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Schwank K, Schmid C, Fremter T, Engel C, Milkereit P, Griesenbeck J, Tschochner H. Features of yeast RNA polymerase I with special consideration of the lobe binding subunits. Biol Chem 2023; 404:979-1002. [PMID: 37823775 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2023-0184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) are structural components of ribosomes and represent the most abundant cellular RNA fraction. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, they account for more than 60 % of the RNA content in a growing cell. The major amount of rRNA is synthesized by RNA polymerase I (Pol I). This enzyme transcribes exclusively the rRNA gene which is tandemly repeated in about 150 copies on chromosome XII. The high number of transcribed rRNA genes, the efficient recruitment of the transcription machinery and the dense packaging of elongating Pol I molecules on the gene ensure that enough rRNA is generated. Specific features of Pol I and of associated factors confer promoter selectivity and both elongation and termination competence. Many excellent reviews exist about the state of research about function and regulation of Pol I and how Pol I initiation complexes are assembled. In this report we focus on the Pol I specific lobe binding subunits which support efficient, error-free, and correctly terminated rRNA synthesis.
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- Katrin Schwank
- Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), Universität Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), Universität Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), Universität Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), Universität Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), Universität Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), Universität Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), Universität Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Pöll G, Griesenbeck J, Tschochner H, Milkereit P. Impact of the yeast S0/uS2-cluster ribosomal protein rpS21/eS21 on rRNA folding and the architecture of small ribosomal subunit precursors. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0283698. [PMID: 36996028 PMCID: PMC10062582 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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RpS0/uS2, rpS2/uS5, and rpS21/eS21 form a cluster of ribosomal proteins (S0-cluster) at the head-body junction near the central pseudoknot of eukaryotic small ribosomal subunits (SSU). Previous work in yeast indicated that S0-cluster assembly is required for the stabilisation and maturation of SSU precursors at specific post-nucleolar stages. Here, we analysed the role of S0-cluster formation for rRNA folding. Structures of SSU precursors isolated from yeast S0-cluster expression mutants or control strains were analysed by cryogenic electron microscopy. The obtained resolution was sufficient to detect individual 2'-O-methyl RNA modifications using an unbiased scoring approach. The data show how S0-cluster formation enables the initial recruitment of the pre-rRNA processing factor Nob1 in yeast. Furthermore, they reveal hierarchical effects on the pre-rRNA folding pathway, including the final maturation of the central pseudoknot. Based on these structural insights we discuss how formation of the S0-cluster determines at this early cytoplasmic assembly checkpoint if SSU precursors further mature or are degraded.
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- Gisela Pöll
- Chair of Biochemistry III, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Chair of Biochemistry III, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Chair of Biochemistry III, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Chair of Biochemistry III, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Pilsl M, Heiss FB, Pöll G, Höcherl M, Milkereit P, Engel C. Preparation of RNA Polymerase Complexes for Their Analysis by Single-Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2533:81-96. [PMID: 35796984 PMCID: PMC9761500 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2501-9_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Recent technological progress revealed new prospects of high-resolution structure determination of macromolecular complexes using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) . In the field of RNA polymerase (Pol) I research, a number of cryo-EM studies contributed to understanding the highly specialized mechanisms underlying the transcription of ribosomal RNA genes . Despite a broad applicability of the cryo-EM method itself, preparation of samples for high-resolution data collection can be challenging. Here, we describe strategies for the purification and stabilization of Pol I complexes, exemplarily considering advantages and disadvantages of the methodology. We further provide an easy-to-implement protocol for the coating of EM-grids with self-made carbon support films. In sum, we present an efficient workflow for cryo-grid preparation and optimization, including early stage cryo-EM screening that can be adapted to a wide range of soluble samples for high-resolution structure determination .
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- Michael Pilsl
- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
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Merkl PE, Schächner C, Pilsl M, Schwank K, Schmid C, Längst G, Milkereit P, Griesenbeck J, Tschochner H. Specialization of RNA Polymerase I in Comparison to Other Nuclear RNA Polymerases of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2533:63-70. [PMID: 35796982 PMCID: PMC9761553 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2501-9_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In archaea and bacteria the major classes of RNAs are synthesized by one DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RNAP). In contrast, most eukaryotes have three highly specialized RNAPs to transcribe the nuclear genome. RNAP I synthesizes almost exclusively ribosomal (r)RNA, RNAP II synthesizes mRNA as well as many noncoding RNAs involved in RNA processing or RNA silencing pathways and RNAP III synthesizes mainly tRNA and 5S rRNA. This review discusses functional differences of the three nuclear core RNAPs in the yeast S. cerevisiae with a particular focus on RNAP I transcription of nucleolar ribosomal (r)DNA chromatin.
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- Philipp E Merkl
- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
- TUM ForTe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany.
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Merkl PE, Schächner C, Pilsl M, Schwank K, Hergert K, Längst G, Milkereit P, Griesenbeck J, Tschochner H. Analysis of Yeast RNAP I Transcription of Nucleosomal Templates In Vitro. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2533:39-59. [PMID: 35796981 PMCID: PMC9761914 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2501-9_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Nuclear eukaryotic RNA polymerases (RNAPs) transcribe a chromatin template in vivo. Since the basic unit of chromatin, the nucleosome, renders the DNA largely inaccessible, RNAPs have to overcome the nucleosomal barrier for efficient RNA synthesis. Gaining mechanistical insights in the transcription of chromatin templates will be essential to understand the complex process of eukaryotic gene expression. In this article we describe the use of defined in vitro transcription systems for comparative analysis of highly purified RNAPs I-III from S. cerevisiae (hereafter called yeast) transcribing in vitro reconstituted nucleosomal templates. We also provide a protocol to study promoter-dependent RNAP I transcription of purified native 35S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene chromatin.
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- Philipp E Merkl
- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
- TUM ForTe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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Teubl F, Schwank K, Ohmayer U, Griesenbeck J, Tschochner H, Milkereit P. Tethered MNase Structure Probing as Versatile Technique for Analyzing RNPs Using Tagging Cassettes for Homologous Recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2533:127-145. [PMID: 35796986 PMCID: PMC9761527 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2501-9_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Micrococcal nuclease (MNase) originating from Staphylococcus aureus is a calcium dependent ribo- and desoxyribonuclease which has endo- and exonucleolytic activity of low sequence preference. MNase is widely used to analyze nucleosome positions in chromatin by probing the enzyme's DNA accessibility in limited digestion reactions. Probing reactions can be performed in a global way by addition of exogenous MNase , or locally by "chromatin endogenous cleavage " (ChEC ) reactions using MNase fusion proteins . The latter approach has recently been adopted for the analysis of local RNA environments of MNase fusion proteins which are incorporated in vivo at specific sites of ribonucleoprotein (RNP ) complexes. In this case, ex vivo activation of MNase by addition of calcium leads to RNA cleavages in proximity to the tethered anchor protein thus providing information about the folding state of its RNA environment.Here, we describe a set of plasmids that can be used as template for PCR-based MNase tagging of genes by homologous recombination in S. cerevisiae . The templates enable both N- and C-terminal tagging with MNase in combination with linker regions of different lengths and properties. In addition, an affinity tag is included in the recombination cassettes which can be used for purification of the particle of interest before or after induction of MNase cleavages in the surrounding RNA or DNA. A step-by-step protocol is provided for tagging of a gene of interest, followed by affinity purification of the resulting fusion protein together with associated RNA and subsequent induction of local MNase cleavages.
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- Fabian Teubl
- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Evotec München GmbH, Martinsried, Germany
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
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Schächner C, Merkl PE, Pilsl M, Schwank K, Hergert K, Kruse S, Milkereit P, Tschochner H, Griesenbeck J. Establishment and Maintenance of Open Ribosomal RNA Gene Chromatin States in Eukaryotes. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2533:25-38. [PMID: 35796980 PMCID: PMC9761505 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2501-9_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In growing eukaryotic cells, nuclear ribosomal (r)RNA synthesis by RNA polymerase (RNAP) I accounts for the vast majority of cellular transcription. This high output is achieved by the presence of multiple copies of rRNA genes in eukaryotic genomes transcribed at a high rate. In contrast to most of the other transcribed genomic loci, actively transcribed rRNA genes are largely devoid of nucleosomes adapting a characteristic "open" chromatin state, whereas a significant fraction of rRNA genes resides in a transcriptionally inactive nucleosomal "closed" chromatin state. Here, we review our current knowledge about the nature of open rRNA gene chromatin and discuss how this state may be established.
