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Guillen-Chable F, Rodríguez Corona U, Pereira-Santana A, Bayona A, Rodríguez-Zapata LC, Aquino C, Šebestová L, Vitale N, Hozak P, Castano E. Fibrillarin Ribonuclease Activity is Dependent on the GAR Domain and Modulated by Phospholipids. Cells 2020; 9:cells9051143. [PMID: 32384686 PMCID: PMC7290794 DOI: 10.3390/cells9051143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Fibrillarin is a highly conserved nucleolar methyltransferase responsible for ribosomal RNA methylation across evolution from Archaea to humans. It has been reported that fibrillarin is involved in the methylation of histone H2A in nucleoli and other processes, including viral progression, cellular stress, nuclear shape, and cell cycle progression. We show that fibrillarin has an additional activity as a ribonuclease. The activity is affected by phosphoinositides and phosphatidic acid and insensitive to ribonuclease inhibitors. Furthermore, the presence of phosphatidic acid releases the fibrillarin-U3 snoRNA complex. We show that the ribonuclease activity localizes to the GAR (glycine/arginine-rich) domain conserved in a small group of RNA interacting proteins. The introduction of the GAR domain occurred in evolution in the transition from archaea to eukaryotic cells. The interaction of this domain with phospholipids may allow a phase separation of this protein in nucleoli.
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Affiliation(s)
- Francisco Guillen-Chable
- Biochemistry and Molecular Plant Biology Department, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C. Calle 43 No. 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida C.P. 97200, Yucatán, Mexico; (F.G.-C.); (U.R.C.); (A.B.); (C.A.)
| | - Ulises Rodríguez Corona
- Biochemistry and Molecular Plant Biology Department, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C. Calle 43 No. 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida C.P. 97200, Yucatán, Mexico; (F.G.-C.); (U.R.C.); (A.B.); (C.A.)
| | - Alejandro Pereira-Santana
- Industrial Biotechnology Department, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, A.C., Camino Arenero 1227, el Bajio, Zapopan C.P. 45019, Jalisco, Mexico;
- Dirección de Cátedras, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Av. Insurgentes Sur 1582, Alcaldia Benito Juarez C.P. 03940, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
| | - Andrea Bayona
- Biochemistry and Molecular Plant Biology Department, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C. Calle 43 No. 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida C.P. 97200, Yucatán, Mexico; (F.G.-C.); (U.R.C.); (A.B.); (C.A.)
| | - Luis Carlos Rodríguez-Zapata
- Biotechnology Department, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C. Calle 43 No. 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida C.P. 97200, Yucatan, Mexico;
| | - Cecilia Aquino
- Biochemistry and Molecular Plant Biology Department, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C. Calle 43 No. 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida C.P. 97200, Yucatán, Mexico; (F.G.-C.); (U.R.C.); (A.B.); (C.A.)
| | - Lenka Šebestová
- Department of Biology of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the CAS, v.v.i., Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic; (L.Š.); (P.H.)
- Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Nicolas Vitale
- Institute of Celullar and Integrative Neuroscience (INCI), UPR-3212 The French National Centre for Scientific Research & University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France;
| | - Pavel Hozak
- Department of Biology of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the CAS, v.v.i., Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic; (L.Š.); (P.H.)
| | - Enrique Castano
- Biochemistry and Molecular Plant Biology Department, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C. Calle 43 No. 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida C.P. 97200, Yucatán, Mexico; (F.G.-C.); (U.R.C.); (A.B.); (C.A.)
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