Abstract
Ribosomes are the molecular machines that translate mRNAs into proteins. The synthesis of ribosomes is therefore a fundamental cellular process and consists in the ordered assembly of 79 ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) and four ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) into a small 40S and a large 60S ribosomal subunit that form the translating 80S ribosomes. Most of our knowledge concerning this dynamic multi-step process comes from studies with the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which have shown that assembly and maturation of pre-ribosomal particles, as they travel from the nucleolus to the cytoplasm, relies on a multitude (>200) of biogenesis factors. Amongst these are many energy-consuming enzymes, including 19 ATP-dependent RNA helicases and three AAA-ATPases. We have previously shown that the AAA-ATPase Rix7 promotes the release of the essential biogenesis factor Nsa1 from late nucleolar pre-60S particles. Here we show that mutant alleles of genes encoding the DEAD-box RNA helicase Mak5, the C/D-box snoRNP component Nop1 and the rRNA-binding protein Nop4 bypass the requirement for Nsa1. Interestingly, dominant-negative alleles of RIX7 retain their phenotype in the absence of Nsa1, suggesting that Rix7 may have additional nuclear substrates besides Nsa1. Mak5 is associated with the Nsa1 pre-60S particle and synthetic lethal screens with mak5 alleles identified the r-protein Rpl14 and the 60S biogenesis factors Ebp2, Nop16 and Rpf1, which are genetically linked amongst each other. We propose that these ’Mak5 cluster’ factors orchestrate the structural arrangement of a eukaryote-specific 60S subunit surface composed of Rpl6, Rpl14 and Rpl16 and rRNA expansion segments ES7L and ES39L. Finally, over-expression of Rix7 negatively affects growth of mak5 and ebp2 mutant cells both in the absence and presence of Nsa1, suggesting that Rix7, at least when excessively abundant, may act on structurally defective pre-60S subunits and may subject these to degradation.
Introduction
The biogenesis of ribosomes is a fundamental cellular process, which provides cells with the molecular machines that translate the genetic information, contained within mRNAs, into proteins. Basically, the biogenesis of ribosomes consists in the ordered assembly of 33 ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) with the 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and 46 r-proteins with the 25S, 5.8S and 5S rRNA into a small 40S and a large 60S ribosomal subunit (r-subunit), respectively, that form upon subunit joining in the cytoplasm the translating 80S ribosomes. Most of our current knowledge concerning this highly dynamic multi-step process comes from studies with the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which have shown that the assembly and maturation of pre-ribosomal particles, as they travel from the nucleolus to the cytoplasm, relies on a multitude (>200) of biogenesis factors [1–3]. Amongst these are, in agreement with the high complexity of this macromolecular assembly process, many energy-consuming enzymes, notably including 19 ATP-dependent RNA helicases and three AAA-type ATPases (ATPases associated with various cellular activities) [2,4–7]. The energy expenditure by these enzymes is thought to be required to trigger irreversible steps of the assembly path and to shape this sophisticated ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex into its active conformation. Within the nucleolus, the site of rDNA transcription, the emerging precursor rRNA (pre-rRNA) associates with primary binding r-proteins and early biogenesis factors to form the small-subunit (SSU) processome / 90S pre-ribosome [8–10]. Concomitantly, the pre-rRNA associates with 75 small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs), with most of these acting, integrated into C/D-box or H/ACA-box snoRNPs, as guides for the modification of pre-rRNA by 2’-O-ribose methylation and pseudouridylation, respectively [11–14]. These modifications, which are concentrated in conserved regions that are functionally important for ribosome function, could help to fine-tune (pre-)rRNA folding, RNP assembly and translation [11,15]. Still within the nucleolar compartment, a subsequent cleavage step, either co- or post-transcriptional, separates the pre-rRNA and generates the 43S and 66S pre-ribosomal particles that upon further maturation eventually give rise to mature 40S and 60S subunits. Pre-40S subunits exhibit a relatively simple composition and are rapidly exported to the cytoplasm where final maturation steps, including 20S pre-rRNA cleavage at site D by the endonuclease Nob1 [16], confer translation competence [17]. In sharp contrast, proteomic approaches revealed several distinct nucleolar and nucleoplasmic pre-60S intermediates that undergo drastic compositional changes [2,18]. Upon arrival of pre-60S subunits in the cytoplasm, the last biogenesis factors are dis- and re-placed by r-proteins in an ordered series of events, thereby enabling subunit joining [3,19].
Due to the complexity of the process and the importance to build ribosomes that translate with high fidelity, it is not surprising that pre-ribosomal particles and mature r-subunits are subjected to quality control [20–22]. The (pre-)rRNAs of defective nuclear pre-ribosomes undergo polyadenylation by the TRAMP complex and are subsequently degraded by the exosome, with both steps occurring in a sub-nucleolar focus termed No-body [20,23–25]. Recent evidence indicates that the D-site cleavage of 20S pre-rRNA, and hence final maturation of pre-40S subunits, occurs within 80S-like ribosomes, thus representing a proofreading step that probes their suitability to engage in translation [26–28]. Likewise, during cytoplasmic maturation of pre-60S subunits, verification of P-site integrity is coupled to the release of the anti-association factor Tif6 [29]. Finally, stalled or functionally defective r-subunits are subjected to ’non-functional rRNA decay’ (NRD) pathways, which eliminate non-functional 40S and 60S r-subunits via degradation of the rRNA or targeting to the proteasome, respectively [22,30–33].
Most of the DExD/H-box RNA helicases involved in ribosome biogenesis act at early steps of ribosome assembly within the nucleolus where extensive structural rearrangements of (pre-)-rRNA and incorporation of the majority of r-proteins are expected to occur [2,6]. Considering the reported functional and enzymatic properties, DExD/H-box RNA helicases can be generally viewed as energy-consuming chaperones or modulators of RNA and RNP structures [34–36]. In most cases, however, we are far from understanding their exact molecular functions during ribosome assembly (reviewed in [2,5,6]); it will therefore be an enormous future challenge to obtain insight into their pre-rRNA binding sites and to unravel the regulation and timing of their enzymatic activity. On the other hand, GTPases, kinases and the three AAA-type ATPases act predominantly at later stages during ribosome biogenesis [2].
Contrary to the proposed pre-rRNA or RNP remodelling functions of most DExD/H-box RNA helicases involved in ribosome biogenesis, recent evidence revealed that the three AAA-ATPases are required for the release of distinct substrate proteins from nucleolar, nucleoplasmic and cytoplasmic pre-60S intermediates [37–40]. The type II AAA-ATPases Rix7 and Drg1, which are closely related to the well-known Cdc48 (p97 in mammals) whose diverse functions are largely linked to the recognition of ubiquitinated substrate proteins [41,42], mediate the release of the essential biogenesis factors Nsa1 and Rlp24 from nucleolar or cytoplasmic pre-60S particles, respectively [38,39]. Despite their striking similarity to Cdc48/p97 [4], there is so far no evidence that links Rix7 or Drg1 to the degradation of defective pre-60S ribosomes or parts thereof. On the other hand, Rea1, the largest yeast protein, shares similarity with the dynein heavy chain protein Dyn1 [4]. Rea1 is involved in two successive pre-60S maturation steps and promotes the release of distinct biogenesis modules (Ytm1-Erb1-Nop7 / Rsa4, Rix1-Ipi3-Ipi1), thus mediating nucleolar exit and priming pre-60S subunits for nuclear export [37,40]. In all cases, the removal of these biogenesis factors from pre-60S particles is essential for their recycling and, importantly, triggers major compositional or conformational changes that constitute key maturation events necessary for the progression of ribosome assembly.
We are ultimately interested in understanding the mechanistic details of the Rix7-mediated release of Nsa1 from late nucleolar pre-60S particles and how the entailed structural rearrangements reshape pre-60S intermediates and allow progression of ribosome assembly. Here we reveal that the lethality associated with the absence of Nsa1 can be suppressed by mutant alleles of the biogenesis factors Ebp2, Mak5, Nop1 and Nop4, thus genetically unravelling possible structural changes within pre-60S particles that influence their assembly kinetics and/or path in order to compensate for the lack of Nsa1 recruitment. Moreover, genetic experiments indicate that Rix7 may have other nuclear substrates besides Nsa1 and that it may recognize and target defective pre-60S subunits for degradation. Finally, our analysis of the functional network around the DEAD-box RNA helicase Mak5 suggests that the ’Mak5 cluster’ factors (Mak5, Ebp2, Nop16 and Rpf1) may orchestrate the structural arrangement of a eukaryote-specific 60S subunit surface composed of Rpl6, Rpl14 and Rpl16 and rRNA expansion segments ES7L and ES39L.
Materials and Methods
Yeast strains and genetic methods
The S. cerevisiae strains used in this study are listed in Table S1, all strains are derivatives of W303 [43] or DS1-2b [44]. For yeast two-hybrid analyses the reporter strain PJ69-4A was used [45]. Deletion disruption and C-terminal tagging at the genomic locus were performed as described [46–48]. Preparation of media, yeast transformation, and genetic manipulations were done according to established procedures.
Plasmid constructs
All recombinant DNA techniques were according to established procedures using Escherichia coli DH5α for cloning and plasmid propagation. All cloned DNA fragments generated by PCR amplification were verified by sequencing. Human NSA1 was PCR-amplified from a cDNA library and first cloned into pBSKS(-) (Stratagene) and then, after a fusion PCR to eliminate mutations within the hNSA1 gene, cloned under the control of the ADH1 promoter in a YCplac111-based vector. More information on the plasmids, which are listed in Table S2, is available upon request.
Isolation and cloning of spontaneous ∆nsa1 bypass suppressors
The NSA1 shuffle strain Y3900 (see Table S1) was transformed with pADH111-hNSA1.N328 and restreaked or spotted, after selection of cells having lost the NSA1 shuffle plasmid pHT4467∆-NSA1 (URA3-ADE3 ) on 5-FoA-containing plates, on YPD plates. The gene complementing the suppressor mutation S5 was cloned by transformation of strain YHD60, which is a meiotic segregant of a cross between suppressor strain S5 and Y3274, with a YCplac111-based yeast genomic library [49]. The library plasmid was rescued from one transformant that showed complementation of the slow-growth phenotype but did not grow on 5-FoA-containing plates. The gene complementing the temperature-sensitive (ts) phenotype associated with the suppressor mutation S4 was cloned by transformation of a strain originating from a backcross of suppressor strain S4 with the NSA1 shuffle strain Y3903 with a yeast genomic library in YCplac111. To clone the gene complementing the ts phenotype of the suppressor mutant Sj, the suppressor strain Sj was first transformed with YCplac33-NSA1 and then with the YCplac111-based yeast genomic library. To ascertain that the suppressor strains carried indeed mutations in the genes complementing the growth and suppression phenotypes, mak5-S5, nop4-S4 and nop1-Sj were amplified by PCR from genomic DNA of the respective suppressor strains. Upon cloning of the PCR products, the nature of the mutation within the suppressor alleles was identified by sequencing.
Synthetic lethal screens
Synthetic lethal (sl) screens with the mak5.G218D and mak5.R728* alleles were essentially performed as previously described [49]. The above mak5 alleles were cloned into YCplac22, and the resulting plasmids were transformed into the MAK5 shuffle strains YDP1 and YDP4, which bear MAK5 on the instable URA3 ADE3 marker containing plasmids pHT4467∆. Cells were grown to exponential phase in liquid SC-Ura-Trp medium, plated on SC-Trp plates and then mutagenized by irradiation with UV light in a Stratalinker 1800 (Stratagene). Cloning of the genes complementing the respective sl-mutations was achieved by using a yeast genomic library in YCplac111 or YEplac181 [49,50]. The sl-screen with mak5.R728* yielded the following candidates whose complementing genes could be cloned: six times NOP16 (SL2, SL4, SL63, SL67, SL85 and SL113), two times RPF1 (SL3 and SL33) and one time RPL14A (SL103). The sl-screen with mak5.G218D yielded only one sl-candidate for which it was possible to clone the complementing gene: EBP2 (SL19). To ascertain that the genes cloned by complementation indeed harboured mutations in the sl-mutant strains, genomic DNA was prepared from the sl-strains and the corresponding mutant alleles were amplified by PCR and directly sequenced and/or cloned into suitable plasmids and then sequenced.
