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Wackowski K, Zhu X, Shen S, Zhang M, Qu J, Read LK. RESC14 and RESC8 cooperate to mediate RESC function and dynamics during trypanosome RNA editing. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:9867-9885. [PMID: 38967000 PMCID: PMC11381364 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae561] [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: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Mitochondrial transcripts in Trypanosoma brucei require extensive uridine insertion/deletion RNA editing to generate translatable open reading frames. The RNA editing substrate binding complex (RESC) serves as the scaffold that coordinates the protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions during editing. RESC broadly contains two modules termed the guide RNA binding complex (GRBC) and the RNA editing mediator complex (REMC), as well as organizer proteins. How the protein and RNA components of RESC dynamically interact to facilitate editing is not well understood. Here, we examine the roles of organizer proteins, RESC8 and RESC14, in facilitating RESC dynamics. High-throughput sequencing of editing intermediates reveals an overlapping RESC8 and RESC14 function during editing progression across multiple transcripts. Blue native PAGE analysis demonstrates that RESC14 is essential for incorporation of RESC8 into a large RNA-containing complex, while RESC8 is important in recruiting a smaller ribonucleoprotein complex (RNP) to this large complex. Proximity labeling shows that RESC14 is important for stable RESC protein-protein interactions, as well as RESC-RECC associations. Together, our data support a model in which RESC14 is necessary for assembly of editing competent RESC through recruitment of an RNP containing RESC8, GRBC and gRNA to REMC and mRNA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Katherine Wackowski
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA and NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA and NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA and NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA and NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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Meehan J, Ivens A, Grote S, Rodshagen T, Chen Z, Goode C, Sharma SK, Kumar V, Frese A, Goodall Z, McCleskey L, Sechrist R, Zeng L, Savill NJ, Rouskin S, Schnaufer A, McDermott SM, Cruz-Reyes J. KREH2 helicase represses ND7 mRNA editing in procyclic-stage Trypanosoma brucei by opposite modulation of canonical and 'moonlighting' gRNA utilization creating a proposed mRNA structure. Nucleic Acids Res 2024:gkae699. [PMID: 39149912 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2024] [Revised: 07/17/2024] [Accepted: 08/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
Abstract
Unknown factors regulate mitochondrial U-insertion/deletion (U-indel) RNA editing in procyclic-form (PCF) and bloodstream-form (BSF) T. brucei. This editing, directed by anti-sense gRNAs, creates canonical protein-encoding mRNAs and may developmentally control respiration. Canonical editing by gRNAs that specify protein-encoding mRNA sequences occurs amid massive non-canonical editing of unclear sources and biological significance. We found PCF-specific repression at a major early checkpoint in mRNA ND7, involving helicase KREH2-dependent opposite modulation of canonical and non-canonical 'terminator' gRNA utilization. Terminator-programmed editing derails canonical editing and installs proposed repressive structure in 30% of the ND7 transcriptome. BSF-to-PCF differentiation in vitro recreated this negative control. Remarkably, KREH2-RNAi knockdown relieved repression and increased editing progression by reverting canonical/terminator gRNA utilization. ND7 transcripts lacking early terminator-directed editing in PCF exhibited similar negative editing control along the mRNA sequence, suggesting global modulation of gRNA utilization fidelity. The terminator is a 'moonlighting' gRNA also associated with mRNA COX3 canonical editing, so the gRNA transcriptome seems multifunctional. Thus, KREH2 is the first identified repressor in developmental editing control. This and our prior work support a model whereby KREH2 activates or represses editing in a stage and substrate-specific manner. KREH2's novel dual role tunes mitochondrial gene expression in either direction during development.
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- Joshua Meehan
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, 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 Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Carnes J, McDermott SM, Stuart K. RNA editing catalytic complexes edit multiple mRNA sites non-processively in Trypanosoma brucei. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2023; 256:111596. [PMID: 37742784 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2023.111596] [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: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
Abstract
RNA editing generates mature mitochondrial mRNAs in T. brucei by extensive uridine insertion and deletion at numerous editing sites (ESs) as specified by guide RNAs (gRNAs). The editing is performed by three RNA Editing Catalytic Complexes (RECCs) which each have a different endonuclease in addition to 12 proteins in common resulting in RECC1 that is specific for deletion ESs and RECC2 and RECC3 that are specific for insertion ESs. Thus, different RECCs are required for editing of mRNA sequence regions where single gRNAs specify a combination of insertion and deletion ESs. We investigated how the three different RECCs might edit combinations of insertion and deletion ESs that are specified by single gRNAs by testing whether their endonuclease compositions are stable or dynamic during editing. We analyzed in vivo BirA* proximity labeling and found that the endonucleases remain associated with their set of common RECC proteins during editing when expressed at normal physiological levels. We also found that overexpression of endonuclease components resulted in minor effects on RECCs but did not affect growth. Thus, the protein stoichiometries that exist within each RECC can be altered by perturbations of RECC expression levels. These results indicate that editing of consecutive insertion and deletion ESs occurs by successive engagement and disengagement of RECCs, i.e., is non-processive, which is likely the case for consecutive pairs of insertion or deletion ESs. This clarifies the nature of the complex patterns of partially edited mRNAs that occur in vivo.
