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Structure of the Nuclear Exosome Component Rrp6p Reveals an Interplay Between the Active Site and the HRDC Domain Structure of the nuclear exosome component Rrp6p reveals an interplay between the active site and the HRDC domain Søren F. Midtgaard*†, Jannie Assenholt†, Anette Thyssen Jonstrup*†, Lan B. Van*†, Torben Heick Jensen†, and Ditlev E. Brodersen*†‡ *Centre for Structural Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10c, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; and †Centre for mRNP Biogenesis and Metabolism, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, C. F. Møllers Alle´, bygn. 130, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Communicated by Michael Rosbash, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, June 16, 2006 (received for review April 19, 2006) The multisubunit eukaryotic exosome is an essential RNA process- Rrp6p is homologous to human PM-Scl 100, a protein that is ing and degradation machine. In its nuclear form, the exosome implicated in several degenerative autoimmune disorders (17, associates with the auxiliary factor Rrp6p, which participates in 21) and forms a part of the human nuclear exosome (7). The both RNA processing and degradation reactions. The crystal struc- central part of Rrp6p is homologous to bacterial RNA- ture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rrp6p displays a conserved RNase processing enzymes, such as RNase D, but the eukaryotic protein D core with a flanking HRDC (helicase and RNase D C-terminal) is much larger (736 vs. 375 aa) (17). Both proteins belong to the domain in an unusual conformation shown to be important for the group of DEDD nucleases that includes enzymes active on both processing function of the enzyme. Complexes with AMP and UMP, DNA and RNA and have structural homology to the exonuclease the products of the RNA degradation process, reveal how the domain found in the Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I protein specifically recognizes ribonucleotides and their bases. (22). These enzymes are characterized by at least four conserved Finally, in vivo mutational studies show the importance of the acidic residues (DEDD) required for nucleic acid degradation in domain contacts for the processing function of Rrp6p and highlight the 3Ј-to-5Ј direction via a hydrolytic reaction mechanism, where fundamental differences between the protein and its prokaryotic two divalent metal ions are involved in activation of a water RNase D counterparts. molecule that attacks the last phosphodiester bond (23). RNase D enzymes belong to the DEDDy subgroup that is present in RNA degradation ͉ RNA processing ͉ x-ray crystallography ͉ RNase D both bacteria and eukaryotes and contain a conserved tyrosine close to the active site. In addition, RNase D enzymes contain he RNA exosome participates in a wide range of reactions, one or more conserved HRDC (helicase and RNase D C- Tincluding processing and degradation of tRNA and rRNA as terminal) domains, first identified as a putative nucleic acid- well as degradation of both nuclear and cytoplasmic RNA binding motif by sequence comparison within the RecQ helicase polymerase II-derived transcripts (1–6). The core eukaryotic protein family (24, 25). The crystal structure of Escherichia coli exosome is present in both the cytoplasm and nucleus and RNase D revealed a compact and conserved exonuclease do- consists of 10 proteins, with at least 7 harboring proven or main flanked by two distal HRDC domains forming a funnel- predicted 3Ј-to-5Ј exonuclease activity (one RNase II and six shaped ring, proposed to mediate RNA binding or specificity RNase PH type) (7–10). In the yeast nucleus, the complex is during stable RNA processing in bacteria (26). distinguished by three additional proteins, the RNase D-type In this article, we present four crystal structures of Saccha- enzyme Rrp6p (for ribosomal RNA processing), the DEAD-box romyces cerevisiae Rrp6p, isolated or in complexes with metal RNA helicase Mtr4p, and the less well characterized protein ions, AMP, or UMP. The structures show how Rrp6p interacts Rrp47p (7, 11). Exosomes are found in both eukaryotes and with metal ions, specifically recognizes ribonucleotides, and archaea, and, recently, several crystal structures of archaeal highlights the importance of the eukaryotic-specific N-terminal subcomplexes were reported (12–14). The center of the archaeal extension in anchoring the HRDC domain. Mutational analysis exosome consists of three Rrp41 and three Rrp42 proteins suggests that this anchoring is essential for the RNA-processing forming an overall donut-shaped heterohexameric structure. function of Rrp6p. Rrp41 and -42 are each similar to three proteins in the eukaryotic complex, which consists of six different proteins forming the Results ‘‘donut’’ (12, 14). This ring-like structure is able to bind addi- Overall Structure of S. cerevisiae Rrp6p. We have so far been tional proteins, forming a ‘‘cap’’ suggested to constrict and unsuccessful in expressing full-length WT, as well as