Sucrose gradient analysis and fractionation
Cell extracts for polysome profile analyses were prepared as previously described [51] and layered onto 10-50% sucrose gradients that were centrifuged at 38’000 rpm in a Sorvall TH-641 rotor at 4°C for 2 h 30 min or 2 h 45 min. Sucrose gradients were analysed and fractionated using an ISCO UA-6 system with continuous monitoring at A254.
Preparation of total yeast protein extracts and Western analysis
Total yeast protein extracts were prepared as previously described [52]. Cultures were grown to an OD600 of around 0.8 and protein extracts were prepared from an equivalent of one OD600 of cells. Western blot analysis was carried out according to standard protocols. The following primary antibodies were used in this study: mouse monoclonal anti-GFP (1:3’000; Roche) and anti-Rpl3 (1:5’000; J. Warner, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY); rabbit polyclonal anti-CBP (1:15’000; Open Biosystems), anti-Arc1 (1:20’000; [53]), anti-Ebp2 (1:10’000; J. Woolford, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA), and anti-Nop7 (1:40’000; B. Stillman, Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbour, NY). Secondary goat anti-rabbit (Bio-Rad) or anti-mouse (Bio-Rad) horseradish peroxidase-conjugated antibodies were used at a dilution of 1:10’000. For detection of TAP-tagged proteins the Peroxidase-Anti-Peroxidase soluble complex was used at a dilution of 1:15’000 (Sigma). Proteins were visualized using enhanced chemiluminescence detection kits (Immobilon Western, Millipore; Amersham ECL, GE Healthcare).
Tandem affinity purification (TAP)
TAP purifications of TAP-tagged bait proteins were performed in a buffer containing 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 100 mM NaCl, 1.5 mM MgCl2, 5% glycerol and 0.1% NP-40 essentially as described previously [44,48]. For TEV cleavage, DTT was added to a final concentration of 1 mM to the above buffer. Elution from Calmodulin-Sepharose beads was performed in the presence of 5 mM EGTA. The EGTA eluates were precipitated by the addition of TCA to a final concentration of 10% and dissolved in SDS sample buffer. The samples were then separated on NuPAGE SDS 4-12% gradient polyacrylamide gels (Invitrogen) and stained with colloidal Coomassie (Sigma) or analyzed by Western blotting.
Sequence alignments, secondary structure prediction and analysis of 3D structures
Multiple sequence alignments of orthologous proteins were generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee using the default settings of the EBI website interface [54]. Secondary structure prediction was performed with the PSIPRED v3.3 prediction method available at the PSIPRED website interface [55]. Analysis and image preparation of three-dimensional structures, downloaded from the PDB archive, was carried out with the PyMOL software (PyMOL Molecular Graphics System). For analysis of the eukaryote-specific 60S subunit surface surrounding Rpl14 (L14e), we used the coordinates for 60S r-subunits from the recent S. cerevisiae 80S crystal structure (PDB 3U5H and 3U5I; [56]) and human 80S cryo-EM structure (PDB 3J3B and 3J3F; [57]).
Results
The essential Nsa1 function can be bypassed by mutation of MAK5, NOP1 and NOP4
We have previously shown that the AAA-type ATPase Rix7 strips the essential biogenesis factor Nsa1 from a distinct nucleolar pre-60S particle (see Introduction and [39]). To address whether Nsa1 fulfils an evolutionarily conserved function in ribosome biogenesis, we tested if human NSA1 complemented the lethality of the ∆nsa1 null mutant. Nsa1 is predicted to form an N-terminal 7-bladed WD β-propeller followed by a non-essential C-terminal extension (D.K., unpublished data). As shown in Figure S1, human NSA1 lacking the C-terminal extension (hNSA1.N328) was capable of conferring weak growth to ∆nsa1 null mutant cells (Figure S1). Interestingly, we observed that faster growing colonies appeared spontaneously at a rather high frequency (Figure S1), indicating that the dysfunctionality or even absence of Nsa1 can be easily suppressed. To facilitate cloning of the genes complementing the suppressor mutations, we selected in a first instance those suppressor strains where the suppressor mutation conferred a clear slow-growth or temperature-sensitive (ts) phenotype. By this approach, we managed to clone the genes complementing the suppressor mutation of three suppressor strains (see Materials and Methods). Subsequent PCR amplification and sequencing of the suppressor alleles revealed that all three strains indeed contained mutations in the genes that we had cloned by complementation. Suppressor strain S5 harbours a mutation in MAK5 [mak5.R728*; Arg728(AGA) to stop (TGA)], which encodes a nucleolar DEAD-box RNA helicase involved in 60S subunit biogenesis [58]. Suppressor strain S4 contains a mutation in NOP4 [nop4.S460L; Ser460(TCG) to Leu(TTG)], encoding a nucleolar protein with four RRM motifs that binds to the pre-rRNA in proximity of the 5’-end of the 5.8S rRNA and is required for the stable formation of pre-60S subunits containing the 27SA and 27SB pre-rRNAs [59–61]. Suppressor strain Sj comprises a mutation in NOP1 [nop1.M232K; Met232(ATG) to Lys(AAG)], coding for the methyltransferase component of C/D-box snoRNPs [62–66]. We first assessed the growth phenotypes of these three mutant alleles when expressed under the control of their cognate promoters from a centromeric plasmid (Figure S2A-C). While the mak5.R728* mutant shows a slow-growth phenotype at all temperatures, especially at 37°C, the nop4.S460L and nop1.M232K mutants display only a very mild growth defect at 30°C and are ts at 37°C. Polysome profile analyses revealed that all three mutations confer a deficiency in 60S subunit production, as evidenced by the reduction in free 60S subunits and the occurrence of half-mer polysomes (Figure S2A-C). Since Nop4 was originally identified in a synthetic lethal (sl) screen with the nop1-5 allele [59], we tested whether the nop1.M232K and nop4.S460L alleles are also genetically linked. As shown in Figure S3, combination of these two mutations resulted in a synergistic slow-growth phenotype (Figure S3).
We next determined whether the isolated mak5, nop1 and nop4 alleles, when expressed from a centromeric plasmid, had the capacity to suppress the absence of Nsa1 in the setting of clean double shuffle strains. All three alleles bypassed the requirement for Nsa1, as revealed by the growth of ∆nsa1 null mutant cells expressing the mutant variants of Mak5, Nop1 and Nop4 on plates containing 5-fluoroorotic acid (5-FoA) (Figure S4). To better assess the extent of suppression, we compared the growth properties of cells harbouring the suppressor alleles in the presence or absence of NSA1 after plasmid shuffling (Figure 1A-C). This growth analysis showed that the nop4.S460L allele, even though conferring only a very mild growth defect on its own, very efficiently suppressed the lethality of the ∆nsa1 null mutant (Figure 1C), while the mak5.R728* and nop1.M232K alleles exhibited a moderate and weak extent of suppression, respectively (Figure 1A and B). Notably, suppression was for all three alleles more efficient at 30°C than at 23°C; moreover, growth of the mak5.R728* mutant was identical in the presence or absence of Nsa1 at 37°C (Figure 1A-C). We conclude that the absence of the essential, pre-60S associated Nsa1 can be relatively easily bypassed by mutation of genes encoding biogenesis factors that act at different nucleolar stages of pre-60S maturation (see Discussion and also below). Since we did not carry out an in-depth suppressor screen, it is very likely that reduced functionality of other protein trans-acting factors, besides Mak5, Nop1 and Nop4, may also lead to bypass suppression of the lethal ∆nsa1 null phenotype.
Figure 1. Bypass suppression of ∆nsa1 null lethality by the mak5.R728*, nop1.M232K and nop4.S460L alleles.
MAK5/NSA1 (A), NOP1/NSA1 (B) and NOP4/NSA1 (C) double shuffle strains were co-transformed with plasmids harbouring the indicated wild-type and mutant alleles and/or empty vectors (YCplac111 or YCplac22). After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on synthetic complete medium lacking leucine and tryptophan (SC-Leu-Trp) and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d at 30°C, 4 d at 23°C and 4 d at 37°C.
Rix7 may have additional nuclear functions besides stripping Nsa1 from pre-60S particles
The availability of bypass suppressors of the lethal ∆nsa1 null mutant put us in the unique situation to address whether the AAA-ATPase Rix7 may have additional substrates besides Nsa1 by testing the dominant-negative effect of RIX7 alleles in the ’suppressor’ strains. However, a pre-requisite for this analysis was the construction of dominant-negative alleles of RIX7. Rix7 exhibits the typical domain organization of type II AAA-ATPases, notably containing two central AAA-domains (termed D1 and D2) flanked by a long N-terminal and a very short C-terminal extension (Figure 2A; [4,39]). To define whether ATP binding and ATPase activity are essential features of both D1 and D2 by in vivo experiments, we mutated conserved residues that are implicated in ATP binding (Walker A motif / P-loop) and ATP hydrolysis (Walker B motif / DExx-box) [67], then we assessed the complementation of the lethal ∆rix7 null mutant phenotype by these constructs. This analysis revealed that Rix7 variants with a mutated Walker A motif within AAA-domain D1 (K252A) or mutated Walker A or B motifs within D2 (K580A and E634Q, respectively) are non-functional, while mutation of the Walker B motif within D1 (E306Q) has no significant effect on cell growth (Figure 2B). In conclusion, adenosine nucleotide binding (ATP or ADP) is necessary whereas ATP hydrolysis seems to be dispensable for AAA-domain D1 function; however, AAA-domain D2 function requires both ATP binding and hydrolysis. In agreement with this interpretation, both D2 mutants, but not the D1 Walker A mutant, conferred a dominant-negative phenotype when over-expressed from a galactose-inducible promoter in a wild-type background (Figure 2C). Similarly to Rix7, the main catalytic activity of the closely related AAA-ATPases Cdc48 and Drg1 also resides in their D2 domains [38,68,69].
Figure 2. The D2 domain of the AAA-ATPase Rix7 harbors the catalytic activity.
(A) Schematic representation of the domain organization of Rix7. N, N-terminal domain (amino acids 1-174); NLS, predicted bipartite nuclear localization signal (amino acids 175-194); D1, AAA-domain D1 (amino acids 208-520); D2, AAA-domain D2 (amino acids 536-823). The amino acid changes within the Walker A and B motifs of D1 or D2, respectively, are indicated. (B) In vivo phenotypes of the Walker A and B mutants generated in D1 and D2. Empty vector (YCplac111) and plasmid-borne wild-type RIX7 or the indicated rix7 mutant alleles under the control of the authentic promoter were transformed into the RIX7 shuffle strain. Transformants were spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu and SC+5-FoA plates, which were incubated for 5 d at 23°C (upper panel). Expression levels of plasmid-borne TAP-tagged wild-type RIX7 and the indicated rix7 Walker A and B mutant alleles, expressed from their cognate promoter in a haploid wild-type strain, were determined in whole cell lysates by Western analysis using anti-ProtA and anti-Arc1 (loading control) antibodies (lower panel). (C) Walker A and B mutations within AAA-domain D2 confer a dominant-lethal phenotype. Empty vector and wild-type RIX7 or the indicated rix7 mutant alleles, expressed under the control of the inducible GAL1-10 promoter, were transformed into a haploid wild-type strain. Transformants were spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu (Glucose) and SGal-Leu (Galactose) plates, which were incubated for 4 d at 23°C and 30°C, respectively.
Having dominant-negative alleles of RIX7 at hand, we next assessed their effect on the growth of the mak5.R728* and nop4.S460L ∆nsa1 null ’suppressor’ strains. Interestingly, galactose-induced over-expression of the dominant-negative RIX7.K580A and E634Q mutants still resulted in a lethal phenotype (Figure 3A and B); thus, suggesting that Rix7 may have additional nuclear substrates besides Nsa1. Intriguingly, we noticed that over-expression of wild-type RIX7 already had a strong negative effect on the growth of mak5.R728* cells lacking Nsa1 (Figure 3A) – this effect was less pronounced when the ∆nsa1 null mutation was suppressed by nop4.S460L (Figure 3B). This observation indicates that Rix7, in order to exert such a negative effect on growth, is capable of recognizing pre-60S particles that lack Nsa1. However, since no negative effect of Rix7 over-expression was observed in a wild-type background (Figure 2C), Rix7 presumably only acts on damaged pre-60S particles, which likely manifest their structural deficiency in a characteristic manner (see below and Discussion).
Figure 3. Dominant-lethal RIX7 alleles retain their negative effect on growth in the absence of Nsa1.