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- Christopher Schächner
- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
- TUM ForTe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Regensburg, Germany.
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Pöll G, Pilsl M, Griesenbeck J, Tschochner H, Milkereit P. Analysis of subunit folding contribution of three yeast large ribosomal subunit proteins required for stabilisation and processing of intermediate nuclear rRNA precursors. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0252497. [PMID: 34813592 PMCID: PMC8610266 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In yeast and human cells many of the ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) are required for the stabilisation and productive processing of rRNA precursors. Functional coupling of r-protein assembly with the stabilisation and maturation of subunit precursors potentially promotes the production of ribosomes with defined composition. To further decipher mechanisms of such an intrinsic quality control pathway we analysed here the contribution of three yeast large ribosomal subunit r-proteins rpL2 (uL2), rpL25 (uL23) and rpL34 (eL34) for intermediate nuclear subunit folding steps. Structure models obtained from single particle cryo-electron microscopy analyses provided evidence for specific and hierarchic effects on the stable positioning and remodelling of large ribosomal subunit domains. Based on these structural and previous biochemical data we discuss possible mechanisms of r-protein dependent hierarchic domain arrangement and the resulting impact on the stability of misassembled subunits.
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- Gisela Pöll
- Chair of Biochemistry III, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Structural Biochemistry Unit, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Chair of Biochemistry III, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (JG); (HT); (PM)
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- Chair of Biochemistry III, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (JG); (HT); (PM)
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- Chair of Biochemistry III, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (JG); (HT); (PM)
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Merkl PE, Pilsl M, Fremter T, Schwank K, Engel C, Längst G, Milkereit P, Griesenbeck J, Tschochner H. RNA polymerase I (Pol I) passage through nucleosomes depends on Pol I subunits binding its lobe structure. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:4782-4795. [PMID: 32060094 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.011827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2019] [Revised: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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RNA polymerase I (Pol I) is a highly efficient enzyme specialized in synthesizing most ribosomal RNAs. After nucleosome deposition at each round of rDNA replication, the Pol I transcription machinery has to deal with nucleosomal barriers. It has been suggested that Pol I-associated factors facilitate chromatin transcription, but it is unknown whether Pol I has an intrinsic capacity to transcribe through nucleosomes. Here, we used in vitro transcription assays to study purified WT and mutant Pol I variants from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and compare their abilities to pass a nucleosomal barrier with those of yeast Pol II and Pol III. Under identical conditions, purified Pol I and Pol III, but not Pol II, could transcribe nucleosomal templates. Pol I mutants lacking either the heterodimeric subunit Rpa34.5/Rpa49 or the C-terminal part of the specific subunit Rpa12.2 showed a lower processivity on naked DNA templates, which was even more reduced in the presence of a nucleosome. Our findings suggest that the lobe-binding subunits Rpa34.5/Rpa49 and Rpa12.2 facilitate passage through nucleosomes, suggesting possible cooperation among these subunits. We discuss the contribution of Pol I-specific subunit domains to efficient Pol I passage through nucleosomes in the context of transcription rate and processivity.
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- Philipp E Merkl
- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg Center of Biochemistry (RCB), 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Hannig K, Babl V, Hergert K, Maier A, Pilsl M, Schächner C, Stöckl U, Milkereit P, Tschochner H, Seufert W, Griesenbeck J. The C-terminal region of Net1 is an activator of RNA polymerase I transcription with conserved features from yeast to human. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008006. [PMID: 30802237 PMCID: PMC6415870 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
RNA polymerase I (Pol I) synthesizes ribosomal RNA (rRNA) in all eukaryotes, accounting for the major part of transcriptional activity in proliferating cells. Although basal Pol I transcription factors have been characterized in diverse organisms, the molecular basis of the robust rRNA production in vivo remains largely unknown. In S. cerevisiae, the multifunctional Net1 protein was reported to stimulate Pol I transcription. We found that the Pol I-stimulating function can be attributed to the very C-terminal region (CTR) of Net1. The CTR was required for normal cell growth and Pol I recruitment to rRNA genes in vivo and sufficient to promote Pol I transcription in vitro. Similarity with the acidic tail region of mammalian Pol I transcription factor UBF, which could partly functionally substitute for the CTR, suggests conserved roles for CTR-like domains in Pol I transcription from yeast to human. The production of ribosomes, cellular factories of protein synthesis, is an essential process driving proliferation and cell growth. Ribosome biogenesis is controlled at the level of synthesis of its components, ribosomal proteins and ribosomal RNA. In eukaryotes, RNA polymerase I is dedicated to transcribe the ribosomal RNA. RNA polymerase I has been identified as a potential target for cell proliferation inhibition. Here we describe the C-terminal region of Net1 as an activator of RNA polymerase I transcription in baker’s yeast. In the absence of this activator RNA polymerase I transcription is downregulated and cell proliferation is strongly impaired. Strikingly, this activator might be conserved in human cells, which points to a general mechanism. Our discovery will help to gain a better understanding of the molecular basis of ribosomal RNA synthesis and may have implications in developing strategies to control cellular growth.
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- Katharina Hannig
- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (PM); (HT); (WS); (JG)
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (PM); (HT); (WS); (JG)
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (PM); (HT); (WS); (JG)
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (PM); (HT); (WS); (JG)
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Linnemann J, Pöll G, Jakob S, Ferreira-Cerca S, Griesenbeck J, Tschochner H, Milkereit P. Impact of two neighbouring ribosomal protein clusters on biogenesis factor binding and assembly of yeast late small ribosomal subunit precursors. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0203415. [PMID: 30653518 PMCID: PMC6336269 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Many of the small ribosomal subunit proteins are required for the stabilisation of late small ribosomal subunit (SSU) precursors and for final SSU rRNA processing in S. cerevisiae. Among them are ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) which form a protein cluster around rpS0 (uS2) at the "neck" of the SSU (S0-cluster) and others forming a nearby protein cluster around rpS3 (uS3) at the SSU "beak". Here we applied semi-quantitative proteomics together with complementary biochemical approaches to study how incomplete assembly of these two r-protein clusters affects binding and release of SSU maturation factors and assembly of other r-proteins in late SSU precursors in S. cerevisiae. For each of the two clusters specific impairment of the local r-protein assembly state was observed in Rio2 associated SSU precursors. Besides, cluster-specific effects on the association of biogenesis factors were detected. These suggested a role of S0-cluster formation for the efficient release of the two nuclear export factors Rrp12 and Slx9 from SSU precursors and for the correct incorporation of the late acting biogenesis factor Rio2. Based on our and on previous results we propose the existence of at least two different r-protein assembly checkpoints during late SSU maturation in S. cerevisiae. We discuss in the light of recent SSU precursor structure models how r-protein assembly states might be sensed by biogenesis factors at the S0-cluster checkpoint.
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- Jan Linnemann
- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (JG); (HT); (PM)
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (JG); (HT); (PM)
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (JG); (HT); (PM)
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Zisser G, Ohmayer U, Mauerhofer C, Mitterer V, Klein I, Rechberger GN, Wolinski H, Prattes M, Pertschy B, Milkereit P, Bergler H. Viewing pre-60S maturation at a minute's timescale. Nucleic Acids Res 2018; 46:3140-3151. [PMID: 29294095 PMCID: PMC5888160 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The formation of ribosomal subunits is a highly dynamic process that is initiated in the nucleus and involves more than 200 trans-acting factors, some of which accompany the pre-ribosomes into the cytoplasm and have to be recycled into the nucleus. The inhibitor diazaborine prevents cytoplasmic release and recycling of shuttling pre-60S maturation factors by inhibiting the AAA-ATPase Drg1. The failure to recycle these proteins results in their depletion in the nucleolus and halts the pathway at an early maturation step. Here, we made use of the fast onset of inhibition by diazaborine to chase the maturation path in real-time from 27SA2 pre-rRNA containing pre-ribosomes localized in the nucleolus up to nearly mature 60S subunits shortly after their export into the cytoplasm. This allows for the first time to put protein assembly and disassembly reactions as well as pre-rRNA processing into a chronological context unraveling temporal and functional linkages during ribosome maturation.