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- Jason Carnes
- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Departments of Pediatrics and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Departments of Pediatrics and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Dubey AP, Tylec BL, Mishra A, Sortino K, Chen R, Sun Y, Read LK. KREH1 RNA helicase activity promotes utilization of initiator gRNAs across multiple mRNAs in trypanosome RNA editing. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:5791-5809. [PMID: 37140035 PMCID: PMC10287954 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Mitochondrial U-indel RNA editing in kinetoplastid protozoa is directed by trans-acting gRNAs and mediated by a holoenzyme with associated factors. Here, we examine the function of the holoenzyme-associated KREH1 RNA helicase in U-indel editing. We show that KREH1 knockout (KO) impairs editing of a small subset of mRNAs. Overexpression of helicase-dead mutants results in expanded impairment of editing across multiple transcripts, suggesting the existence of enzymes that can compensate for KREH1 in KO cells. In depth analysis of editing defects using quantitative RT-PCR and high-throughput sequencing reveals compromised editing initiation and progression in both KREH1-KO and mutant-expressing cells. In addition, these cells exhibit a distinct defect in the earliest stages of editing in which the initiator gRNA is bypassed, and a small number of editing events takes place just outside this region. Wild type KREH1 and a helicase-dead KREH1 mutant interact similarly with RNA and holoenzyme, and overexpression of both similarly disorders holoenzyme homeostasis. Thus, our data support a model in which KREH1 RNA helicase activity facilitates remodeling of initiator gRNA-mRNA duplexes to permit accurate utilization of initiating gRNAs on multiple transcripts.
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- Ashutosh P Dubey
- Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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Sortino K, Tylec BL, Chen R, Sun Y, Read LK. Conserved and transcript-specific functions of the RESC factors, RESC13 and RESC14, in kinetoplastid RNA editing. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2022; 28:1496-1508. [PMID: 36096641 PMCID: PMC9745829 DOI: 10.1261/rna.079389.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Uridine insertion/deletion RNA editing is an extensive post-transcriptional modification of mitochondrial mRNAs in kinetoplastid organisms, including Trypanosoma brucei This process is carried out using trans-acting gRNAs and complex protein machinery. The essential RNA editing substrate binding complex (RESC) serves as the scaffold that modulates protein and RNA interactions during editing, and contains the guide RNA binding complex (GRBC), the RNA editing mediator complexes (REMCs), and organizer proteins. Despite the importance of RESC in editing, the functions of each protein comprising this complex are not completely understood. Here, we further define the roles of a REMC protein, RESC13, and a RESC organizer, RESC14, using high-throughput sequencing on two large pan-edited mRNAs, A6 and COIII. When comparing our analyses to that of a previously published small pan-edited mRNA, RPS12, we find that RESC13 has conserved functions across the three transcripts with regard to editing initiation, gRNA utilization, gRNA exchange, and restricting the formation of long misedited junctions that likely arise from its ability to modulate RNA structure. However, RESC13 does have transcript-specific effects on the types of long junctions whose formation it restricts. RESC14 has a conserved effect on gRNA utilization across the three transcripts analyzed, but has transcript-specific effects on editing initiation, gRNA exchange, and junction formation. Our data suggest that transcript-specific effects of both proteins are due to differences in transcript length and sequences as well as transcript-specific protein interactions. These findings highlight the importance of studying multiple transcripts to determine the function of editing factors.