MAK5/NSA1 (A) and NOP4/NSA1 (B) double shuffle strains were co-transformed with plasmids harbouring either the MAK5 or NOP4 wild-type genes or the mak5.R728* or nop4.S460L mutant alleles and plasmids carrying the NSA1 wild-type gene or, expressed under the control of the GAL1-10 promoter, wild-type RIX7 and the dominant-negative RIX7.K580A or RIX7.E634Q alleles or empty vector. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp (Glucose) and SGal-Leu-Trp (Galactose) plates, which were incubated for 3 d or 4 d at 30°C, respectively.
Mak5 is associated with the Nsa1 pre-60S particle
Since we are ultimately interested in understanding how Rix7 strips Nsa1 from late nucleolar pre-60S particles, we did not consider to further investigate the basis of the suppression of ∆nsa1 by the nop1.M232K and nop4.S460L allele in the framework of this study, because these two factors act substantially upstream of the Nsa1 pre-60S particle: (i) Nop1, as the methyltransferase component of C/D-box snoRNPs [62–66], acts primarily on 90S pre-ribosomes and very early pre-60S particles and (ii) Nop4 is mainly associated with very early pre-60S particles [8,9,39,70–73]. On the other hand, the reduced formation of mature 25S and 5.8S rRNA from 27S pre-rRNAs upon genetic depletion of Mak5 suggested an involvement of Mak5 in a late step during the nucleolar phase of pre-60S maturation [58]. To address whether Mak5 is specifically associated with nucleolar pre-60S particles, we purified, by applying the tandem-affinity purification (TAP) method, several distinct pre-60S particles from cells expressing chromosomally integrated Mak5-GFP (Figure 4). The TAP-tagged bait proteins subjected to the purifications notably define early nucleolar (Ssf1-TAP), late nucleolar (Nsa1-TAP), nucleoplasmic (Rix1-TAP), nucleoplasmic/cytoplasmic (Arx1-TAP) and late cytoplasmic (Lsg1-TAP) pre-60S particles, while the Nop7-TAP bait purifies a mixture of very early to late nuclear pre-60S particles [19,39,44,74]. As revealed by Western analysis using anti-GFP antibodies, Mak5 is exclusively associated with nucleolar pre-60S particles purified by the Ssf1 and Nsa1 baits (Figure 4). Since Mak5 was previously neither found as a stoichiometric component of Ssf1- nor Nsa1-defined pre-60S particles [39,74], we conclude that Mak5 is only transiently or weakly associated with pre-60S ribosomes.
Figure 4. The DEAD-box protein Mak5 is associated with the Nsa1 pre-60S particle.
Mak5 is associated with the early nucleolar Ssf1 and late nucleolar Nsa1 pre-60S particles. The indicated TAP-tagged bait proteins were affinity-purified from cells expressing Mak5-GFP. The final EGTA eluates were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Coomassie staining (top) and Western blotting using anti-GFP, anti-Nop7, anti-Ebp2 and anti-Rpl3 antibodies (bottom).
The C-terminal extension to the DEAD-box core is important for Mak5 function
Mak5 contains N- and C-terminal extensions of around 170 amino acids flanking the central DEAD-box core (Figures S5A and S5B). The identification of mak5.R728* as a ∆nsa1 suppressor allele suggested that the C-terminal extension is important for Mak5 function. Sequence comparison revealed that the C-terminal extension is relatively well conserved both in primary sequence and secondary structure, notably predicted to harbour four conserved α-helices (Figure S5A). On the other hand, the N-terminal extension contains only few conserved regions and there is no clear conservation of the predicted secondary structure elements (data not shown). To better define the contribution of the N- and C-terminal extension to the biological function of Mak5, we undertook a detailed deletion analysis (Figures S5B and S5C). While a Mak5 variant lacking almost the complete C-terminal extension (mak5.N629; amino acids 1-629) did not support growth (Figure S5B), the N-terminal deletion construct of Mak5 (mak5.166C; amino acids 166-773) exhibited a moderate slow-growth phenotype at 30°C and a pronounced growth defect at 37°C (Figures S5B and S5C). Progressive C-terminal deletion mapping revealed that already a construct expressing amino acids 1-673 of Mak5 (mak5.N673) was not able to confer growth and that the first viable mutant harboured a C-terminal deletion of 50 amino acids (mak5.N723) (Figure S5B). Next, we assessed the growth properties of the viable N- and C-terminal deletion mutants after plasmid shuffling on YPD plates at different temperatures (Figure S5C), revealing in both cases that the growth defects, which were not due to decreased expression levels (data not shown), were more pronounced at 37°C. Finally, polysome profile analysis showed a shortage of 60S subunits both for mutants lacking the complete N-terminal extension (mak5.166C) or the C-terminal 50 amino acids (mak5.N723) (Figure S6). Altogether, we conclude that the C-terminal extension of Mak5, in agreement with its higher degree of evolutionary conservation, is functionally more relevant than the N-terminal extension. Moreover, due to its essential nature, we predict that the C-terminal extension may mediate recognition of the cognate RNA or RNA:protein substrate on pre-60S particles.
Mak5 functionally interacts with Ebp2, Nop16, Rpf1 and Rpl14
Since DExD/H-box RNA helicases largely rely on a specific RNA substrate and/or protein co-factors to efficiently carry out their biological functions (see for example [75–81]), we set out to perform a sl-screen with different mak5 alleles in order to establish the functional network around Mak5 and, if possible, to identify the protein partner(s) that may be required for stimulation of Mak5’s ATPase activity and/or for its recruitment to the cognate substrate. To maximize an optimal recovery of a broad range of distinct sl-partners, we chose to use mak5 alleles harbouring mutations within motif I (Walker A motif; involved in ATP binding) or the C-terminal extension, which are therefore likely affecting ATPase activity (mak5.G218D) or substrate recognition (mak5.R728*). To validate the suitability of the mak5.G218D allele [58], we determined its growth characteristic and polysome profile, revealing a moderate growth defect 23°C, 30°C and 37°C and a deficiency in production of 60S subunits (Figures S5C and S6). The sl-screen with the mak5.R728* allele yielded nine sl-mutants for which we managed to clone the complementing genes, with six of these being complemented by NOP16, two by RPF1 and one by RPL14A (see also Materials and Methods). Of the obtained sl-candidates from the mak5.G218D screen we could complement one sl-mutant with EBP2. In agreement with a function of Mak5 during the nucleolar phase of pre-60S maturation, all the proteins encoded by the identified genes are known to have a role in 60S biogenesis and/or are associated with the Nsa1-defined pre-60S particle or, as for the r-protein Rpl14a, to be a constituent of mature 60S subunits [39,56,73,82–85].
As a next step, we confirmed that the sl-mutant strains indeed contained genomic mutations within the genes that were cloned by complementation. To this end, we PCR amplified and either sequenced directly the PCR products or first cloned and then sequenced the inserts of the plasmids containing the mutant alleles. To visualize the mutations that are present in the individual sl-alleles of the four different genes, we have highlighted the entailed amino acid changes within multiple sequence alignments of the orthologous proteins from S. cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Homo sapiens (Figures S7A, S8A, S9A, and S10A). To assess the phenotypic consequences of these mutations on growth and 60S subunit biogenesis, we either expressed the mutant alleles from centromeric plasmids under the control of their cognate promoters in the respective shuffle strains (for the ebp2, rpf1 and rpl14a alleles) or generated a ∆nop16 null mutant. The ebp2.K287* allele introduces a stop codon after amino acid 286, thereby truncating Ebp2 at the beginning of a predicted, ~60 amino acid long α-helix within the highly conserved Ebp2-core domain (Figures S7A and S14), and confers a relatively strong slow-growth phenotype, which is exacerbated at 37°C, that coincides with a clear reduction in free 60S subunits, the accumulation of half-mer polysomes and an overall reduction in polysome content (Figure S7B). The two rpf1 alleles, rpf1.L199P and rpf1.C139R, similarly affect growth (mild slow growth at 30°C and almost ts at 37°C) and 60S subunit production (Figure S8B). Notably, Leucine 199 is within a highly conserved stretch of Rpf1 and precedes the C-terminally located σ70-like RNA-binding motif by ~55 amino acids (Figure S8A and [85]). The mutations within the six NOP16-complemented sl-mutants represent five different alleles of nop16, with all of these, due to the introduction of frameshifts and/or pre-mature stop codons, likely completely abrogating Nop16 function (Figure S9A). We therefore assessed the growth and polysome profile phenotype of ∆nop16 null mutant cells, revealing a very modest growth defect and a mild reduction in free 60S subunits that was notably visible by the appearance of half-mer polysomes (Figure S9B). We note that Nop16 – despite the very mild impact of the absence of Nop16 on yeast growth under optimal laboratory conditions – is still present in higher eukaryotic and even mammalian organisms (Figure S9A). The essential r-protein Rpl14 (L14e according to the newly proposed nomenclature for ribosomal proteins [86]), which is conserved in some but not all archaeal organisms [56,87], is encoded in S. cerevisiae by the duplicated genes RPL14A and RPL14B. The rpl14a.L123* allele, by changing the triplet coding for Leucine 123 to a stop codon, encodes a mutant Rpl14a protein with a truncated C-terminal α-helix (Figure S10A), which notably mediates interactions with the eukaryote-specific C-terminal α-helix of Rpl16 (L13), the C-terminal region of the eukaryote-specific ribosomal protein Rpl6 (L6e), and the eukaryote-specific rRNA expansion segment ES39L (see Figures S10B, S10C and S11B; [56]). Interestingly, the two C-terminal α-helices of eukaryotic Rpl14 are absent from the existing archaeal L14 orthologues (Figure S11A). The rpl14a.L123* mutant variant, when expressed under the control of its cognate promoter from a centromeric plasmid in ∆rpl14a null mutant cells, confers a mild growth defect that is exacerbated a lower temperatures (Figure S12A). In agreement with an effect on the biogenesis of 60S subunits, the rpl14.L123* mutant displayed a slight decrease in free 60S subunits and some accumulation of half-mer polysomes (Figure S12A). However, when supplied as the sole Rpl14 copy in a RPL14 shuffle strain (∆rpl14a/∆rpl14b), the rpl14a.L123* allele elicited a more pronounced growth and 60S subunit biogenesis defect (Figure S12B). Notably, growth of rpl14a.L123* cells was particularly affected at 37°C and 18°C (Figure S12B). Nevertheless, we still observed even stronger growth and 60S subunit deficits in ∆rpl14a cells (Figure S12A). On the other hand, growth and 60S subunit deficiency of ∆rpl14b cells was very similar to the one of rpl14a.L123*/RPL14B cells (Figures S12A and S12C). It can therefore be concluded that, even though RPL14A and RPL14B encode identical proteins (e.g. in our W303 background), the contribution of Rpl14a to the functional pool of Rpl14 is more prominent than the one of Rpl14b (see also [88]).
Mak5, Ebp2, Nop16, Rpf1 and Rpl14 form a genetically defined functional cluster
To confirm that the identified sl-mutant alleles were indeed the source of the sl-relation with the mak5.G218D or mak5.R728* alleles, we retested their genetic interactions in the setting of de novo created double shuffle strains (for the essential EBP2 and RPF1 genes and the quasi-essential RPL14A gene) or a MAK5/∆nop16 shuffle strain. As expected, the ebp2.K287* allele showed a synthetic lethal phenotype with the mak5.G218D mutant. However, the slower-growing C-terminal deletion mutants of mak5 (mak5.R728* and mak5.N723) only exhibited a synthetic enhancement (se) phenotype when combined with the ebp2.K287* allele (Figure 5A). Conversely, combining the mak5.R728* or mak5.N723 alleles with the ∆nop16 null mutation resulted in synthetic lethality, while the mak5.G218D/∆nop16 pair only exhibited a mild se-phenotype (Figure 5B). In agreement with the severe se-phenotype of the two original RPF1-complemented sl-mutants isolated by the mak5.R728* sl-screen (data not shown), the distinct mak5.R728*/rpf1.L199P and mak5.R728*/rpf1.C139R mutant combinations grew clearly slower than the individual mutant strains alone. The synthetic growth defect was much more pronounced, resulting almost in lethality, when the two rpf1 alleles were combined with the mak5.N723 allele; however, no se-phenotype could be discerned when paired with the mak5.G218D allele (Figure 5C). Due to the non-lethality of the ∆rpl14a null mutant, we assessed the growth of mak5/rpl14a.L123* double mutants on synthetic medium after plasmid shuffling on 5-FoA-containing plates. In agreement with a complete synthetic effect of the mak5.R728* allele on the rpl14a.L123* allele, mak5.R728*/rpl14a.L123* and mak5.R728*/∆rpl14a cells showed the same severe growth defect, which was identical to the one of the ∆rpl14a single mutant strain (Figure 5D). Similarly, a synthetic relation was observed between the mak5.N723 and rpl14a.L123* alleles, while the rpl14a.L123* allele exerted only a minor effect on the growth of mak5.G218D mutant cells. On the other hand, there was no se-phenotype associated with any of the mak5/∆rpl14b combinations (data not shown). We conclude that the expression of C-terminally truncated Rpl14a, and not the lower cellular Rpl14 levels (as in ∆rpl14a or ∆rpl14b cells), causes a synergistic pre-60S maturation defect specifically in conjunction with the expression of Mak5 variants lacking part of the C-terminal extension. The allele specificity of the observed genetic interactions is particularly striking for the ebp2.K287* allele, which, unlike the rpf1 mutants or the ∆nop16 null mutant that are mainly linked to the mak5.R728* and mak5.N723 alleles, shows synthetic lethality only when combined with the mak5.G218D allele (see also Discussion).