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- Gertrude Zisser
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Humboldtstrasse 50/EG, University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, University Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Humboldtstrasse 50/EG, University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Humboldtstrasse 50/EG, University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Humboldtstrasse 50/EG, University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Humboldtstrasse 50/EG, University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
- Omics Center Graz, BioTechMed-Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Humboldtstrasse 50/EG, University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed-Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Humboldtstrasse 50/EG, University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Humboldtstrasse 50/EG, University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed-Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, University Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Humboldtstrasse 50/EG, University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed-Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Pilsl M, Crucifix C, Papai G, Krupp F, Steinbauer R, Griesenbeck J, Milkereit P, Tschochner H, Schultz P. Structure of the initiation-competent RNA polymerase I and its implication for transcription. Nat Commun 2016; 7:12126. [PMID: 27418187 PMCID: PMC4947174 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Eukaryotic RNA polymerase I (Pol I) is specialized in rRNA gene transcription synthesizing up to 60% of cellular RNA. High level rRNA production relies on efficient binding of initiation factors to the rRNA gene promoter and recruitment of Pol I complexes containing initiation factor Rrn3. Here, we determine the cryo-EM structure of the Pol I-Rrn3 complex at 7.5 Å resolution, and compare it with Rrn3-free monomeric and dimeric Pol I. We observe that Rrn3 contacts the Pol I A43/A14 stalk and subunits A190 and AC40, that association re-organizes the Rrn3 interaction interface, thereby preventing Pol I dimerization; and Rrn3-bound and monomeric Pol I differ from the dimeric enzyme in cleft opening, and localization of the A12.2 C-terminus in the active centre. Our findings thus support a dual role for Rrn3 in transcription initiation to stabilize a monomeric initiation competent Pol I and to drive pre-initiation complex formation. Eukaryotic RNA polymerase I (Pol I) is responsible for the transcription of rRNA genes. Here the authors determine the cryo-EM structure of the Pol I-Rrn3 complex, providing insight into how Rrn3 stabilizes the monomeric initiation competent Pol I to drive pre-initiation complex formation.
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- Michael Pilsl
- Universität Regensburg, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire) INSERM, U964; CNRS/Strasbourg University, UMR7104 1, rue Laurent Fries, BP10142, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire) INSERM, U964; CNRS/Strasbourg University, UMR7104 1, rue Laurent Fries, BP10142, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire) INSERM, U964; CNRS/Strasbourg University, UMR7104 1, rue Laurent Fries, BP10142, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Universität Regensburg, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Universität Regensburg, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire) INSERM, U964; CNRS/Strasbourg University, UMR7104 1, rue Laurent Fries, BP10142, 67404 Illkirch, France
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RNA polymerase I (Pol I) activity is crucial to provide cells with sufficient amounts of ribosomal RNA (rRNA). Synthesis of rRNA takes place in the nucleolus, is tightly regulated and is coordinated with synthesis and assembly of ribosomal proteins, finally resulting in the formation of mature ribosomes. Many studies on Pol I mechanisms and regulation in the model organism S. cerevisiae were performed using either complex in vitro systems reconstituted from more or less purified fractions or genetic analyses. While providing many valuable insights these strategies did not always discriminate between direct and indirect effects in transcription initiation and termination, when mutated forms of Pol I subunits or transcription factors were investigated. Therefore, a well-defined minimal system was developed which allows to reconstitute highly efficient promoter-dependent Pol I initiation and termination of transcription. Transcription can be initiated at a minimal promoter only in the presence of recombinant core factor and extensively purified initiation competent Pol I. Addition of recombinant termination factors triggers transcriptional pausing and release of the ternary transcription complex. This minimal system represents a valuable tool to investigate the direct impact of (lethal) mutations in components of the initiation and termination complexes on the mechanism and regulation of rRNA synthesis.
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- Michael Pilsl
- Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, New Research Building Room 954, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
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Ohmayer U, Gil-Hernández Á, Sauert M, Martín-Marcos P, Tamame M, Tschochner H, Griesenbeck J, Milkereit P. Studies on the Coordination of Ribosomal Protein Assembly Events Involved in Processing and Stabilization of Yeast Early Large Ribosomal Subunit Precursors. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0143768. [PMID: 26642313 PMCID: PMC4671574 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cellular production of ribosomes involves the formation of highly defined interactions between ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) and ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs). Moreover in eukaryotic cells, efficient ribosome maturation requires the transient association of a large number of ribosome biogenesis factors (RBFs) with newly forming ribosomal subunits. Here, we investigated how r-protein assembly events in the large ribosomal subunit (LSU) rRNA domain II are coordinated with each other and with the association of RBFs in early LSU precursors of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Specific effects on the pre-ribosomal association of RBFs could be observed in yeast mutants blocked in LSU rRNA domain II assembly. Moreover, formation of a cluster of r-proteins was identified as a downstream event in LSU rRNA domain II assembly. We analyzed in more detail the functional relevance of eukaryote specific bridges established by this r-protein cluster between LSU rRNA domain II and VI and discuss how they can support the stabilization and efficient processing of yeast early LSU precursor RNAs.
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- Uli Ohmayer
- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG), CSIC/Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG), CSIC/Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG), CSIC/Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- * E-mail: (MT); (HT); (JG); (PM)
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (MT); (HT); (JG); (PM)
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (MT); (HT); (JG); (PM)
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (MT); (HT); (JG); (PM)
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Babl V, Stöckl U, Tschochner H, Milkereit P, Griesenbeck J. Chromatin Endogenous Cleavage (ChEC) as a Method to Quantify Protein Interaction with Genomic DNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1334:219-32. [PMID: 26404153 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2877-4_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Chromatin endogenous cleavage (ChEC) is a technique which allows to monitor protein-DNA interaction in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells. In addition to mapping of genomic interaction sites ChEC may also yield quantitative information about the occupancy of proteins at their genomic target regions. Here, we provide a protocol for ChEC experiments in S. cerevisiae, downstream DNA analysis and quantification of ChEC-mediated degradation. The potential of the method is exemplified in ChEC experiments with RNA polymerase I and the yeast homolog of linker histone H1.
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- Virginia Babl
- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Universität Regensburg, Universitaetsstr. 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Universität Regensburg, Universitaetsstr. 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Universität Regensburg, Universitaetsstr. 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Universität Regensburg, Universitaetsstr. 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Universität Regensburg, Universitaetsstr. 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
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Pöll G, Li S, Ohmayer U, Hierlmeier T, Milkereit P, Perez-Fernandez J. In vitro reconstitution of yeast tUTP/UTP A and UTP B subcomplexes provides new insights into their modular architecture. PLoS One 2014; 9:e114898. [PMID: 25501974 PMCID: PMC4264851 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis is a multistep process involving more than 150 biogenesis factors, which interact transiently with pre-ribosomal particles to promote their maturation. Some of these auxiliary proteins have been isolated in complexes found separate from the ribosomal environment. Among them, are 3 large UTP subcomplexes containing 6 or 7 protein subunits which are involved in the early steps of ribosome biogenesis. The composition of the UTP subcomplexes and the network of binary interactions between protein subunits have been analyzed previously. To obtain further insights into the structural and biochemical properties of UTP subcomplexes, we established a heterologous expression system to allow reconstitution of the yeast tUTP/UTP A and UTP B subcomplexes from their candidate subunits. The results of a series of reconstitution experiments involving different combinations of protein subunits are in good agreement with most of the previously observed binary interactions. Moreover, in combination with additional biochemical analyses, several stable building blocks of the UTP subcomplexes were identified. Based on these findings, we present a refined model of the tUTP/UTP A and UTP B architecture.
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- Gisela Pöll
- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Hamperl S, Brown CR, Perez-Fernandez J, Huber K, Wittner M, Babl V, Stöckl U, Boeger H, Tschochner H, Milkereit P, Griesenbeck J. Purification of specific chromatin domains from single-copy gene loci in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1094:329-41. [PMID: 24163000 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-706-8_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Most methods currently available for the analysis of chromatin in vivo rely on a priori knowledge of putative chromatin components or their posttranslational modification state. The isolation of defined native chromosomal regions provides an attractive alternative to obtain a largely unbiased molecular description of chromatin. Here, we describe a strategy combining site-specific recombination at the chromosome with an efficient tandem affinity purification protocol to isolate a single-copy gene locus from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The method allows robust enrichment of a targeted chromatin domain, making it amenable to compositional, structural, and biochemical analyses. This technique appears to be suitable to obtain a detailed description of chromatin composition and specific posttranslational histone modification state at virtually any genomic locus in yeast.