catalytically probably regulate the entry of RNA into the central cavity inactive, Rrp6p in E. coli. Shorter versions of WT Rrp6p also containing the phosphorolytic active sites (12). express poorly; however, by introducing a Y361A mutation into The nuclear exosome is essential for maturation of eukaryotic the active site, we were able to produce and crystallize a shorter ribosomal RNAs (25S, 18S, and 5.8S), which are synthesized as form of the protein comprising residues 129–536 (molecular a single transcript (for a review, see ref. 15). Processing is mass 47.7 kDa) containing part of the unique N-terminal initiated by endonucleolytic cleavage of the external transcribed domain, the conserved catalytic exonuclease domain (harboring spacers (ETSs), which are subsequently degraded by Rrp6p (16). the Y361A active-site mutation), and the HRDC domain (Fig. This protein is also required for trimming of the two internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2 during maturation to produce the mature rRNAs, and a 30-nt 3Ј-end extended form of 5.8S rRNA Conflict of interest statement: No conflicts declared. appears in ⌬rrp6 cells (17). Similarly, many small nucleolar Abbreviations: ETS, external transcribed spacer; snoRNA, small nucleolar RNA. RNAs (snoRNAs) depend on the exosome during their matu- Data deposition: Atomic coordinates and crystallographic structure factors have been ration (18, 19), and deletion of Rrp6p in yeast also leads to deposited in the Protein Data Bank, www.pdb.org [PDB ID codes 2HBJ (native), 2HBK accumulation of extended forms of both polycistronic snoRNAs (Mn-bound), 2HBL (AMP-bound), and 2HBM (UMP-bound)]. (18) and the independently transcribed snoRNAs, such as snR33 ‡To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]. and snR40 (20). © 2006 by The National Academy of Sciences of the USA 11898–11903 ͉ PNAS ͉ August 8, 2006 ͉ vol. 103 ͉ no. 32 www.pnas.org͞cgi͞doi͞10.1073͞pnas.0604731103 Downloaded by guest on September 24, 2021 Fig. 1. Structure overview. (A) Rrp6p sequence overview. Colored-coded segments are part of the current structure showing the N-terminal domain (green), exonuclease domain (blue), linker (gray), and HRDC domain (red). (B) Overview of the Rrp6p structure using the same color code as A. The ions and side chains in the active site are shown as balls and sticks. (C) E. coli RNase D with the exonuclease (blue), HRDC1 (red), and HRDC2 (orange) domains shown in the same orientation as Rrp6p in B (26). (D) The contraction of Rrp6p around the active site upon binding of substrate is achieved by a rotation around a hinge point near the residue D457. 1 A and B). Single crystals diffracted to Ϸ2 Å and were used to which we term the N-terminal extension, partly resolved in the determine the structure by multiple-wavelength anomalous disper- present structure (residues 129–222, green in Fig. 1 A and B). sion phasing (Table 1). The refined model has a single molecule in The extension wraps around the core domain and is wedged at the asymmetric unit covering residues 129–516 and 201 solvent the exonuclease–HRDC domain interface. A convoluted linker molecules. All parts of the protein are clearly defined, with the (residues 398–438) connects the exonuclease domain to the exception of a short stretch of the linker between the exonuclease all-helical HRDC domain and takes part in forming a platform and HRDC domains (residues 425–433), which is traceable, but with the N-terminal extension (Fig. 1B, marked ‘‘platform’’). We with relatively poor electron density. The final model has a crys- hypothesize that this platform could serve as a place for protein– ϭ tallographic R-factor of 23.3% (Rfree 29.2%). protein interactions in accordance with yeast two-hybrid data The overall structure has one large domain consisting of the showing interaction between residues 1–456 and the core exo- N terminus and core exonuclease fold (residues 129–398, green some components Rrp41p, Rrp46p, and Mtr3p (27). The HRDC and blue) and, separately, the loosely attached HRDC domain domain consists of five regular helices and is topologically (residues 439–516, red) (Fig. 1 A and B). The core of the identical to the first HRDC domain in E. coli RNase D (rmsd, ␣͞␤ exonuclease domain shows the classical fold seen in the 1.4 Å); however, the orientation of the domain relative to the Klenow fragment of E. coli DNA polymerase I (22), consisting exonuclease domain is quite different (26) (Fig. 1 B and C). of a six-stranded, mixed ␤-sheet flanked by ␣-helices. S. cerevi- Ϸ Approximately 200 residues are missing in the C terminus of the siae Rrp6p has 225 residues before the exonuclease domain, present Rrp6p structure; however, lack of sequence conservation in this part of the protein combined with functional data showing Table 1. Data collection and structure refinement that a C-terminally truncated protein is fully capable of 5.8S rRNA processing (17) suggests it is of minor importance for the Space group (axes a, c), Å P3121 (110.34, 80.26) biological function of the protein.
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