Figure 5. Synthetic lethal interactions between different mak5 alleles and ebp2, ∆nop16, rpf1 and rpl14a alleles.
MAK5/EBP2 (A), MAK5/∆nop16 (B), MAK5/RPF1 (C) and MAK5/RPL14A (D) shuffle or double shuffle strains were co-transformed with plasmids harbouring the indicated wild-type and mutant alleles and/or empty vector (YCplac22). Cells were restreaked on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp and SC+5-FoA-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d or 4 d at 30°C (A, B, and C). In the case of the MAK5/RPL14A double shuffle strain, transformed cells were restreaked, after plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d at 30°C (D).
With the aim of establishing a complete genetic network, we next tested the alleles identified by the sl-screens among each other for the enhancement of their respective growth phenotypes. Most strikingly, combination of the ebp2.K287* allele with either of the two rpf1 alleles or the ∆nop16 null allele resulted in synthetic lethality (Figure 6A and 6B). Moreover, the ebp2.K287*/rpl14a.L123* double mutant showed the same severe slow-growth phenotype as the ∆rpl14a single or the ebp2.K287*/∆rpl14a double mutant, revealing that the ebp2.K287* allele minimized the functionality of the rpl14a.L123* mutant to the extent of a complete ∆rpl14a null mutation (Figure 6C). Combining the ∆nop16 null mutation with the rpf1 or rpl14a.L123* alleles evoked a clear and very mild se-phenotype, respectively (Figures S13A and S13B). Finally, we could not observe any synergistic growth defect in the case of rpf1/rpl14a.L123* double mutant cells (Figure S13C). We conclude that Mak5, Ebp2, Nop16, Rpl14a and Rpf1 form a functional, genetically defined, cluster of proteins that likely act at a similar step during pre-60S maturation. Moreover, allele-specificity and strength of the interactions suggest a most intimate interplay between Mak5, Ebp2 and Rpl14.
Figure 6. Synthetic lethal interactions between the ebp2.K287* allele and ∆nop16, rpf1 and rpl14a alleles.
EBP2/∆nop16 (A), EBP2/RPF1 (B) and EBP2/RPL14A (C) shuffle or double shuffle strains were co-transformed with plasmids harbouring the indicated wild-type and mutant alleles and/or empty vector (YCplac22). Cells were restreaked on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp and SC+5-FoA-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d or 4 d at 30°C (A and B). In the case of the EBP2/RPL14A double shuffle strain, transformed cells were restreaked, after plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d at 30°C (C).
The central conserved domain of Ebp2 is sufficient for its functionality
The finding that the ebp2.K287* allele, which introduces a deletion of the C-terminal 141 amino acids of Ebp2, clearly supported growth is different from previously published results showing that deletion of the C-terminal 105 amino acids conferred lethality (Figure S7B and [83]). We therefore carefully re-examined the boundaries that still enable the expression of fully or partially functional Ebp2 variants by a detailed deletion analysis. Ebp2 is composed of a highly conserved, central domain that is predicted to be built up by four conserved α-helices (Figures S7A and S14A). This central domain is flanked by an N-terminal extension of ~185 amino acids, containing a basic region followed by an acidic region, that is substantially shorter or almost completely absent from the orthologous S. pombe or H. sapiens Ebp2 proteins, respectively (Figure S7A). On the other hand, the C-terminal extension, defined here as starting after the fourth predicted central α-helix of ~60 amino acid length, comprises the terminal ~80 amino acids of Ebp2 and contains some well-conserved stretches. Deletion of the N-terminal extension (ebp2.175C and ebp2.189C; amino acids 175-427 and 189-427, respectively), as previously observed for the N∆178 ebp2 construct [83], resulted in a fully functional Ebp2 variant (Figures 7A and S14B). Further N-terminal deletion constructs (ebp2.211C and ebp2.229C), removing the first predicted α-helix of the central domain, did not support growth (Figure S14B). Notably, Ebp2 variants lacking most of or the complete C-terminal extension (ebp2.N357 and ebp2.N347; amino acids 1-357 and 1-347, respectively), showed wild-type growth at all tested temperatures (Figure 7A). To further delineate the C-terminal border, we tested the growth of additional deletion constructs (ebp2.N321, ebp2.N301, ebp2.N286 and ebp2.N281), remarkably revealing that even the construct lacking the complete last predicted α-helix of the central domain supported growth (Figure 7A). The slow-growth phenotype associated with this ebp2.N281 allele was almost identical to the one of the ebp2.N286 allele, which corresponds to a ‘clean’ variant of the original ebp2.K287* mutant. Next, we determined whether the central Ebp2 domain would be sufficient to mediate the function of Ebp2. The constructs lacking both the N- and C-terminal extensions, ebp2(175-357) and ebp2(189-347), conferred wild-type growth at all temperatures, except at 37°C where a growth defect was clearly visible (Figure 7A). Furthermore, the ebp2(175-281) and ebp2(189-281) constructs, having additionally the long predicted α-helix deleted from the C-terminus of the central domain, still sustained growth, albeit at much lower rate (Figures 7A and S14B). Altogether, we conclude that Ebp2 contains a conserved central domain, referred to as the Ebp2-core domain (amino acids 189-347), which forms the minimal unit ensuring almost complete functionality. Strikingly, deletion of the prominent C-terminal α-helix from the Ebp2-core domain still supports growth, indicating that the minimal structural and functional information for Ebp2 to at least partially fulfil its essential task resides in a short segment of ~90 amino acids between residues 189 and 281.
Figure 7. Ebp2 contains an essential, central core domain and the ebp2.K287* allele suppresses ∆nsa1 lethality.
(A) Growth phenotypes of viable ebp2 deletion mutants. Plasmid-borne wild-type EBP2 or the indicated ebp2 deletion mutants under the control of the authentic promoter were transformed into the EBP2 shuffle strain. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 2 d at 30°C, 2.5 d at 37°C, 3 d at 23°C and 6 d at 18°C. The proteins encoded by the N- and/or C-terminally truncated ebp2 mutants are schematically depicted on the right, predicted α-helices within the central Ebp2-core domain are highlighted in red. (B) Bypass suppression of ∆nsa1 null lethality by the ebp2.K287* allele. The EBP2/NSA1 double shuffle strain was co-transformed with plasmids harbouring the EBP2 wild-type gene or the ebp2.K287* allele and a plasmid carrying NSA1 or the empty vector (YCplac22). After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d at 30°C, 4 d at 23°C and 4 d at 37°C. (C) Dominant-negative RIX7 alleles confer lethality to ebp2.K287*/∆nsa1 cells. The EBP2/NSA1 double shuffle strain was co-transformed with plasmids harbouring the EBP2 wild-type gene or the ebp2.K287* allele and plasmids carrying the NSA1 wild-type gene or, expressed under the control of the GAL1-10 promoter, wild-type RIX7 and the dominant-negative RIX7.K580A or RIX7.E634Q alleles or empty vector. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp (Glucose) and SGal-Leu-Trp (Galactose) plates, which were incubated for 3 d or 4 d at 30°C, respectively.
The ebp2.K287* allele suppresses the lethality of the ∆nsa1 null mutant
Next, we tested the capability of the ∆nop16 allele as well as the ebp2, rpl14a and rpf1 alleles, isolated via the mak5 sl-screens, to suppress the lethality of the ∆nsa1 null mutant. To this end, we generated double shuffle strains (for the essential EBP2 and RPF1 genes and the quasi-essential RPL14A gene) or an NSA1/∆nop16 shuffle strain. While expression of the ebp2.K287* mutant was promoting robust growth in the absence of Nsa1 (Figure S15A), the ∆nop16, rpl14a.L123*, rpf1.L199P and rpf1.C139R alleles did not restore growth of ∆nsa1 null mutant cells (Figure S15B-D). To better assess the extent of suppression, we compared the growth properties of ebp2.K287* cells in the presence and absence of NSA1 after plasmid shuffling on 5-FoA-containing plates. This analysis revealed that the ebp2.K287* allele very efficiently suppressed the lethality of the ∆nsa1 null mutant (Figure 7B). As observed before for the mak5.R728*, nop1.M232K and nop4.S460L alleles (Figure 1A-C), suppression was more efficient at 30°C than at 23°C (Figure 7B); moreover, growth of the ebp2.K287* mutant was even slightly better in the absence than in the presence of Nsa1 at 37°C (Figure 7B). Moreover, in validation of the above findings that dominant-negative alleles of RIX7 still exert their phenotypes in the mak5.R728* and nop4.S460L ∆nsa1 null ’suppressor’ strains (Figure 3A and 3B), galactose-induced over-expression of the dominant-negative RIX7.K580A and E634Q mutants also conferred lethality to ebp2.K287*-suppressed ∆nsa1 null mutant cells (Figure 7C). As observed for the mak5.R728* ∆nsa1 null ’suppressor’ strain (Figure 3A), over-expression of wild-type RIX7 already had a strong negative effect on the growth of ebp2.K287* cells lacking Nsa1 (Figure 7C).
Rix7 over-expression reduces growth and 60S formation in mak5 and ebp2 mutants
To expand on the observation that over-expression of wild-type RIX7 particularly affected the growth of the mak5.R728* and ebp2.K287* alleles in cells lacking Nsa1 (Figures 3A and 7C), we next determined the effects of galactose-induced over-expression of RIX7 from the GAL1-10 promoter on mak5.R728* and ebp2.K287* mutant cells in the presence of Nsa1. While over-expression of RIX7 had only a very minor effect on the growth of MAK5 and EBP2 wild-type cells, growth of the mak5.R728* and, even more dramatically, of the ebp2.K287* mutant was severely affected by RIX7 over-expression (Figure 8A and 8B). For control purposes, we also tested over-expression of the dominant-negative RIX7.K580A and E634Q mutants, conferring, as expected, lethality to wild-type as well as mak5.R728* and ebp2.K287* cells.
Figure 8. Over-expression of RIX7 enhances the growth defect and 60S subunit deficiency of mak5.R728* and ebp2.K287* mutants.
The MAK5 (A) and EBP2 (B) shuffle strains were co-transformed with plasmids harbouring either the MAK5 or EBP2 wild-type genes or the mak5.R728* or ebp2.K287* mutant alleles and empty vector or plasmids expressing wild-type RIX7 and the dominant-negative RIX7.K580A or RIX7.E634Q alleles under the control of the GAL1-10 promoter. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp (Glucose) and SGal-Leu-Trp (Galactose) plates, which were incubated at 30°C for 3 d, 3.5 d or 4 d, respectively. (C and D) Over-expression of RIX7 affects 60S subunit biogenesis in mak5.R728* and ebp2.K287* mutant cells. The MAK5 (C) and EBP2 (D) shuffle strains were co-transformed with plasmids harbouring either the MAK5 or EBP2 wild-type genes or the mak5.R728* or ebp2.K287* mutant alleles and empty vector or a plasmid expressing wild-type RIX7 under the control of the GAL1-10 promoter. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on SC-Leu-Trp plates. Transformed cells were first pre-grown in SC-Leu-Trp medium, then diluted into SC-Leu-Trp medium with raffinose as carbon source and, finally, expression of wild-type RIX7 was induced by addition of galactose to the medium. After ~16 h of galactose induction, cell extracts were prepared under polysome-conserving conditions and eight A260 units were resolved in 10-50% sucrose gradients. The absorption profiles were recorded by continuous monitoring at A254. Sedimentation is from left to right. The peaks of free 40S and 60S subunits, 80S free couples/monosomes and polysomes are indicated. Half-mers are highlighted by arrowheads.