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- Stephan Hamperl
- Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Hamperl S, Brown CR, Garea AV, Perez-Fernandez J, Bruckmann A, Huber K, Wittner M, Babl V, Stoeckl U, Deutzmann R, Boeger H, Tschochner H, Milkereit P, Griesenbeck J. Compositional and structural analysis of selected chromosomal domains from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 42:e2. [PMID: 24106087 PMCID: PMC3874202 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Chromatin is the template for replication and transcription in the eukaryotic nucleus, which needs to be defined in composition and structure before these processes can be fully understood. We report an isolation protocol for the targeted purification of specific genomic regions in their native chromatin context from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Subdomains of the multicopy ribosomal DNA locus containing transcription units of RNA polymerases I, II or III or an autonomous replication sequence were independently purified in sufficient amounts and purity to analyze protein composition and histone modifications by mass spectrometry. We present and discuss the proteomic data sets obtained for chromatin in different functional states. The native chromatin was further amenable to electron microscopy analysis yielding information about nucleosome occupancy and positioning at the single-molecule level. We also provide evidence that chromatin from virtually every single copy genomic locus of interest can be purified and analyzed by this technique.
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- Stephan Hamperl
- Universität Regensburg, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, 93053 Regensburg, Germany and Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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Ohmayer U, Gamalinda M, Sauert M, Ossowski J, Pöll G, Linnemann J, Hierlmeier T, Perez-Fernandez J, Kumcuoglu B, Leger-Silvestre I, Faubladier M, Griesenbeck J, Woolford J, Tschochner H, Milkereit P. Studies on the assembly characteristics of large subunit ribosomal proteins in S. cerevisae. PLoS One 2013; 8:e68412. [PMID: 23874617 PMCID: PMC3707915 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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During the assembly process of ribosomal subunits, their structural components, the ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and the ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) have to join together in a highly dynamic and defined manner to enable the efficient formation of functional ribosomes. In this work, the assembly of large ribosomal subunit (LSU) r-proteins from the eukaryote S. cerevisiae was systematically investigated. Groups of LSU r-proteins with specific assembly characteristics were detected by comparing the protein composition of affinity purified early, middle, late or mature LSU (precursor) particles by semi-quantitative mass spectrometry. The impact of yeast LSU r-proteins rpL25, rpL2, rpL43, and rpL21 on the composition of intermediate to late nuclear LSU precursors was analyzed in more detail. Effects of these proteins on the assembly states of other r-proteins and on the transient LSU precursor association of several ribosome biogenesis factors, including Nog2, Rsa4 and Nop53, are discussed.
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- Uli Ohmayer
- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, UMR 5099, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, UMR 5099, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Hierlmeier T, Merl J, Sauert M, Perez-Fernandez J, Schultz P, Bruckmann A, Hamperl S, Ohmayer U, Rachel R, Jacob A, Hergert K, Deutzmann R, Griesenbeck J, Hurt E, Milkereit P, Baßler J, Tschochner H. Rrp5p, Noc1p and Noc2p form a protein module which is part of early large ribosomal subunit precursors in S. cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res 2012. [PMID: 23209026 PMCID: PMC3553968 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis requires more than 150 auxiliary proteins, which transiently interact with pre-ribosomal particles. Previous studies suggest that several of these biogenesis factors function together as modules. Using a heterologous expression system, we show that the large ribosomal subunit (LSU) biogenesis factor Noc1p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae can simultaneously interact with the LSU biogenesis factor Noc2p and Rrp5p, a factor required for biogenesis of the large and the small ribosomal subunit. Proteome analysis of RNA polymerase-I-associated chromatin and chromatin immunopurification experiments indicated that all members of this protein module and a specific set of LSU biogenesis factors are co-transcriptionally recruited to nascent ribosomal RNA (rRNA) precursors in yeast cells. Further ex vivo analyses showed that all module members predominantly interact with early pre-LSU particles after the initial pre-rRNA processing events have occurred. In yeast strains depleted of Noc1p, Noc2p or Rrp5p, levels of the major LSU pre-rRNAs decreased and the respective other module members were associated with accumulating aberrant rRNA fragments. Therefore, we conclude that the module exhibits several binding interfaces with pre-ribosomes. Taken together, our results suggest a co- and post-transcriptional role of the yeast Rrp5p-Noc1p-Noc2p module in the structural organization of early LSU precursors protecting them from non-productive RNase activity.
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- Thomas Hierlmeier
- Universität Regensburg, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg (BZR), Lehrstuhl Biochemie III, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Jakovljevic J, Ohmayer U, Gamalinda M, Talkish J, Alexander L, Linnemann J, Milkereit P, Woolford JL. Ribosomal proteins L7 and L8 function in concert with six A₃ assembly factors to propagate assembly of domains I and II of 25S rRNA in yeast 60S ribosomal subunits. RNA 2012; 18:1805-22. [PMID: 22893726 PMCID: PMC3446705 DOI: 10.1261/rna.032540.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 07/02/2012] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Ribosome biogenesis is a complex multistep process that involves alternating steps of folding and processing of pre-rRNAs in concert with assembly of ribosomal proteins. Recently, there has been increased interest in the roles of ribosomal proteins in eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis in vivo, focusing primarily on their function in pre-rRNA processing. However, much less is known about participation of ribosomal proteins in the formation and rearrangement of preribosomal particles as they mature to functional subunits. We have studied ribosomal proteins L7 and L8, which are required for the same early steps in pre-rRNA processing during assembly of 60S subunits but are located in different domains within ribosomes. Depletion of either leads to defects in processing of 27SA(3) to 27SB pre-rRNA and turnover of pre-rRNAs destined for large ribosomal subunits. A specific subset of proteins is diminished from these residual assembly intermediates: six assembly factors required for processing of 27SA(3) pre-rRNA and four ribosomal proteins bound to domain I of 25S and 5.8S rRNAs surrounding the polypeptide exit tunnel. In addition, specific sets of ribosomal proteins are affected in each mutant: In the absence of L7, proteins bound to domain II, L6, L14, L20, and L33 are greatly diminished, while proteins L13, L15, and L36 that bind to domain I are affected in the absence of L8. Thus, L7 and L8 might establish RNP structures within assembling ribosomes necessary for the stable association and function of the A(3) assembly factors and for proper assembly of the neighborhoods containing domains I and II.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/genetics
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/physiology
- Cell Nucleus/genetics
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
- Microarray Analysis
- Organisms, Genetically Modified
- Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs/genetics
- Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs/physiology
- Protein Multimerization/genetics
- Protein Multimerization/physiology
- RNA Precursors/metabolism
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional/genetics
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional/physiology
- RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Ribosomal Proteins/genetics
- Ribosomal Proteins/metabolism
- Ribosomal Proteins/physiology
- Ribosome Subunits, Large, Eukaryotic/chemistry
- Ribosome Subunits, Large, Eukaryotic/genetics
- Ribosome Subunits, Large, Eukaryotic/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/ultrastructure
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/physiology
- Yeasts/genetics
- Yeasts/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Jelena Jakovljevic
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Ohmayer U, Perez-Fernandez J, Hierlmeier T, Pöll G, Williams L, Griesenbeck J, Tschochner H, Milkereit P. Local tertiary structure probing of ribonucleoprotein particles by nuclease fusion proteins. PLoS One 2012; 7:e42449. [PMID: 22876323 PMCID: PMC3411627 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2012] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Analyses of the conformational dynamics of the numerous cellular ribonucleoprotein particles (RNP) significantly contribute to the understanding of their modes of action. Here, we tested whether ribonuclease fusion proteins incorporated into RNPs can be used as molecular probes to characterize the local RNA environment of these proteins. Fusion proteins of micrococcal nuclease (MNase) with ribosomal proteins were expressed in S. cerevisae to produce in vivo recombinant ribosomes which have a ribonuclease tethered to specific sites. Activation of the MNase activity by addition of calcium led to specific rRNA cleavage events in proximity to the ribosomal binding sites of the fusion proteins. The dimensions of the RNP environment which could be probed by this approach varied with the size of the linker sequence between MNase and the fused protein. Advantages and disadvantages of the use of MNase fusion proteins for local tertiary structure probing of RNPs as well as alternative applications for this type of approach in RNP research are discussed.
