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rRNA pseudouridylation defects affect ribosomal ligand binding and translational fidelity from yeast to human cells

Jack, Karen ; Bellodi, Cristian LU ; Landry, Dori M ; Niederer, Rachel O ; Meskauskas, Arturas ; Musalgaonkar, Sharmishtha ; Kopmar, Noam ; Krasnykh, Olya ; Dean, Alison M and Thompson, Sunnie R , et al. (2011) In Molecular Cell 44(4). p.6-660
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How pseudouridylation (Ψ), the most common and evolutionarily conserved modification of rRNA, regulates ribosome activity is poorly understood. Medically, Ψ is important because the rRNA Ψ synthase, DKC1, is mutated in X-linked dyskeratosis congenita (X-DC) and Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson (HH) syndrome. Here, we characterize ribosomes isolated from a yeast strain in which Cbf5p, the yeast homolog of DKC1, is catalytically impaired through a D95A mutation (cbf5-D95A). Ribosomes from cbf5-D95A cells display decreased affinities for tRNA binding to the A and P sites as well as the cricket paralysis virus internal ribosome entry site (IRES), which interacts with both the P and the E sites of the ribosome. This biochemical impairment in ribosome... (More)

How pseudouridylation (Ψ), the most common and evolutionarily conserved modification of rRNA, regulates ribosome activity is poorly understood. Medically, Ψ is important because the rRNA Ψ synthase, DKC1, is mutated in X-linked dyskeratosis congenita (X-DC) and Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson (HH) syndrome. Here, we characterize ribosomes isolated from a yeast strain in which Cbf5p, the yeast homolog of DKC1, is catalytically impaired through a D95A mutation (cbf5-D95A). Ribosomes from cbf5-D95A cells display decreased affinities for tRNA binding to the A and P sites as well as the cricket paralysis virus internal ribosome entry site (IRES), which interacts with both the P and the E sites of the ribosome. This biochemical impairment in ribosome activity manifests as decreased translational fidelity and IRES-dependent translational initiation, which are also evident in mouse and human cells deficient for DKC1 activity. These findings uncover specific roles for Ψ modification in ribosome-ligand interactions that are conserved in yeast, mouse, and humans.

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Animals, Binding Sites, Cell Cycle Proteins, Dyskeratosis Congenita, Fetal Growth Retardation, Genes, Reporter, Humans, Hydro-Lyases, Intellectual Disability, Luciferases, Mice, Microcephaly, Microtubule-Associated Proteins, Mutation, Nuclear Proteins, Plasmids, Protein Biosynthesis, RNA, Ribosomal, RNA, Transfer, Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear, Ribosomes, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Transduction, Genetic
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Molecular Cell
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44
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7 pages
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Cell Press
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  • pmid:22099312
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1097-4164
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10.1016/j.molcel.2011.09.017
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  abstract     = {{<p>How pseudouridylation (Ψ), the most common and evolutionarily conserved modification of rRNA, regulates ribosome activity is poorly understood. Medically, Ψ is important because the rRNA Ψ synthase, DKC1, is mutated in X-linked dyskeratosis congenita (X-DC) and Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson (HH) syndrome. Here, we characterize ribosomes isolated from a yeast strain in which Cbf5p, the yeast homolog of DKC1, is catalytically impaired through a D95A mutation (cbf5-D95A). Ribosomes from cbf5-D95A cells display decreased affinities for tRNA binding to the A and P sites as well as the cricket paralysis virus internal ribosome entry site (IRES), which interacts with both the P and the E sites of the ribosome. This biochemical impairment in ribosome activity manifests as decreased translational fidelity and IRES-dependent translational initiation, which are also evident in mouse and human cells deficient for DKC1 activity. These findings uncover specific roles for Ψ modification in ribosome-ligand interactions that are conserved in yeast, mouse, and humans.</p>}},
  author       = {{Jack, Karen and Bellodi, Cristian and Landry, Dori M and Niederer, Rachel O and Meskauskas, Arturas and Musalgaonkar, Sharmishtha and Kopmar, Noam and Krasnykh, Olya and Dean, Alison M and Thompson, Sunnie R and Ruggero, Davide and Dinman, Jonathan D}},
  issn         = {{1097-4164}},
  keywords     = {{Animals; Binding Sites; Cell Cycle Proteins; Dyskeratosis Congenita; Fetal Growth Retardation; Genes, Reporter; Humans; Hydro-Lyases; Intellectual Disability; Luciferases; Mice; Microcephaly; Microtubule-Associated Proteins; Mutation; Nuclear Proteins; Plasmids; Protein Biosynthesis; RNA, Ribosomal; RNA, Transfer; Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; Ribosomes; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Transduction, Genetic}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{11}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{6--660}},
  publisher    = {{Cell Press}},
  series       = {{Molecular Cell}},
  title        = {{rRNA pseudouridylation defects affect ribosomal ligand binding and translational fidelity from yeast to human cells}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2011.09.017}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.molcel.2011.09.017}},
  volume       = {{44}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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