Next, we assessed the effects of RIX7 over-expression on 60S subunit biogenesis by polysome profile analysis. To this end, we pre-grew cells in synthetic liquid medium with raffinose as carbon source and then induced RIX7 expression by addition of galactose for ~16 h before preparing the cell extracts. In agreement with the mild effect on growth, RIX7 over-expression only resulted in very subtle changes of the polysome profile of MAK5 and EBP2 wild-type cells, as indicated by a slight decrease in free 60S subunits (Figure 8C and 8D). On the other hand, over-expression of RIX7 in mak5.R728* and ebp2.K287* cells aggravated their 60S subunit deficiency, as evidenced by a further decrease in free 60S subunits and a drastic reduction of polysome content (Figure 8C and 8D). We conclude that Rix7, when highly abundant, negatively acts on pre-60S subunits from mak5 and ebp2 mutant cells, which are likely structurally deranged and might therefore be prematurely channelled into a clearance pathway by excess Rix7 (see Discussion).
Discussion
A genetic network defines the ’Mak5 cluster’ as a novel 60S biogenesis module
In this study, we have identified, based on synthetic lethal interactions, the functional environment around the DEAD-box protein Mak5, which includes Ebp2, Nop16, Rpf1 and the r-protein Rpl14 (Figure 9). The intimate genetic interconnection between all four protein trans-acting factors indicates that Mak5, Ebp2, Nop16 and Rpf1 constitute a novel biogenesis cluster, which we propose to refer to as the ’Mak5 cluster’. Importantly, our genetic analysis represents the crucial first step towards the elucidation of the precise molecular function of Mak5, in conjunction with its genetically defined partner proteins, in one of the multiple assembly steps during the nucleolar phase of pre-60S maturation. Several lines of evidence support the genetic conclusion that Mak5, Ebp2, Nop16 and Rpf1 form a functional unit acting together at a distinct step during the assembly of 60S subunits. First, Ebp2, Nop16 and Rpf1 are stoichiometric components of the late nucleolar pre-60S particle defined by the Nsa1-TAP bait [39], and we have shown here that Mak5 is also associated with the Nsa1 pre-60S particle (Figure 4). Notably, these four biogenesis factors are absent from the nucleoplasmic, Rix1-defined pre-60S particle (Figure 4 and [40]). In agreement, affinity purifications of Ebp2-TAP and Rpf1-HA reveal, as observed for the Nsa1 pre-60S particle, a predominant association with 27SB pre-rRNAs [39,73,85]. Moreover, genetic depletion or mutational perturbation of Mak5, Ebp2 and Rpf1 elicit similar pre-rRNA processing phenotypes, i.e. delayed conversion of 27SA2 into 27SB pre-rRNAs and reduced formation of mature 25S rRNA from the 27SB pre-rRNAs [58,83–85,89], altogether indicating an instability of 27SB pre-rRNA containing pre-60S ribosomes. Moreover, mutations in ebp2 and mak5 likely entail similar structural alterations within pre-60S particles since both the ebp2.K287* and the mak5.R728* allele suppress the lethality of ∆nsa1 null mutant cells (Figures 1A and 7B). Finally, in support of the specificity of the genetic interactions reported here, there have previously no synthetic lethal relations been unveiled for Nop16, Rpf1 and Rpl14. A sl-screen with the ebp2-14 allele, however, recently revealed a functional interaction between Ebp2 and Brx1 [73], which is, as Rpf1, a member of the σ70-like motif family of RNA-binding ribosome biogenesis factors [85,90]. Yeast two-hybrid data further suggest a direct physical interaction between Ebp2 and Brx1 [73]. However, Brx1 clearly remains associated with pre-60S particles that already contain 7S pre-rRNA and mature 25S and 5.8S rRNAs [73,85], and its genetic depletion mainly leads to the accumulation of the 27SA2 pre-rRNA [90]. Altogether these observations suggest an additional or slightly different role for Brx1, therefore, future experiments are needed to address the interesting possibility that Brx1 might also be functionally connected with the other ’Mak5 cluster’ factors.
Figure 9. Model summarizing the genetic networks established in this study.
Nsa1 (green) is a component of late nucleolar pre-60S particles (light bordeaux) whose release and recycling is mediated by the AAA-type ATPase Rix7 (turqoise) [39]. Mutant alleles of the genes encoding the 60S biogenesis factor Ebp2 (red), the DEAD-box RNA helicase Mak5 (light blue), the methyltransferase component of C/D-box snoRNPs Nop1 (chartreuse) and the RRM-containing RNA-binding protein Nop4 (pink) suppress the lethality of ∆nsa1 null mutant cells. These bypass suppressions are indicated by red double arrows, whose line thickness correlates with the observed strength of the suppression. Mak5 forms a genetic network with Ebp2, Nop16, Rpf1 and the r-protein Rpl14. Synthetic lethal and synthetic enhancement interactions amongst these are depicted by blue continuous or dashed ’negative’ arrows, respectively. We propose that Ebp2, Mak5, Nop16 and Rpf1, referred to as the ’Mak5 cluster’ factors, may orchestrate the structural arrangement of a eukaryote-specific 60S subunit surface composed of the r-proteins Rpl6, Rpl14 and Rpl16 and the rRNA expansion segments ES7L and ES39L (not depicted). Since dominant-negative alleles of RIX7 retain their phenotype in the absence of Nsa1, Rix7 may have additional nuclear substrates besides Nsa1. Finally, over-expression of Rix7 negatively affects growth of mak5 and ebp2 mutant cells both in the absence and presence of Nsa1, suggesting that Rix7, at least when excessively abundant, may act on structurally defective pre-60S subunits and may subject them to degradation (gray trashcan). We therefore propose that Rix7 may, besides specifically releasing and recycling Nsa1, sense the structural integrity of pre-60S particles and, if these are excessively damaged, channel them into a clearance pathway.
The ’Mak5 cluster’ factors may orchestrate the structural arrangement of a eukaryote-specific 60S subunit surface composed of r-proteins Rpl6, Rpl14, and Rpl16 and rRNA expansion segments ES7L and ES39L
What could be the role(s) of the ’Mak5 cluster’ during pre-60S maturation? The functional connection between the ’Mak5 cluster’ factors and the r-protein Rpl14a may offer valuable insight into the potential role of these biogenesis factors. The almost exclusively eukaryote-specific Rpl14 (L14e) is located close to the P-stalk on the solvent-side of the 60S r-subunit (Figure S10B and [56]). Interestingly, Rpl14 is found in some, but not all, archaeal organisms; its two prominent C-terminal α-helices at the least, however, are strictly eukaryote specific (Figure S11A). The α-helical part of Rpl14, not including its C-terminal α-helix, is clamped between the long bent helix of the eukaryote-specific rRNA expansion segment ES7L and a short single-stranded region of ES39L on the surface of 60S subunits (Figure S10C and [56]). On the other hand, the β-stranded part of Rpl14 dives a little bit deeper into the 60S subunit where it makes both contact with the eukaryote-specific r-protein Rpl20 (L20e) and the backbone of a short segment (nucleotides 1183-1185) of the 25S rRNA [56]. The N-terminal extension of Rpl14 contacts, by forming a short parallel β-strand, a three-stranded β-sheet of Rpl9 (L6) (Figure S10C and [56]), however, this interaction does not seem to take place in higher eukaryotic 60S subunits (Figure S10A and [57]). Most notably, the eukaryote-specific C-terminal α-helix of Rpl14, which is truncated in the rpl14a.L123* allele (Figures S10A and S10C), is involved in a series of eukaryote-specific interactions, comprising contacts with (i) the long C-terminal, eukaryote-specific α-helix of Rpl16 (L13), (ii) Rpl6 (L6e) and (iii) ES39L (Figures S10C and S11B; [56]). The C-terminal α-helices of Rpl14 and Rpl16 are sandwiched between two distinct structural elements of ES39L, and Rpl6, which is located above the early-assembling Rpl33 (L33e) [91], connects the base of the long bent helix of ES7L with ES39L (see Figure S10C). While the time point of Rpl14 assembly has not been experimentally addressed, Rpl6 and Rpl16 are likely among the very early assembling large subunit r-proteins [91]. Intriguingly however, Rpl14 was not detected in the mass-spectrometric analysis of low-molecular weight proteins of the Ssf1-TAP purification [74], but it was present in Nug1- or Rix1-purified pre-60S particles [40,92], thus suggesting that Rpl14 may only be assembled at the level of late nucleolar pre-60S intermediates. Taken together, the observed genetic connection between Rpl14 and the factors of the ’Mak5 cluster’ may therefore hint at a function of these eukaryote-specific biogenesis factors in the orchestration of the structural arrangement of the eukaryote-specific 60S subunit surface made up of the r-proteins Rpl6, Rpl14 and Rpl16 and the expansion segments ES7L and ES39L. In analogy to the potential role of the Dbp6-containing sub-complex in facilitating incorporation of the r-protein Rpl3 [93,94], the ’Mak5 cluster’ factors might be required for the assembly and stable association of the r-protein Rpl14. At this stage, however, we are still far from understanding the exact molecular role of the ’Mak5 cluster’ factors. Clearly, future experiments are required to corroborate an involvement of the ’Mak5 cluster’ factors in the structural arrangement of this eukaryote-specific 60S subunit surface, for example by defining the (pre-)rRNA binding sites of the ’Mak5 cluster’ factors by CRAC and by structural probing of the local alterations entailed by dysfunctionality of these factors.
Additional open questions concern the recruitment of the putative RNA-dependent ATPase Mak5 to and its activation on pre-60S particles. Since Ebp2, Nop16 and Rpf1, unlike the weakly or transiently associated Mak5, are stoichiometric components of the Nsa1-defined pre-60S particle (Figure 4 and [39]), it can be concluded that these proteins bind independently of Mak5 to pre-60S particles. However, future studies are required to assess whether recruitment of Mak5 to pre-60S particles is dependent on the integrity of its functionally interacting partners. Since our deletion analysis showed that the C-terminal extension, contrary to the N-terminal extension, of Mak5 harbours an essential function (Figure S5B), it is very likely that this C-terminal domain is involved in promoting recognition of the cognate substrate, either by directly interacting with the (pre-)rRNA or by binding to a dedicated, pre-60S associated co-factor. We have so far no evidence for direct physical interactions, as indicated by yeast two-hybrid analyses (data not shown), amongst any of the ’Mak5 cluster’ factors and of these with Rpl14. This suggests that Ebp2, Nop16, Rpf1 and Rpl14 may arrange the local RNP structure such that Mak5 can be efficiently recruited to and activated by its distinct (pre-)rRNA or RNP binding site or, alternatively, that our sl-screen with mak5 alleles has not yet identified the co-factor responsible for recruitment and/or activation of Mak5. Besides assessing the recruitment of Mak5, it will also be informative to address the interdependence of pre-60S association amongst Ebp2, Nop16, Rpf1 and Rpl14. Our genetic data point for example to the possibility that Rpl14a with a truncated C-terminal α-helix may be no longer recruited to pre-60S subunits in ebp2.K287* or mak5.R728* and mak5.N723 mutant cells (Figures 5D and 6C). Furthermore, the distinct allele specificity of the ebp2/mak5 sl-relation, i.e. ebp2.K287* is the only allele identified by the mak5 sl-screens conferring synthetic lethality in combination with the mak5.G218D allele (Figure 5), indicates that Ebp2 is particularly linked to the enzymatic activity of Mak5. However, future studies will be required to address how the local, Ebp2-imposed (pre-)rRNA or RNP structure within late nucleolar pre-60S particles might contribute to the activation of Mak5.