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- Uli Ohmayer
- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Kouba T, Dányi I, Gunišová S, Munzarová V, Vlčková V, Cuchalová L, Neueder A, Milkereit P, Valášek LS. Small ribosomal protein RPS0 stimulates translation initiation by mediating 40S-binding of eIF3 via its direct contact with the eIF3a/TIF32 subunit. PLoS One 2012; 7:e40464. [PMID: 22792338 PMCID: PMC3390373 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2012] [Accepted: 06/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The ribosome translates information encoded by mRNAs into proteins in all living cells. In eukaryotes, its small subunit together with a number of eukaryotic initiation factors (eIFs) is responsible for locating the mRNA's translational start to properly decode the genetic message that it carries. This multistep process requires timely and spatially coordinated placement of eIFs on the ribosomal surface. In our long-standing pursuit to map the 40S-binding site of one of the functionally most complex eIFs, yeast multisubunit eIF3, we identified several interactions that placed its major body to the head, beak and shoulder regions of the solvent-exposed side of the 40S subunit. Among them is the interaction between the N-terminal domain (NTD) of the a/TIF32 subunit of eIF3 and the small ribosomal protein RPS0A, residing near the mRNA exit channel. Previously, we demonstrated that the N-terminal truncation of 200 residues in tif32-Δ8 significantly reduced association of eIF3 and other eIFs with 40S ribosomes in vivo and severely impaired translation reinitiation that eIF3 ensures. Here we show that not the first but the next 200 residues of a/TIF32 specifically interact with RPS0A via its extreme C-terminal tail (CTT). Detailed analysis of the RPS0A conditional depletion mutant revealed a marked drop in the polysome to monosome ratio suggesting that the initiation rates of cells grown under non-permissive conditions were significantly impaired. Indeed, amounts of eIF3 and other eIFs associated with 40S subunits in the pre-initiation complexes in the RPS0A-depleted cells were found reduced; consistently, to the similar extent as in the tif32-Δ8 cells. Similar but less pronounced effects were also observed with the viable CTT-less mutant of RPS0A. Together we conclude that the interaction between the flexible RPS0A-CTT and the residues 200–400 of the a/TIF32-NTD significantly stimulates attachment of eIF3 and its associated eIFs to small ribosomal subunits in vivo.
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- Tomáš Kouba
- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, v.v.i., Prague, The Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, v.v.i., Prague, The Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, v.v.i., Prague, The Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, v.v.i., Prague, The Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, v.v.i., Prague, The Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, v.v.i., Prague, The Czech Republic
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, v.v.i., Prague, The Czech Republic
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Jakob S, Ohmayer U, Neueder A, Hierlmeier T, Perez-Fernandez J, Hochmuth E, Deutzmann R, Griesenbeck J, Tschochner H, Milkereit P. Interrelationships between yeast ribosomal protein assembly events and transient ribosome biogenesis factors interactions in early pre-ribosomes. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32552. [PMID: 22431976 PMCID: PMC3303783 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2011] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Early steps of eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis require a large set of ribosome biogenesis factors which transiently interact with nascent rRNA precursors (pre-rRNA). Most likely, concomitant with that initial contacts between ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) and ribosome precursors (pre-ribosomes) are established which are converted into robust interactions between pre-rRNA and r-proteins during the course of ribosome maturation. Here we analysed the interrelationship between r-protein assembly events and the transient interactions of ribosome biogenesis factors with early pre-ribosomal intermediates termed 90S pre-ribosomes or small ribosomal subunit (SSU) processome in yeast cells. We observed that components of the SSU processome UTP-A and UTP-B sub-modules were recruited to early pre-ribosomes independently of all tested r-proteins. On the other hand, groups of SSU processome components were identified whose association with early pre-ribosomes was affected by specific r-protein assembly events in the head-platform interface of the SSU. One of these components, Noc4p, appeared to be itself required for robust incorporation of r-proteins into the SSU head domain. Altogether, the data reveal an emerging network of specific interrelationships between local r-protein assembly events and the functional interactions of SSU processome components with early pre-ribosomes. They point towards some of these components being transient primary pre-rRNA in vivo binders and towards a role for others in coordinating the assembly of major SSU domains.
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- Steffen Jakob
- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie I, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie I, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Wittner M, Hamperl S, Stöckl U, Seufert W, Tschochner H, Milkereit P, Griesenbeck J. Establishment and Maintenance of Alternative Chromatin States at a Multicopy Gene Locus. Cell 2011; 145:543-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.03.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2010] [Revised: 01/17/2011] [Accepted: 03/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Gallenberger M, Meinel DM, Kroeber M, Wegner M, Milkereit P, Bösl MR, Tamm ER. Lack of WDR36 leads to preimplantation embryonic lethality in mice and delays the formation of small subunit ribosomal RNA in human cells in vitro. Hum Mol Genet 2010; 20:422-35. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Philippi A, Steinbauer R, Reiter A, Fath S, Leger-Silvestre I, Milkereit P, Griesenbeck J, Tschochner H. TOR-dependent reduction in the expression level of Rrn3p lowers the activity of the yeast RNA Pol I machinery, but does not account for the strong inhibition of rRNA production. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:5315-26. [PMID: 20421203 PMCID: PMC2938223 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Ribosome biogenesis is tightly linked to cellular growth. A crucial step in the regulation of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene transcription is the formation of the complex between RNA polymerase I (Pol I) and the Pol I-dependent transcription factor Rrn3p. We found that TOR inactivation leads to proteasome-dependent degradation of Rrn3p and a strong reduction in initiation competent Pol I-Rrn3p complexes affecting yeast rRNA gene transcription. Using a mutant expressing non-degradable Rrn3p or a strain in which defined endogenous Rrn3p levels can be adjusted by the Tet-off system, we can demonstrate that Rrn3p levels influence the number of Pol I-Rrn3p complexes and consequently rRNA gene transcription. However, our analysis reveals that the dramatic reduction of rRNA synthesis in the immediate cellular response to impaired TOR signalling cannot be explained by the simple down-regulation of Rrn3p and Pol I-Rrn3p levels.
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- Anja Philippi
- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Neueder A, Jakob S, Pöll G, Linnemann J, Deutzmann R, Tschochner H, Milkereit P. A local role for the small ribosomal subunit primary binder rpS5 in final 18S rRNA processing in yeast. PLoS One 2010; 5:e10194. [PMID: 20419091 PMCID: PMC2856670 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2010] [Accepted: 03/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In vivo depletion of the yeast small ribosomal subunit (SSU) protein S5 (rpS5) leads to nuclear degradation of nascent SSUs and to a perturbed global assembly state of the SSU head domain. Here, we report that rpS5 plays an additional local role at the head/platform interface in efficient SSU maturation. We find that yeast small ribosomal subunits which incorporated an rpS5 variant lacking the seven C-terminal amino acids have a largely assembled head domain and are exported to the cytoplasm. On the other hand, 3' processing of 18S rRNA precursors is inhibited in these ribosomal particles, although they associate with the putative endonuclease Nob1p and other late acting 40S biogenesis factors. We suggest that the SSU head component rpS5 and platform components as rpS14 are crucial constituents of a highly defined spatial arrangement in the head-platform interface of nascent SSUs, which is required for efficient processing of the therein predicted SSU rRNA 3' end. Positioning of rpS5 in nascent SSUs, including its relative orientation towards platform components in the head-platform cleft, will depend on the general assembly and folding state of the head domain. Therefore, the suggested model can explain 18S precursor rRNA 3' processing phenotypes observed in many eukaryotic SSU head assembly mutants.
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- Andreas Neueder
- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Merl J, Jakob S, Ridinger K, Hierlmeier T, Deutzmann R, Milkereit P, Tschochner H. Analysis of ribosome biogenesis factor-modules in yeast cells depleted from pre-ribosomes. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:3068-80. [PMID: 20100801 PMCID: PMC2875017 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Formation of eukaryotic ribosomes requires more than 150 biogenesis factors which transiently interact with the nascent ribosomal subunits. Previously, many pre-ribosomal intermediates could be distinguished by their protein composition and rRNA precursor (pre-rRNA) content. We purified complexes of ribosome biogenesis factors from yeast cells in which de novo synthesis of rRNA precursors was down-regulated by genetic means. We compared the protein composition of these largely pre-rRNA free assemblies with the one of analogous pre-ribosomal preparations by semi-quantitative mass spectrometry. The experimental setup minimizes the possibility that the analysed pre-rRNA free protein modules were derived from (partially) disrupted pre-ribosomal particles and provides thereby strong evidence for their pre-ribosome independent existence. In support of the validity of this approach (i) the predicted composition of the analysed protein modules was in agreement with previously described rRNA-free complexes and (ii) in most of the cases we could identify new candidate members of reported protein modules. An unexpected outcome of these analyses was that free large ribosomal subunits are associated with a specific set of ribosome biogenesis factors in cells where neo-production of nascent ribosomes was blocked. The data presented strengthen the idea that assembly of eukaryotic pre-ribosomal particles can result from transient association of distinct building blocks.