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- Katherine Sortino
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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Cooper S, Wadsworth ES, Schnaufer A, Savill NJ. Organization of minicircle cassettes and guide RNA genes in Trypanosoma brucei. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2022; 28:972-992. [PMID: 35414587 PMCID: PMC9202587 DOI: 10.1261/rna.079022.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Mitochondrial DNA of protists of order Kinetoplastida comprises thousands of interlinked circular molecules arranged in a network. There are two types of molecules called minicircles and maxicircles. Minicircles encode guide RNA (gRNA) genes whose transcripts mediate post-transcriptional editing of maxicircle encoded genes. Minicircles are diverse. The human sleeping sickness parasite Trypanosoma brucei has one of the most diverse sets of minicircle classes of all studied trypanosomatids with hundreds of different classes, each encoding one to four genes mainly within cassettes framed by 18 bp inverted repeats. A third of cassettes have no identifiable gRNA genes even though their sequence structures are similar to cassettes with identifiable genes. Only recently have almost all minicircle classes for some subspecies and isolates of T. brucei been sequenced and annotated with corresponding verification of gRNA expression by small-RNA transcriptome data. These data sets provide a rich resource for understanding the structure of minicircle classes, cassettes and gRNA genes and their transcription. Here, we provide a statistical description of the functionality, expression status, structure and sequence of gRNA genes in a differentiation-competent, laboratory-adapted strain of T. brucei We obtain a clearer definition of what is a gRNA gene. Our analysis supports the idea that many, if not all, cassettes without an identifiable gRNA gene contain decaying remnants of once functional gRNA genes. Finally, we report several new, unexplained discoveries such as the association between cassette position on the minicircle and gene expression and functionality, and the association between gene initiation sequence and anchor position.
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- Sinclair Cooper
- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3FL, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3FL, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3FL, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3FL, United Kingdom
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Leeder WM, Geyer FK, Göringer HU. Fuzzy RNA recognition by the Trypanosoma brucei editosome. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:5818-5833. [PMID: 35580050 PMCID: PMC9178004 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
The assembly of high molecular mass ribonucleoprotein complexes typically relies on the binary interaction of defined RNA sequences or precisely folded RNA motifs with dedicated RNA-binding domains on the protein side. Here we describe a new molecular recognition principle of RNA molecules by a high molecular mass protein complex. By chemically probing the solvent accessibility of mitochondrial pre-mRNAs when bound to the Trypanosoma brucei editosome, we identified multiple similar but non-identical RNA motifs as editosome contact sites. However, by treating the different motifs as mathematical graph objects we demonstrate that they fit a consensus 2D-graph consisting of 4 vertices (V) and 3 edges (E) with a Laplacian eigenvalue of 0.5477 (λ2). We establish that synthetic 4V(3E)-RNAs are sufficient to compete for the editosomal pre-mRNA binding site and that they inhibit RNA editing in vitro. Furthermore, we demonstrate that only two topological indices are necessary to predict the binding of any RNA motif to the editosome with a high level of confidence. Our analysis corroborates that the editosome has adapted to the structural multiplicity of the mitochondrial mRNA folding space by recognizing a fuzzy continuum of RNA folds that fit a consensus graph descriptor.
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- Molecular Genetics, Technical University Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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Dubey AP, Tylec BL, McAdams NM, Sortino K, Read L. Trypanosome RNAEditing Substrate Binding Complex integrity and function depends on the upstream action of RESC10. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:3557-3572. [PMID: 33677542 PMCID: PMC8034615 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Uridine insertion/deletion editing of mitochondrial mRNAs is a characteristic feature of kinetoplastids, including Trypanosoma brucei. Editing is directed by trans-acting gRNAs and catalyzed by related RNA Editing Core Complexes (RECCs). The non-catalytic RNA Editing Substrate Binding Complex (RESC) coordinates interactions between RECC, gRNA and mRNA. RESC is a dynamic complex comprising GRBC (Guide RNA Binding Complex) and heterogeneous REMCs (RNA Editing Mediator Complexes). Here, we show that RESC10 is an essential, low abundance, RNA binding protein that exhibits RNase-sensitive and RNase-insensitive interactions with RESC proteins, albeit its minimal in vivo interaction with RESC13. RESC10 RNAi causes extensive RESC disorganization, including disruption of intra-GRBC protein-protein interactions, as well as mRNA depletion from GRBC and accumulation on REMCs. Analysis of mitochondrial RNAs at single nucleotide resolution reveals transcript-specific effects: RESC10 dramatically impacts editing progression in pan-edited RPS12 mRNA, but is critical for editing initiation in mRNAs with internally initiating gRNAs, pointing to distinct initiation mechanisms for these RNA classes. Correlations between sites at which editing pauses in RESC10 depleted cells and those in knockdowns of previously studied RESC proteins suggest that RESC10 acts upstream of these factors and that RESC is particularly important in promoting transitions between uridine insertion and deletion RECCs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ashutosh P Dubey
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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