Mutations in EBP2, MAK5, NOP1 and NOP4 bypass the requirement for the essential 60S biogenesis factor Nsa1
Another interesting, but still not well understood aspect of our present study is the observation that the requirement for the essential biogenesis factor Nsa1 can be bypassed by mutant alleles of the genes encoding Ebp2, Mak5, Nop1 and Nop4 (Figures 1 and 7B). Since we did not carry out an exhaustive screen for ∆nsa1 suppressor alleles, it is very likely that mutant variants of additional genes may confer suppression. Strikingly, the nop1.M232K and nop4.S460L suppressor alleles confer only very minor growth and 60S biogenesis defects at their optimal ∆nsa1 suppression temperature of 30°C (Figures S2B and S2C). While the suppression by the nop1.M232K allele, however, is rather weak, nop4.S460L mutant cells grow only slightly slower in the absence of Nsa1 (Figure 1B and 1C). On the other hand, the ebp2.K287* and mak5.R728* alleles confer a clear growth defect (Figures S2A and S7B), nevertheless, they can, especially at 37°C, suppress the absence of Nsa1 to the extent of the growth phenotype of the suppressor mutation (Figures 1A and 7B). Notably, we observed that suppression is in all four cases much less pronounced at 23°C than at 30°C, indicating that the non-recruitment of Nsa1 to pre-60S particles particularly constrains alternative RNP assembly or folding routes at lower temperatures where macromolecular assembly processes are generally less thermodynamically favoured. Since Nop1, besides being associated with the SSU processome / 90S particles [8,9], and Nop4 are present in very early pre-60S particles but are absent from the Nsa1-defined pre-60S particle [39,44,70–72,74], they act on pre-60S particles upstream of the Nsa1 recruitment step. The synthetic enhancement between the nop1.M232K and nop4.S460L ∆nsa1 suppressor alleles suggests that these may affect a similar step of pre-60S assembly (Figure S3). We assume that partial dysfunctionality of Nop1 and Nop4 compensates the lack of Nsa1 on late nucleolar pre-60S particles by having locally altered the RNP structure and/or pre-rRNA folding within very early pre-60S particles, thus permitting alternative assembly and folding intermediates. Alternatively, reduced Nop1 and Nop4 function may kinetically delay early maturation steps, therefore enabling formation of the correct or an acceptable structural intermediate and allowing efficient progression of downstream assembly events in the absence of Nsa1. However, it is at present, without knowing the rRNA binding site(s) of Nsa1, impossible to draw any conclusion about the possible conformational changes of local RNP or (pre-)rRNA structures within pre-60S particles that permit nop1.M232K and nop4.S460L mutant cells to efficiently assemble 60S subunits in the absence of Nsa1. Likewise, we will also first need to determine the (pre-)rRNA binding sites of Ebp2 and Mak5 in order to evaluate how reduced activity or pre-60S binding of these factors might influence the secondary or tertiary rRNA structure around the Nsa1 binding surface. Once the rRNA binding sites of Ebp2, Mak5 and in particular Nsa1 are known, chemical probing should reveal how mutation of ebp2 and mak5 change the secondary structure of these sites and their adjacent rRNA neighbourhood in the absence of Nsa1. While the association of Ebp2 and Mak5 with Nsa1-containing pre-60S ribosomes suggests that they act at the level of late nucleolar pre-60S particles, we cannot rule out that, due to their recruitment at the level of very early pre-60S particles, such as the Npa1 pre-60S particle [70], the suppression conferred by the ebp2 and mak5 alleles is a consequence of the reduced binding of the mutant Ebp2 and Mak5 variants to these very early pre-60S particles.
In conclusion, we have unravelled by genetic means possible structural changes within pre-60S particles that influence their assembly kinetics and/or path in order to compensate for the lack of Nsa1 recruitment. We propose that the systematic analysis of ∆nsa1 suppression by mutants affecting different, from the early to the late nucleolar phase, 60S biogenesis steps would be an ideal assay to further categorize these factors and to obtain insight into their in vivo contribution to (pre-)rRNA folding and RNP assembly with respect to the Nsa1 binding surface. In general, we believe that such bypass suppression analyses represent a powerful genetic tool that can be viewed as an in vivo structure probing approach to unveil functional connections and structural rearrangements during assembly of pre-ribosomal particles, which can then be examined in detail by in vivo or in vitro probing of the rRNA structure. Moreover, our genetic findings support the view that assembly of ribosomal subunits does not exclusively occur via an ordered series of hierarchical steps, but may also rely on multiple parallel pathways [95,96].
The AAA-ATPase Rix7 may have additional nuclear functions besides stripping Nsa1 from pre-60S particles
We have previously shown that the AAA-type ATPase Rix7 mediates the release of the essential 60S biogenesis factor Nsa1 from a distinct, late nucleolar pre-60S particle [39]. In this study, we show that dominant-negative RIX7 alleles still confer lethality to cells capable of growing in the absence of Nsa1 due to the suppression of the lethal ∆nsa1 null mutant phenotype by ebp2, mak5 and nop4 alleles (Figures 3 and 7C). This observation strongly suggests that Rix7, which localizes throughout the nucleus during exponential growth [97], may have additional nuclear substrates besides Nsa1 (Figure 9). Interestingly, over-expression of wild-type Rix7, both in the presence and absence of Nsa1, severely affects growth of the ebp2.K287* and mak5.R728* mutants (Figures 3A, 7C, 8A and 8B), suggesting that Rix7, at least when abundantly present, may recognize and negatively act on pre-60S particles of mak5 and ebp2 mutant cells. Accordingly, we observed that Rix7 over-expression drastically enhances the 60S subunit deficiency of ebp2.K287* and mak5.R728* mutant cells (Figure 8C and 8D). Since there is no negative effect associated with Rix7 over-expression in wild-type cells, we conclude that Rix7 may somehow specifically recognize partially defective pre-60S particles that can, at normal Rix7 expression levels, to a certain extent still productively assemble into mature 60S subunits. We therefore propose that Rix7 may, besides specifically releasing and recycling Nsa1, sense the structural integrity of pre-60S particles and, if these are excessively damaged, channel them into a clearance pathway (Figure 9). At present it is not clear whether the proposed clearance pathway depends on Nsa1 at normal Rix7 expression levels and how Rix7 may recognize structurally hampered pre-60S subunits. In any case, the almost exclusive association of Rix7 with the Nsa1-defined pre-60S particle indicates that Rix7 most likely performs the integrity-sensing function at the level of late nucleolar pre-60S particles before their arrival in the nucleoplasm, where a series of further maturation steps promote acquisition of export competence [2,39]. In light of the substantial homology between Rix7 and Cdc48/p97 [4], a dual role for Rix7 in biogenesis factor recycling (Nsa1) and in targeting defective pre-60S ribosomes for degradation would not be surprising. Many of the diverse cellular functions of Cdc48/p97 are linked to the recognition, either direct or indirect via substrate-recruiting co-factors, of ubiquitinated substrate proteins and their degradation by the proteasome [41,42]. Moreover, the fate of these substrate proteins depends on their ubiquitination status and the recruited co-factors, as they can either be channelled to degradation or released as stable mono-ubiquitinated or unmodified proteins [41,42]. Future efforts will be required to reveal whether defective pre-60S particles undergo ubiquitination and whether Rix7 indeed recognizes these by binding to a distinct or to several ubiquitinated pre-60S factor(s). Furthermore, the connection between the potential Rix7 clearance pathway and the exosome-mediated degradation of polyadenylated (pre-)rRNAs needs to be explored [23–25]. Altogether, we propose that Rix7 may have additional, yet to be identified nuclear functions, likely involving the structural rearrangement of macromolecular assemblies, besides releasing Nsa1 from pre-60S particles. Moreover, Rix7 may, possibly independently of Nsa1, act on faultily assembled pre-60S particles in the framework of a regular clearance pathway. Clearly, future experiments are required to illuminate these exciting possibilities and understand how Rix7 exerts its potentially diverse nuclear functions.
Supporting Information
Yeast strains used in this study.
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Plasmids used in this study.
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Isolation of spontaneous bypass suppressors of the lethal ∆nsa1 null mutant phenotype. The NSA1 shuffle strain was transformed with plasmids carrying NSA1 under the control of the authentic promoter or human NSA1, encoding only the predicted WD-40 β-propeller (hNSA1.N328), under the control of the strong ADH1 promoter. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 7 d at 23°C, 5 d at 30°C and 5 d at 37°C. While hNSA1.N328 complements very weakly the lethality of ∆nsa1 null mutant cells, spontaneous suppressors of this slow-growth phenotype arise with high frequency. Subsequent cloning and allele sequencing revealed that suppressor strains S4 and S5 contain the nop4.S460L and mak5.R728* alleles, respectively.
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Growth and polysome profile analyses of ∆nsa1 suppressor alleles. MAK5 (A), NOP1 (B) and NOP4 (C) shuffle strains were transformed with plasmids harbouring, under the control of the authentic promoters, either the MAK5, NOP1 or NOP4 wild-type genes or the mak5.R728*, nop1.M232K or nop4.S460L mutant alleles, respectively. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for the indicated times at 30°C, 37°C, 23°C and 18°C (upper parts). Polysome profiles of the above wild-type and mutant strains are shown in the lower parts of each subfigure. Briefly, cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30°C or shifted for 3 h to 37°C. Cell extracts were prepared under polysome-conserving conditions and eight A260 units were resolved in 10-50% sucrose gradients. The absorption profiles were recorded by continuous monitoring at A254. Sedimentation is from left to right. The peaks of free 40S and 60S subunits, 80S free couples/monosomes and polysomes are indicated. Half-mers are highlighted by arrowheads. The polysome profiles of NOP1 and NOP4 wild-type strains shifted for 3 h to 37°C are very similar to the ones obtained at 30°C and have been therefore omitted to increase the clarity of the Figure.
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The nop1.M232K and nop4.S460L alleles synergistically affect growth. The NOP1/NOP4 double shuffle strain was co-transformed with plasmids harbouring wild-type NOP1 or the nop1.M232K allele and wild-type NOP4 or the nop4.S460L allele. Cells were restreaked, after plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 2 d at 30°C, 3 d at 23°C and 3 d at 37°C.
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The mak5.R728*, nop1.M232K and nop4.S460L alleles suppress the lethality of ∆nsa1 null mutant cells. MAK5/NSA1 (A), NOP1/NSA1 (B) and NOP4/NSA1 (C) double shuffle strains were co-transformed with plasmids harbouring the indicated wild-type and mutant alleles and/or empty vectors (YCplac111 or YCplac22). Transformed cells were restreaked on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp and SC+5-FoA-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d at 30°C and 4 d or 6 d at 30°C, respectively.
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The C-terminal extension to the DEAD-box core of Mak5 harbours an essential function. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of the C-terminal extensions of Mak5 from S. cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Accession: NP_596107) and Homo sapiens (DDX24; Accession: NP_065147). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. The last motif of the DEAD-box core (motif VI, highlighted in green) was used as the conserved starting point for the alignment. The C-terminal end of the DEAD-box core, derived from sequence comparisons and known DEAD-box RNA helicase structures, is indicated by a dashed green line. Secondary structure elements were predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red and β-strands in blue. Blue arrowheads indicate the C-terminal ends of the different C-terminal deletion constructs. The position of the mak5.R728* mutation is also shown. (B) Growth phenotypes of N- and C-terminal mak5 deletion mutants. Plasmid-borne wild-type MAK5 or the indicated mak5 deletion mutants, all under the control of the authentic promoter, were transformed into the MAK5 shuffle strain. Transformed cells were first restreaked on SC-Leu plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu and SC+5-FoA plates, which were incubated for 3 d or 4 d at 30ºC. The proteins encoded by the N- and/or C-terminally truncated mak5 mutants are schematically depicted on the right; the DEAD-box core is indicated in green and predicted α-helices within the C-terminal extension are highlighted in red. (C) Growth phenotypes of viable N- and C-terminal deletion mutants and the mak5.G218D mutant. Plasmid-borne wild-type MAK5 or the indicated mak5 mutants, all under the control of the authentic promoter, were transformed into the MAK5 shuffle strain. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 2 d at 30ºC, 2.5 d at 37ºC, 3 d at 23ºC and 6 d at 18ºC.
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The mak5.166C, mak5.N723 and mak5.G218D mutants exhibit a deficiency in 60S subunit biogenesis. Plasmid-borne wild-type MAK5 or the indicated mak5 mutants, all under the control of the authentic promoter, were transformed into the MAK5 shuffle strain. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30°C. Cell extracts were prepared under polysome-conserving conditions and eight A260 units were resolved in 10-50% sucrose gradients. The absorption profiles were recorded by continuous monitoring at A254. Sedimentation is from left to right. The peaks of free 40S and 60S subunits, 80S free couples/monosomes and polysomes are indicated. Half-mers are highlighted by arrowheads.