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- Juliane Merl
- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Kühn H, Hierlmeier T, Merl J, Jakob S, Aguissa-Touré AH, Milkereit P, Tschochner H. The Noc-domain containing C-terminus of Noc4p mediates both formation of the Noc4p-Nop14p submodule and its incorporation into the SSU processome. PLoS One 2009; 4:e8370. [PMID: 20019888 PMCID: PMC2794458 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2009] [Accepted: 11/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Noc1p, Noc3p and Noc4p are eukaryotic proteins which play essential roles in yeast ribosome biogenesis and contain a homologous stretch of about 45 aminoacids (Noc-domain) of unknown function. Yeast Noc4p is a component of the small ribosomal subunit (SSU) processome, can be isolated as a stable Noc4p-Nop14p SSU-processome submodule from yeast cells, and is required for nuclear steps of small ribosomal subunit rRNA maturation. We expressed a series of mutated alleles of NOC4 in yeast cells and analysed whether the corresponding protein variants support vegetative growth, interact with Nop14p, and are incorporated into the SSU-processome. The data reveal that the essential C-terminus of Noc4p which contains 237 aminoacids including the Noc-domain represents a protein-protein interaction module. It is required and sufficient for its association with Nop14p and several nuclear precursors of the small ribosomal subunit. The N-terminal Noc4-part seems to be targeted to pre-ribosomes via the C-terminus of Noc4p and plays there an essential role in SSU-processome function. Replacement of the Noc4p-Noc-domain by its homologues Noc1p-counterpart results in a hybrid Noc4p variant which fails to associate with Nop14p and pre-ribosomes. On the other hand, exchange of 6 amino acids in the Noc1-Noc-domain of this hybrid Noc4p protein is sufficient to restore its essential in vivo functions. These data suggest that Noc-domains of Noc1p and Noc4p share a common structural backbone in which diverging amino acids play crucial roles in mediating specific regulated interactions. Our analysis allows us to distinguish between different functions of certain domains within Noc4p and contribute to the understanding of how incorporation of Noc4p into ribosomal precursors is coupled to rRNA processing and maturation of the small ribosomal subunit.
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- Holger Kühn
- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (PM); (HT)
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- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (PM); (HT)
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Pöll G, Braun T, Jakovljevic J, Neueder A, Jakob S, Woolford JL, Tschochner H, Milkereit P. rRNA maturation in yeast cells depleted of large ribosomal subunit proteins. PLoS One 2009; 4:e8249. [PMID: 20011513 PMCID: PMC2788216 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2009] [Accepted: 11/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The structural constituents of the large eukaryotic ribosomal subunit are 3 ribosomal RNAs, namely the 25S, 5.8S and 5S rRNA and about 46 ribosomal proteins (r-proteins). They assemble and mature in a highly dynamic process that involves more than 150 proteins and 70 small RNAs. Ribosome biogenesis starts in the nucleolus, continues in the nucleoplasm and is completed after nucleo-cytoplasmic translocation of the subunits in the cytoplasm. In this work we created 26 yeast strains, each of which conditionally expresses one of the large ribosomal subunit (LSU) proteins. In vivo depletion of the analysed LSU r-proteins was lethal and led to destabilisation and degradation of the LSU and/or its precursors. Detailed steady state and metabolic pulse labelling analyses of rRNA precursors in these mutant strains showed that LSU r-proteins can be grouped according to their requirement for efficient progression of different steps of large ribosomal subunit maturation. Comparative analyses of the observed phenotypes and the nature of r-protein-rRNA interactions as predicted by current atomic LSU structure models led us to discuss working hypotheses on i) how individual r-proteins control the productive processing of the major 5' end of 5.8S rRNA precursors by exonucleases Rat1p and Xrn1p, and ii) the nature of structural characteristics of nascent LSUs that are required for cytoplasmic accumulation of nascent subunits but are nonessential for most of the nuclear LSU pre-rRNA processing events.
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- Gisela Pöll
- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- * E-mail: (JLW); (HT); (PM)
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (JLW); (HT); (PM)
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (JLW); (HT); (PM)
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Reich C, Zeller M, Milkereit P, Hausner W, Cramer P, Tschochner H, Thomm M. The archaeal RNA polymerase subunit P and the eukaryotic polymerase subunit Rpb12 are interchangeable in vivo and in vitro. Mol Microbiol 2008; 71:989-1002. [PMID: 19183282 PMCID: PMC2680338 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06577.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The general subunit of all three eukaryotic RNA polymerases, Rpb12, and subunit P of the archaeal enzyme show sequence similarities in their N-terminal zinc ribbon and some highly conserved residues in the C-terminus. We report here that archaeal subunit P under the control of a strong yeast promoter could complement the lethal phenotype of a RPB12 deletion mutant and that subunit Rpb12 from yeast can functionally replace subunit P during reconstitution of the archaeal RNA polymerase. The ΔP enzyme is unable to form stable open complexes, but can efficiently extend a dinucleotide on a premelted template or RNA on an elongation scaffold. This suggests that subunit P is directly or indirectly involved in promoter opening. The activity of the ΔP enzyme can be rescued by the addition of Rpb12 or subunit P to transcription reactions. Mutation of cysteine residues in the zinc ribbon impair the activity of the enzyme in several assays and this mutated form of P is rapidly replaced by wild-type P in transcription reactions. The conserved zinc ribbon in the N-terminus seems to be important for proper interaction of the complete subunit with other RNA polymerase subunits and a 17-amino-acid C-terminal peptide is sufficient to support all basic RNA polymerase functions in vitro.
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- Christoph Reich
- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universitat Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Ferreira-Cerca S, Pöll G, Kühn H, Neueder A, Jakob S, Tschochner H, Milkereit P. Analysis of the in vivo assembly pathway of eukaryotic 40S ribosomal proteins. Mol Cell 2008; 28:446-57. [PMID: 17996708 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2007] [Revised: 07/12/2007] [Accepted: 09/14/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In eukaryotes, in vivo formation of the two ribosomal subunits from four ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and approximately 80 ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) involves more than 150 nonribosomal proteins and around 100 small noncoding RNAs. It is temporally and spatially organized within different cellular compartments: the nucleolus, the nucleoplasm, and the cytoplasm. Here, we present a way to analyze how eukaryotic r-proteins of the small ribosomal subunit (SSU) assemble in vivo with rRNA. Our results show that key aspects of the assembly of eukaryotic r-proteins into distinct structural parts of the SSU are similar to the in vitro assembly pathway of their prokaryotic counterparts. We observe that the establishment of a stable assembly intermediate of the eukaryotic SSU body, but not of the SSU head, is closely linked to early rRNA processing events. The formation of assembly intermediates of the head controls efficient nuclear export of the SSU and cytoplasmic pre-rRNA maturation steps.
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- Sébastien Ferreira-Cerca
- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Gerber J, Reiter A, Steinbauer R, Jakob S, Kuhn CD, Cramer P, Griesenbeck J, Milkereit P, Tschochner H. Site specific phosphorylation of yeast RNA polymerase I. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 36:793-802. [PMID: 18084032 PMCID: PMC2241885 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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All nuclear RNA polymerases are phosphoprotein complexes. Yeast RNA polymerase I (Pol I) contains approximately 15 phosphate groups, distributed to 5 of the 14 subunits. Information about the function of the single phosphosites and their position in the primary, secondary and tertiary structure is lacking. We used a rapid and efficient way to purify yeast RNA Pol I to determine 13 phosphoserines and –threonines. Seven of these phosphoresidues could be located in the 3D-homology model for Pol I, five of them are more at the surface. The single phosphorylated residues were systematically mutated and the resulting strains and Pol I preparations were analyzed in cellular growth, Pol I composition, stability and genetic interaction with non-essential components of the transcription machinery. Surprisingly, all Pol I phosphorylations analyzed were found to be non-essential post-translational modifications. However, one mutation (subunit A190 S685D) led to higher growth rates in the presence of 6AU or under environmental stress conditions, and was synthetically lethal with a deletion of the Pol I subunit A12.2, suggesting a role in RNA cleavage/elongation or termination. Our results suggest that individual major or constitutively phosphorylated residues contribute to non-essential Pol I-functions.
