CM, Hackert P, Schmid CE, Bohnsack MT, Bohnsack KE, Perez-Fernandez J. Pol5 is required for recycling of small subunit biogenesis factors and for formation of the peptide exit tunnel of the large ribosomal subunit. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:405-420. [PMID: 31745560 PMCID: PMC7145529 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz1079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Revised: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
More than 200 assembly factors (AFs) are required for the production of ribosomes in yeast. The stepwise association and dissociation of these AFs with the pre-ribosomal subunits occurs in a hierarchical manner to ensure correct maturation of the pre-rRNAs and assembly of the ribosomal proteins. Although decades of research have provided a wealth of insights into the functions of many AFs, others remain poorly characterized. Pol5 was initially classified with B-type DNA polymerases, however, several lines of evidence indicate the involvement of this protein in ribosome assembly. Here, we show that depletion of Pol5 affects the processing of pre-rRNAs destined for the both the large and small subunits. Furthermore, we identify binding sites for Pol5 in the 5' external transcribed spacer and within domain III of the 25S rRNA sequence. Consistent with this, we reveal that Pol5 is required for recruitment of ribosomal proteins that form the polypeptide exit tunnel in the LSU and that depletion of Pol5 impairs the release of 5' ETS fragments from early pre-40S particles. The dual functions of Pol5 in 60S assembly and recycling of pre-40S AFs suggest that this factor could contribute to ensuring the stoichiometric production of ribosomal subunits.
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- Christina M Braun
- Department of Biochemistry III, University of Regensburg, Universitätstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry III, University of Regensburg, Universitätstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.,Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry III, University of Regensburg, Universitätstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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