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Ebp2 contains a conserved α-helical core domain and ebp2.K287* displays a 60S subunit deficiency. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Ebp2 from S. cerevisiae, S. pombe (Accession: NP_593575) and H. sapiens (hEBP2 isoform 2; Accession: NP_006815). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements were predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red. The position of the ebp2.K287* mutation, which truncates Ebp2 after amino acid 286, present in sl-mutant strain SL19 is indicated by a blue arrowhead. (B) Growth phenotype (upper part) and polysome profile (lower part) of the ebp2.K287* mutant. Plasmid-borne wild-type EBP2 or the ebp2.K287* allele under the control of the authentic promoter were transformed into the EBP2 shuffle strain. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 2 d at 30ºC, 2.5 d at 37ºC, 2.5 d at 23ºC and 5 d at 18ºC (upper part). Schematic representations of Ebp2 and the C-terminally truncated Ebp2.K287* protein are depicted on the right of the upper part. For simplicity, only the predicted α-helices, highlighted in red, within the conserved Ebp2-core domain are indicated. EBP2 and ebp2.K287* cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30ºC. Cell extracts were prepared under polysome-conserving conditions and eight A260 units were resolved in 10-50% sucrose gradients. The absorption profiles were recorded by continuous monitoring at A254 (lower part). Sedimentation is from left to right. The peaks of free 40S and 60S subunits, 80S free couples/monosomes and polysomes are indicated. Half-mers are highlighted by arrowheads.
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The rpf1.L199P and rpf1.C139R mutants are temperature sensitive and display a 60S biogenesis defect. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Rpf1 from S. cerevisiae, S. pombe (Accession: NP_593868) and H. sapiens (Accession: NP_079341). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements were predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red and β-strands in blue. The positions of the rpf1.L199P and rpf1.C139R mutations, present in sl-mutant strains SL3 and SL33, are indicated by blue arrowheads. The σ70-like RNA binding motif, which is conserved among Brix-family ribosome biogenesis factors, is also indicated. (B) Growth phenotype (upper part) and polysome profile (lower part) of the rpf1.L199P and rpf1.C139R mutants. Plasmid-borne wild-type RPF1 or the rpf1.L199P and rpf1.C139R alleles under the control of the authentic promoter were transformed into the RPF1 shuffle strain. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 1.5 d at 30ºC, 2 d at 37ºC, 2.5 d at 23ºC and 5 d at 18ºC (upper part). RPF1, rpf1.L199P and rpf1.C139R cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30ºC. Cell extracts were prepared under polysome-conserving conditions and eight A260 units were resolved in 10-50% sucrose gradients. The absorption profiles were recorded by continuous monitoring at A254 (lower part). Sedimentation is from left to right. The peaks of free 40S and 60S subunits, 80S free couples/monosomes and polysomes are indicated. Half-mers are highlighted by arrowheads.
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The ∆nop16 null mutant displays only minor growth and 60S biogenesis defects. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Nop16 from S. cerevisiae, S. pombe (Accession: NP_596824) and H. sapiens (hNOP16 isoform 3; Accession: NP_057475). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements were predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red and β-strands in blue. The effects of the nop16 mutations, present in sl-mutant strains SL2, SL4, SL63, SL67, SL85 and SL113, are shown and their positions indicated by blue arrowheads. (B) Growth phenotype (upper part) and polysome profile (lower part) of the ∆nop16 null mutant. The growth of spore clones from a complete tetrad of a heterozygous NOP16/nop16::natNT2 diploid was assessed by spotting cells in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 1.5 d at 30ºC, 2 d at 37ºC, 2 d at 23ºC and 4 d at 18ºC (upper part). NOP16 and ∆nop16 null mutant cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30ºC. Cell extracts were prepared under polysome-conserving conditions and eight A260 units were resolved in 10-50% sucrose gradients. The absorption profiles were recorded by continuous monitoring at A254 (lower part). Sedimentation is from left to right. The peaks of free 40S and 60S subunits, 80S free couples/monosomes and polysomes are indicated. Half-mers are highlighted by arrowheads.
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The rpl14a.L123* mutation truncates the C-terminal α-helix, which is part of a eukaryote-specific 60S subunit surface. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Rpl14 (L14e) from S. cerevisiae (Rpl14a; W303 background), S. pombe (Accession: NP_593924) and H. sapiens (Accession: NP_003964). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements of Rpl14 were taken from the yeast 60S crystal structure (PDB 3U5H and 3U5I; [56]) and the human 60S cryo-EM structure (PDB 3J3B and 3J3F; [57]) or predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red and β-strands in blue. The position of the rpl14a.L123* mutation, which truncates Rpl14a after amino acid 122, present in sl-mutant strain SL103 is indicated by a blue arrowhead. The portion of the C-terminal α-helix that is missing in the Rpl14a.L123* mutant protein is coloured in orange. The short N-terminal segment of S. cerevisiae Rpl14, mediating an interaction with Rpl9 (L6) (see panel C), is highlighted in green. (B) Position of Rpl14 and its close neighbours, forming a eukaryote-specific 60S subunit surface, on the S. cerevisiae 60S crystal structure (PDB 3U5H and 3U5I [56]). To facilitate the orientation, the 60S subunit is both shown in its solvent-side (back) view (left part) and when rotated counter-clockwise for 90º along the y-axis (right part); moreover characteristic features of 60S subunits, such as the central protuberance (CP), the P-stalk and the L1-stalk are indicated. The 25S, 5.8S and 5S rRNAs are shown in wheat, pink and lime, respectively. (C) Close-up of the eukaryote-specific 60S subunit surface formed by the r-proteins Rpl6 (L6e), Rpl14 (L14e) and Rpl16 (L13) and the rRNA expansion segments ES7L and ES39L. The r-proteins Rpl6, Rpl14 and Rpl16 are shown in blue, red and green, respectively. The rRNA expansion segments ES7L and ES39L are shown in bright orange and salmon. Moreover, r-protein Rpl3 (L3) is shown in yellow and r-protein Rpl9 (L6) is labelled by black letters. The portion of the C-terminal α-helix that is missing in the Rpl14a.L123* mutant protein is coloured in orange.
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Rpl14 and Rpl16 contain strictly eukaryote-specific C-terminal α-helices. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Rpl14 (L14e) from S. cerevisiae (Rpl14a; W303 background) and L14 from the archaeal organisms Sulfolobus solfataricus (Accession: YP_005643206) and Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (Accession: NP_247641). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements of Rpl14 were taken from the yeast 60S crystal structure (PDB 3U5H and 3U5I; [56]) or predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red and β-strands in blue. The exclusively eukaryote-specific C-terminal α-helices of Rpl14 are indicated. The portion of the C-terminal α-helix that is missing in the Rpl14a.L123* mutant protein is coloured in orange. Note that L14 is not present in Haloarcula marismortui. (B) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Rpl16 (L13) from S. cerevisiae (Rpl16b) and L13 from the archaeal organisms S. solfataricus (Accession: NP_341641), M. jannaschii (Accession: NP_247162) and H. marismortui (Accession: YP_134851). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements of Rpl16 and L13 were taken from the yeast 60S crystal structure (PDB 3U5H and 3U5I; [56]) and the H. marismortui 50S crystal structure (PDB 1VQO; [98]), respectively, or predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red and β-strands in blue. The exclusively eukaryote-specific C-terminal α-helix of Rpl16 is indicated.
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The rpl14a.L123* allele confers a 60S biogenesis defect. Growth phenotype (upper parts) and polysome profile (lower parts) of the rpl14a.L123* mutant in the ∆rpl14a/RPL14B (A) and ∆rpl14a/∆rpl14b (B) background. Empty vector or plasmid-borne wild-type RPL14A and the rpl14a.L123* allele under the control of the authentic promoter were transformed into RPL14A shuffle strains containing the genomic RPL14B copy (A) or carrying a ∆rpl14b null mutation (B). After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 1.5 d at 30°C, 2 d at 37°C, 2.5 d at 23°C and 4 d at 18°C (upper parts). Cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30°C. Cell extracts were prepared under polysome-conserving conditions and eight A260 units were resolved in 10-50% sucrose gradients. The absorption profiles were recorded by continuous monitoring at A254 (lower parts). Sedimentation is from left to right. The peaks of free 40S and 60S subunits, 80S free couples/monosomes and polysomes are indicated. Half-mers are highlighted by arrowheads. (C) Growth phenotype (upper part) and polysome profile (lower part) of the ∆rpl14b null mutant. The growth of a RPL14B and a ∆rpl14b spore clone, originating from the same complete tetrad of a heterozygous RPL14B/rpl14b::HIS3MX4 diploid, was assessed by spotting cells in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 1.5 d at 30°C, 2 d at 37°C, 2.5 d at 23°C and 4 d at 18°C (upper part). RPL14B and ∆rpl14b null mutant cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30°C. Preparation of cell extracts as well as analysis and labeling of polysome profiles (lower part) is as described in the legend to Figures S12A and S12B.
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Analysis of synthetic enhancement interactions between rpf1, ∆nop16 and rpl14a.L123* alleles. RPF1/∆nop16 (A), RPL14A/∆nop16 (B) and RPL14A/RPF1 (C) shuffle or double shuffle strains were co-transformed with plasmids harbouring the indicated wild-type and mutant alleles and/or empty vectors (YCplac111 or YCplac22). Cells were restreaked on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp and SC+5-FoA-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d or 4 d at 30°C (A). In the case of the RPL14A/∆nop16 (B) and RPL14A/RPF1 (C) shuffle or double shuffle strains, transformed cells were restreaked, after plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d at 30°C or 4 d at 23°C.
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The conserved and α-helical Ebp2-core domain is sufficient to fulfill the essential Ebp2 function. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Ebp2, excluding its weakly conserved N-terminal extension, from S. cerevisiae, S. pombe (Accession: NP_593575) and H. sapiens (hEBP2 isoform 2; Accession: NP_006815). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements were predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red. Blue arrowheads indicate the N- and C-terminal ends of the different N- and/or C-terminal deletion constructs. (B) Growth phenotype of N- and/or C-terminal ebp2 deletion mutants. Empty vector or plasmid-borne wild-type EBP2 and the indicated ebp2 deletion mutants under the control of the authentic promoter were transformed into the EBP2 shuffle strain. Transformed cells were first restreaked on SC-Leu plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu and SC+5-FoA-Leu plates, which were incubated for 3 d or 4 d at 30ºC. Schematic representations of Ebp2 and the N- and/or C-terminally truncated Ebp2 variants are depicted on the right. For simplicity, only the predicted α-helices, highlighted in red, within the conserved Ebp2-core domain are indicated.
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The ebp2.K287* allele suppresses the lethality of ∆nsa1 null mutant cells. EBP2/NSA1 (A), ∆nop16/NSA1 (B), RPL14A/NSA1 (C) and RPF1/NSA1 (D) single and double shuffle strains were co-transformed with plasmids harbouring the indicated wild-type and mutant alleles and/or empty vectors (YCplac111 or YCplac22). Transformed cells were restreaked on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp and SC+5-FoA-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d at 30°C and 4 d at 30°C, respectively.
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Acknowledgments
We thank Daniela Strauß and Christine Déforel for their excellent technical assistance during the initial phase of the project and John Woolford for providing anti-Ebp2 antibodies. We are grateful to Jesús de la Cruz and Claudio De Virgilio for critical reading of the manuscript.
Funding Statement
This work was supported by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (PP00P3_123341) to DK. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Yeast strains used in this study.
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Plasmids used in this study.
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Isolation of spontaneous bypass suppressors of the lethal ∆nsa1 null mutant phenotype. The NSA1 shuffle strain was transformed with plasmids carrying NSA1 under the control of the authentic promoter or human NSA1, encoding only the predicted WD-40 β-propeller (hNSA1.N328), under the control of the strong ADH1 promoter. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 7 d at 23°C, 5 d at 30°C and 5 d at 37°C. While hNSA1.N328 complements very weakly the lethality of ∆nsa1 null mutant cells, spontaneous suppressors of this slow-growth phenotype arise with high frequency. Subsequent cloning and allele sequencing revealed that suppressor strains S4 and S5 contain the nop4.S460L and mak5.R728* alleles, respectively.