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- Jochen Gerber
- Institut für Biochemie, Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Universität Regensburg, Munich, Germany
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Ferreira-Cerca S, Pöll G, Gleizes PE, Tschochner H, Milkereit P. Roles of eukaryotic ribosomal proteins in maturation and transport of pre-18S rRNA and ribosome function. Mol Cell 2006; 20:263-75. [PMID: 16246728 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2005] [Revised: 08/08/2005] [Accepted: 09/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Despite the rising knowledge about ribosome function and structure and how ribosomal subunits assemble in vitro in bacteria, the in vivo role of many ribosomal proteins remains obscure both in pro- and eukaryotes. Our systematic analysis of yeast ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) of the small subunit revealed that most eukaryotic r-proteins fulfill different roles in ribosome biogenesis, making them indispensable for growth. Different r-proteins control distinct steps of nuclear and cytoplasmic pre-18S rRNA processing and, thus, ensure that only properly assembled ribosomes become engaged in translation. Comparative analysis of dynamic and steady-state maturation assays revealed that several r-proteins are required for efficient nuclear export of pre-18S rRNA, suggesting that they form an interaction platform with the export machinery. In contrast, the presence of other r-proteins is mainly required before nuclear export is initiated. Our studies draw a correlation between the in vitro assembly, structural localization, and in vivo function of r-proteins.
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- Sébastien Ferreira-Cerca
- Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Léger-Silvestre I, Milkereit P, Ferreira-Cerca S, Saveanu C, Rousselle JC, Choesmel V, Guinefoleau C, Gas N, Gleizes PE. The ribosomal protein Rps15p is required for nuclear exit of the 40S subunit precursors in yeast. EMBO J 2004; 23:2336-47. [PMID: 15167894 PMCID: PMC423291 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2004] [Accepted: 05/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We have conducted a genetic screen in order to identify ribosomal proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae involved in nuclear export of the small subunit precursors. This has led us to distinguish Rps15p as a protein dispensable for maturation of the pre-40S particles, but whose assembly into the pre-ribosomes is a prerequisite to their nuclear exit. Upon depletion of Rps15p, 20S pre-rRNA is released from the nucleolus and retained in the nucleus, without alteration of the pre-rRNA early cleavages. In contrast, Rps18p, which contacts Rps15p in the small subunit, is required upstream for pre-rRNA processing at site A2. Most pre-40S specific factors are correctly associated with the intermediate particles accumulating in the nucleus upon Rps15p depletion, except the late-binding proteins Tsr1p and Rio2p. Here we show that these two proteins are dispensable for nuclear exit; instead, they participate in 20S pre-rRNA processing in the cytoplasm. We conclude that, during the final maturation steps in the nucleus, incorporation of the ribosomal protein Rps15p is specifically required to render the pre-40S particles competent for translocation to the cytoplasm.
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- Isabelle Léger-Silvestre
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Génétique des Interactions Macromoléculaires, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Milkereit P, Strauss D, Bassler J, Gadal O, Kühn H, Schütz S, Gas N, Lechner J, Hurt E, Tschochner H. A Noc complex specifically involved in the formation and nuclear export of ribosomal 40 S subunits. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:4072-81. [PMID: 12446671 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m208898200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Formation and nuclear export of 60 S pre-ribosomes requires many factors including the heterodimeric Noc1-Noc2 and Noc2-Noc3 complexes. Here, we report another Noc complex with a specific role in 40 S subunit biogenesis. This complex consists of Noc4p, which exhibits the conserved Noc domain and is homologous to Noc1p, and Nop14p, a nucleolar protein with a role in 40 S subunit formation. Moreover, noc4 thermosensitive mutants are defective in 40 S biogenesis, and rRNA processing is inhibited at early cleavage sites A(0), A(1), and A(2). Using a fluorescence-based visual assay for 40 S subunit export, we observe a strong nucleolar accumulation of the Rps2p-green fluorescent protein reporter in noc4 ts mutants, but 60 S subunit export was normal. Thus, Noc4p and Nop14p form a novel Noc complex with a specific role in nucleolar 40 S subunit formation and subsequent export to the cytoplasm.
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Milkereit P, Kühn H, Gas N, Tschochner H. The pre-ribosomal network. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:799-804. [PMID: 12560474 PMCID: PMC149187 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2002] [Revised: 10/31/2002] [Accepted: 11/18/2002] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Recent achievements in yeast functional proteomics have significantly advanced our knowledge about ribosome biogenesis. Here, we present a program developed to integrate data from various proteome analyses with cell biological data on components present in the ribosome producing factories. This program allows users to attribute factors to certain complexes and to specific steps of ribosome biogenesis. Thus, it helps to gain novel insights into the complex network involved in maturation of ribosomal subunits. The database can be accessed at the URL http://www.pre-ribosome.de.
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- Philipp Milkereit
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moleculaire Eucaryote, F-32062 Toulouse, France
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Fath S, Milkereit P, Peyroche G, Riva M, Carles C, Tschochner H. Differential roles of phosphorylation in the formation of transcriptional active RNA polymerase I. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:14334-9. [PMID: 11717393 PMCID: PMC64682 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.231181398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Regulation of rDNA transcription depends on the formation and dissociation of a functional complex between RNA polymerase I (pol I) and transcription initiation factor Rrn3p. We analyzed whether phosphorylation is involved in this molecular switch. Rrn3p is a phosphoprotein that is predominantly phosphorylated in vivo when it is not bound to pol I. In vitro, Rrn3p is able both to associate with pol I and to enter the transcription cycle in its nonphosphorylated form. By contrast, phosphorylation of pol I is required to form a stable pol I-Rrn3p complex for efficient transcription initiation. Furthermore, association of pol I with Rrn3p correlates with a change in the phosphorylation state of pol I in vivo. We suggest that phosphorylation at specific sites of pol I is a prerequisite for proper transcription initiation and that phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of pol I is one possibility to modulate cellular rDNA transcription activity.
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- S Fath
- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Milkereit P, Gadal O, Podtelejnikov A, Trumtel S, Gas N, Petfalski E, Tollervey D, Mann M, Hurt E, Tschochner H. Maturation and intranuclear transport of pre-ribosomes requires Noc proteins. Cell 2001; 105:499-509. [PMID: 11371346 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(01)00358-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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How pre-ribosomes temporally and spatially mature during intranuclear biogenesis is not known. Here, we report three nucleolar proteins, Noc1p to Noc3p, that are required for ribosome maturation and transport. They can be isolated in two distinct complexes: Noc1p/Noc2p associates with 90S and 66S pre-ribosomes and is enriched in the nucleolus, and Noc2p/Noc3p associates with 66S pre-ribosomes and is mainly nucleoplasmic. Mutation of each Noc protein impairs intranuclear transport of 60S subunits at different stages and inhibits pre-rRNA processing. Overexpression of a conserved domain common to Noc1p and Noc3p is dominant-negative for cell growth, with a defect in nuclear 60S subunit transport, but no inhibition of pre-rRNA processing. We propose that the dynamic interaction of Noc proteins is crucial for intranuclear movement of ribosomal precursor particles, and, thereby represent a prerequisite for proper maturation.
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- P Milkereit
- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Peyroche G, Milkereit P, Bischler N, Tschochner H, Schultz P, Sentenac A, Carles C, Riva M. The recruitment of RNA polymerase I on rDNA is mediated by the interaction of the A43 subunit with Rrn3. EMBO J 2000; 19:5473-82. [PMID: 11032814 PMCID: PMC314014 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.20.5473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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RNA polymerase I (Pol I) is dedicated to transcription of the large ribosomal DNA (rDNA). The mechanism of Pol I recruitment onto rDNA promoters is poorly understood. Here we present evidence that subunit A43 of Pol I interacts with transcription factor Rrn3: conditional mutations in A43 were found to disrupt the transcriptionally competent Pol I-Rrn3 complex, the two proteins formed a stable complex when co-expressed in Escherichia coli, overexpression of Rrn3 suppressed the mutant phenotype, and A43 and Rrn3 mutants showed synthetic lethality. Consistently, immunoelectron microscopy data showed that A43 and Rrn3 co-localize within the Pol I-Rrn3 complex. Rrn3 has several protein partners: a two-hybrid screen identified the C-terminus of subunit Rrn6 of the core factor as a Rrn3 contact, an interaction supported in vitro by affinity chromatography. Our results suggest that Rrn3 plays a central role in Pol I recruitment to rDNA promoters by bridging the enzyme to the core factor. The existence of mammalian orthologues of A43 and Rrn3 suggests evolutionary conservation of the molecular mechanisms underlying rDNA transcription in eukaryotes.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Binding Sites
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Fungal/metabolism
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/metabolism
- Epistasis, Genetic
- Fungal Proteins/genetics
- Fungal Proteins/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
- Macromolecular Substances
- Microscopy, Electron
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation/genetics
- Pol1 Transcription Initiation Complex Proteins
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Binding
- Protein Subunits
- RNA Polymerase I/chemistry
- RNA Polymerase I/genetics
- RNA Polymerase I/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzymology
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
- Sequence Alignment
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
- Two-Hybrid System Techniques
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- G Peyroche
- Service de Biochimie et de Génétique Moléculaire, CEA/Saclay, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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Fath S, Milkereit P, Podtelejnikov AV, Bischler N, Schultz P, Bier M, Mann M, Tschochner H. Association of yeast RNA polymerase I with a nucleolar substructure active in rRNA synthesis and processing. J Cell Biol 2000; 149:575-90. [PMID: 10791972 PMCID: PMC2174860 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.3.575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A novel ribonucleoprotein complex enriched in nucleolar proteins was purified from yeast extracts and constituents were identified by mass spectrometry. When isolated from rapidly growing cells, the assembly contained ribonucleic acid (RNA) polymerase (pol) I, and some of its transcription factors like TATA-binding protein (TBP), Rrn3p, Rrn5p, Rrn7p, and Reb1p along with rRNA processing factors, like Nop1p, Cbf5p, Nhp2p, and Rrp5p. The small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) U3, U14, and MRP were also found to be associated with the complex, which supports accurate transcription, termination, and pseudouridylation of rRNA. Formation of the complex did not depend on pol I, and the complex could efficiently recruit exogenous pol I into active ribosomal DNA (rDNA) transcription units. Visualization of the complex by electron microscopy and immunogold labeling revealed a characteristic cluster-forming network of nonuniform size containing nucleolar proteins like Nop1p and Fpr3p and attached pol I. Our results support the idea that a functional nucleolar subdomain formed independently of the state of rDNA transcription may serve as a scaffold for coordinated rRNA synthesis and processing.
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- S Fath
- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Milkereit P, Tschochner H. A specialized form of RNA polymerase I, essential for initiation and growth-dependent regulation of rRNA synthesis, is disrupted during transcription. EMBO J 1998; 17:3692-703. [PMID: 9649439 PMCID: PMC1170705 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.13.3692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Only a small proportion (<2%) of RNA polymerase I (pol I) from whole-cell extracts appeared to be competent for specific initiation at the ribosomal gene promoter in a yeast reconstituted transcription system. Initiation-competent pol I molecules were found exclusively in salt-resistant complexes that contain the pol I-specific initiation factor Rrn3p. Levels of initiation-competent complexes in extracts were independent of total Rrn3p content and varied with the growth state of the cells. Although extracts from stationary phase cells contained substantial amounts of Rrn3p and pol I, they lacked the pol I-Rrn3p complex and were inactive in promoter-dependent transcription. Activity was restored by adding purified pol I-Rrn3p complex to extracts from stationary phase cells. The pol I-Rrn3p complex dissociated during transcription and lost its capacity for subsequent reinitiation in vitro, suggesting a stoichiometric rather than a catalytic activity in initiation. We propose that the formation and disruption of the pol I-Rrn3p complex reflects a molecular switch for regulating rRNA synthesis and its growth rate-dependent regulation.
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- P Milkereit
- BZH Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Bischler N, Balavoine F, Milkereit P, Tschochner H, Mioskowski C, Schultz P. Specific interaction and two-dimensional crystallization of histidine tagged yeast RNA polymerase I on nickel-chelating lipids. Biophys J 1998; 74:1522-32. [PMID: 9512048 PMCID: PMC1299498 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(98)77864-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Nickel-chelating lipid monolayers were used to generate two-dimensional crystals from yeast RNA polymerase I that was histidine-tagged on one of its subunits. The interaction of the enzyme with the spread lipid layers was found to be imidazole dependent, and the formation of two-dimensional crystals required small amounts of imidazole, probably to select the specific interaction of the engineered tag with the nickel. Two distinct preparations of RNA polymerase I tagged on different subunits yielded two different crystal forms, indicating that the position of the tag determines the crystallization process. The orientation of the enzyme in both crystal forms is correlated with the location of the tagged subunits in a three-dimensional model which shows that the tagged subunits are in contact with the lipid layer.
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- N Bischler
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP 1, C.U. de Strasbourg, France
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We have further analyzed the requirements of yeast RNA polymerase I (pol I) to initiate transcription at the ribosomal gene promoter. Resolution of yeast whole cell extracts through several chromatographic steps yielded three protein fractions required for accurate initiation. One fraction is composed of TBP associated within a 240 kDa protein complex. The fraction contributing the RNA polymerase I (pol I) activity consists of dimeric and monomeric pol I under conditions optimal for in vitro transcription. The capability to utilize the ribosomal gene promoter correlates with monomeric pol I complexes which are possibly associated with further transcription factors. These initiation competent pol I complexes appeared to be resistant to high salt concentrations. Pol I dimers which represent the majority of the isolated pol I, can be reversibly dissociated into monomers and are only active in non-specific RNA synthesis, if single stranded DNA serves as a template. We suggest a model in which dimeric inactive pol I is converted into an active monomeric form that might be associated with other transcription factors to maintain a stable initiation competent complex.
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Terminated transcripts were generated at the ends of linearized DNA templates and at DNA-bound lac repressor by in vitro transcription with highly enriched or purified yeast RNA polymerase I (pol I). The release of the synthesized transcripts from the DNA was analyzed using immobilized DNA as template for the transcription reaction. An additional activity distinguishable from pol I was necessary to remove the terminated RNA from the template. Efficiency of transcript release could be improved if a thymidine-rich DNA fragment was located upstream of the transcriptional arrest caused by the DNA-bound lac repressor. The release activity interacted with different forms of polymerases, pol I able to initiate on the ribosomal gene promoter and pol I only active in non-specific transcription.
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Buchberger A, Theyssen H, Schröder H, McCarty JS, Virgallita G, Milkereit P, Reinstein J, Bukau B. Nucleotide-induced conformational changes in the ATPase and substrate binding domains of the DnaK chaperone provide evidence for interdomain communication. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:16903-10. [PMID: 7622507 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.28.16903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Interactions of the DnaK (Hsp70) chaperone from Escherichia coli with substrates are controlled by ATP. Nucleotide-induced changes in DnaK conformation were investigated by monitoring changes in tryptic digestion pattern and tryptophan fluorescence. Using nucleotide-free DnaK preparations, not only the known ATP-induced major changes in kinetics and pattern of proteolysis but also minor ADP-induced changes were detected. Similar ATP-induced conformational changes occurred in the DnaK-T199A mutant protein defective in ATPase activity, demonstrating that they result from binding, not hydrolysis, of ATP. N-terminal sequencing and immunological mapping of tryptic fragments of DnaK identified cleavage sites that, upon ATP addition, appeared within the proposed C-terminal substrate binding region and disappeared in the N-terminal ATPase domain. They hence reflect structural alterations in DnaK correlated to substrate release and indicate ATP-dependent domain interactions. Domain interactions are a prerequisite for efficient tryptic degradation as fragments of DnaK comprising the ATPase and C-terminal domains were highly protease-resistant. Fluorescence analysis of the N-terminally located single tryptophan residue of DnaK revealed that the known ATP-induced alteration of the emission spectrum, proposed to result directly from conformational changes in the ATPase domain, requires the presence of the C-terminal domain and therefore mainly results from altered domain interaction. Analyses of the C-terminally truncated DnaK163 mutant protein revealed that nucleotide-dependent interdomain communication requires a 15-kDa segment assumed to constitute the substrate binding site.
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- A Buchberger
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie, Universität Heidelberg, Germany
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