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Growth and polysome profile analyses of ∆nsa1 suppressor alleles. MAK5 (A), NOP1 (B) and NOP4 (C) shuffle strains were transformed with plasmids harbouring, under the control of the authentic promoters, either the MAK5, NOP1 or NOP4 wild-type genes or the mak5.R728*, nop1.M232K or nop4.S460L mutant alleles, respectively. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for the indicated times at 30°C, 37°C, 23°C and 18°C (upper parts). Polysome profiles of the above wild-type and mutant strains are shown in the lower parts of each subfigure. Briefly, cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30°C or shifted for 3 h to 37°C. Cell extracts were prepared under polysome-conserving conditions and eight A260 units were resolved in 10-50% sucrose gradients. The absorption profiles were recorded by continuous monitoring at A254. Sedimentation is from left to right. The peaks of free 40S and 60S subunits, 80S free couples/monosomes and polysomes are indicated. Half-mers are highlighted by arrowheads. The polysome profiles of NOP1 and NOP4 wild-type strains shifted for 3 h to 37°C are very similar to the ones obtained at 30°C and have been therefore omitted to increase the clarity of the Figure.
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The nop1.M232K and nop4.S460L alleles synergistically affect growth. The NOP1/NOP4 double shuffle strain was co-transformed with plasmids harbouring wild-type NOP1 or the nop1.M232K allele and wild-type NOP4 or the nop4.S460L allele. Cells were restreaked, after plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 2 d at 30°C, 3 d at 23°C and 3 d at 37°C.
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The mak5.R728*, nop1.M232K and nop4.S460L alleles suppress the lethality of ∆nsa1 null mutant cells. MAK5/NSA1 (A), NOP1/NSA1 (B) and NOP4/NSA1 (C) double shuffle strains were co-transformed with plasmids harbouring the indicated wild-type and mutant alleles and/or empty vectors (YCplac111 or YCplac22). Transformed cells were restreaked on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp and SC+5-FoA-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d at 30°C and 4 d or 6 d at 30°C, respectively.
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The C-terminal extension to the DEAD-box core of Mak5 harbours an essential function. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of the C-terminal extensions of Mak5 from S. cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Accession: NP_596107) and Homo sapiens (DDX24; Accession: NP_065147). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. The last motif of the DEAD-box core (motif VI, highlighted in green) was used as the conserved starting point for the alignment. The C-terminal end of the DEAD-box core, derived from sequence comparisons and known DEAD-box RNA helicase structures, is indicated by a dashed green line. Secondary structure elements were predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red and β-strands in blue. Blue arrowheads indicate the C-terminal ends of the different C-terminal deletion constructs. The position of the mak5.R728* mutation is also shown. (B) Growth phenotypes of N- and C-terminal mak5 deletion mutants. Plasmid-borne wild-type MAK5 or the indicated mak5 deletion mutants, all under the control of the authentic promoter, were transformed into the MAK5 shuffle strain. Transformed cells were first restreaked on SC-Leu plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu and SC+5-FoA plates, which were incubated for 3 d or 4 d at 30ºC. The proteins encoded by the N- and/or C-terminally truncated mak5 mutants are schematically depicted on the right; the DEAD-box core is indicated in green and predicted α-helices within the C-terminal extension are highlighted in red. (C) Growth phenotypes of viable N- and C-terminal deletion mutants and the mak5.G218D mutant. Plasmid-borne wild-type MAK5 or the indicated mak5 mutants, all under the control of the authentic promoter, were transformed into the MAK5 shuffle strain. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 2 d at 30ºC, 2.5 d at 37ºC, 3 d at 23ºC and 6 d at 18ºC.
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The mak5.166C, mak5.N723 and mak5.G218D mutants exhibit a deficiency in 60S subunit biogenesis. Plasmid-borne wild-type MAK5 or the indicated mak5 mutants, all under the control of the authentic promoter, were transformed into the MAK5 shuffle strain. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30°C. Cell extracts were prepared under polysome-conserving conditions and eight A260 units were resolved in 10-50% sucrose gradients. The absorption profiles were recorded by continuous monitoring at A254. Sedimentation is from left to right. The peaks of free 40S and 60S subunits, 80S free couples/monosomes and polysomes are indicated. Half-mers are highlighted by arrowheads.
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Ebp2 contains a conserved α-helical core domain and ebp2.K287* displays a 60S subunit deficiency. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Ebp2 from S. cerevisiae, S. pombe (Accession: NP_593575) and H. sapiens (hEBP2 isoform 2; Accession: NP_006815). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements were predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red. The position of the ebp2.K287* mutation, which truncates Ebp2 after amino acid 286, present in sl-mutant strain SL19 is indicated by a blue arrowhead. (B) Growth phenotype (upper part) and polysome profile (lower part) of the ebp2.K287* mutant. Plasmid-borne wild-type EBP2 or the ebp2.K287* allele under the control of the authentic promoter were transformed into the EBP2 shuffle strain. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 2 d at 30ºC, 2.5 d at 37ºC, 2.5 d at 23ºC and 5 d at 18ºC (upper part). Schematic representations of Ebp2 and the C-terminally truncated Ebp2.K287* protein are depicted on the right of the upper part. For simplicity, only the predicted α-helices, highlighted in red, within the conserved Ebp2-core domain are indicated. EBP2 and ebp2.K287* cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30ºC. Cell extracts were prepared under polysome-conserving conditions and eight A260 units were resolved in 10-50% sucrose gradients. The absorption profiles were recorded by continuous monitoring at A254 (lower part). Sedimentation is from left to right. The peaks of free 40S and 60S subunits, 80S free couples/monosomes and polysomes are indicated. Half-mers are highlighted by arrowheads.
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The rpf1.L199P and rpf1.C139R mutants are temperature sensitive and display a 60S biogenesis defect. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Rpf1 from S. cerevisiae, S. pombe (Accession: NP_593868) and H. sapiens (Accession: NP_079341). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements were predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red and β-strands in blue. The positions of the rpf1.L199P and rpf1.C139R mutations, present in sl-mutant strains SL3 and SL33, are indicated by blue arrowheads. The σ70-like RNA binding motif, which is conserved among Brix-family ribosome biogenesis factors, is also indicated. (B) Growth phenotype (upper part) and polysome profile (lower part) of the rpf1.L199P and rpf1.C139R mutants. Plasmid-borne wild-type RPF1 or the rpf1.L199P and rpf1.C139R alleles under the control of the authentic promoter were transformed into the RPF1 shuffle strain. After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 1.5 d at 30ºC, 2 d at 37ºC, 2.5 d at 23ºC and 5 d at 18ºC (upper part). RPF1, rpf1.L199P and rpf1.C139R cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30ºC. Cell extracts were prepared under polysome-conserving conditions and eight A260 units were resolved in 10-50% sucrose gradients. The absorption profiles were recorded by continuous monitoring at A254 (lower part). Sedimentation is from left to right. The peaks of free 40S and 60S subunits, 80S free couples/monosomes and polysomes are indicated. Half-mers are highlighted by arrowheads.
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The ∆nop16 null mutant displays only minor growth and 60S biogenesis defects. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Nop16 from S. cerevisiae, S. pombe (Accession: NP_596824) and H. sapiens (hNOP16 isoform 3; Accession: NP_057475). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements were predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red and β-strands in blue. The effects of the nop16 mutations, present in sl-mutant strains SL2, SL4, SL63, SL67, SL85 and SL113, are shown and their positions indicated by blue arrowheads. (B) Growth phenotype (upper part) and polysome profile (lower part) of the ∆nop16 null mutant. The growth of spore clones from a complete tetrad of a heterozygous NOP16/nop16::natNT2 diploid was assessed by spotting cells in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 1.5 d at 30ºC, 2 d at 37ºC, 2 d at 23ºC and 4 d at 18ºC (upper part). NOP16 and ∆nop16 null mutant cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30ºC. Cell extracts were prepared under polysome-conserving conditions and eight A260 units were resolved in 10-50% sucrose gradients. The absorption profiles were recorded by continuous monitoring at A254 (lower part). Sedimentation is from left to right. The peaks of free 40S and 60S subunits, 80S free couples/monosomes and polysomes are indicated. Half-mers are highlighted by arrowheads.
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The rpl14a.L123* mutation truncates the C-terminal α-helix, which is part of a eukaryote-specific 60S subunit surface. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Rpl14 (L14e) from S. cerevisiae (Rpl14a; W303 background), S. pombe (Accession: NP_593924) and H. sapiens (Accession: NP_003964). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements of Rpl14 were taken from the yeast 60S crystal structure (PDB 3U5H and 3U5I; [56]) and the human 60S cryo-EM structure (PDB 3J3B and 3J3F; [57]) or predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red and β-strands in blue. The position of the rpl14a.L123* mutation, which truncates Rpl14a after amino acid 122, present in sl-mutant strain SL103 is indicated by a blue arrowhead. The portion of the C-terminal α-helix that is missing in the Rpl14a.L123* mutant protein is coloured in orange. The short N-terminal segment of S. cerevisiae Rpl14, mediating an interaction with Rpl9 (L6) (see panel C), is highlighted in green. (B) Position of Rpl14 and its close neighbours, forming a eukaryote-specific 60S subunit surface, on the S. cerevisiae 60S crystal structure (PDB 3U5H and 3U5I [56]). To facilitate the orientation, the 60S subunit is both shown in its solvent-side (back) view (left part) and when rotated counter-clockwise for 90º along the y-axis (right part); moreover characteristic features of 60S subunits, such as the central protuberance (CP), the P-stalk and the L1-stalk are indicated. The 25S, 5.8S and 5S rRNAs are shown in wheat, pink and lime, respectively. (C) Close-up of the eukaryote-specific 60S subunit surface formed by the r-proteins Rpl6 (L6e), Rpl14 (L14e) and Rpl16 (L13) and the rRNA expansion segments ES7L and ES39L. The r-proteins Rpl6, Rpl14 and Rpl16 are shown in blue, red and green, respectively. The rRNA expansion segments ES7L and ES39L are shown in bright orange and salmon. Moreover, r-protein Rpl3 (L3) is shown in yellow and r-protein Rpl9 (L6) is labelled by black letters. The portion of the C-terminal α-helix that is missing in the Rpl14a.L123* mutant protein is coloured in orange.
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Rpl14 and Rpl16 contain strictly eukaryote-specific C-terminal α-helices. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Rpl14 (L14e) from S. cerevisiae (Rpl14a; W303 background) and L14 from the archaeal organisms Sulfolobus solfataricus (Accession: YP_005643206) and Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (Accession: NP_247641). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements of Rpl14 were taken from the yeast 60S crystal structure (PDB 3U5H and 3U5I; [56]) or predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red and β-strands in blue. The exclusively eukaryote-specific C-terminal α-helices of Rpl14 are indicated. The portion of the C-terminal α-helix that is missing in the Rpl14a.L123* mutant protein is coloured in orange. Note that L14 is not present in Haloarcula marismortui. (B) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Rpl16 (L13) from S. cerevisiae (Rpl16b) and L13 from the archaeal organisms S. solfataricus (Accession: NP_341641), M. jannaschii (Accession: NP_247162) and H. marismortui (Accession: YP_134851). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements of Rpl16 and L13 were taken from the yeast 60S crystal structure (PDB 3U5H and 3U5I; [56]) and the H. marismortui 50S crystal structure (PDB 1VQO; [98]), respectively, or predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red and β-strands in blue. The exclusively eukaryote-specific C-terminal α-helix of Rpl16 is indicated.
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The rpl14a.L123* allele confers a 60S biogenesis defect. Growth phenotype (upper parts) and polysome profile (lower parts) of the rpl14a.L123* mutant in the ∆rpl14a/RPL14B (A) and ∆rpl14a/∆rpl14b (B) background. Empty vector or plasmid-borne wild-type RPL14A and the rpl14a.L123* allele under the control of the authentic promoter were transformed into RPL14A shuffle strains containing the genomic RPL14B copy (A) or carrying a ∆rpl14b null mutation (B). After plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, cells were restreaked on YPD plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 1.5 d at 30°C, 2 d at 37°C, 2.5 d at 23°C and 4 d at 18°C (upper parts). Cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30°C. Cell extracts were prepared under polysome-conserving conditions and eight A260 units were resolved in 10-50% sucrose gradients. The absorption profiles were recorded by continuous monitoring at A254 (lower parts). Sedimentation is from left to right. The peaks of free 40S and 60S subunits, 80S free couples/monosomes and polysomes are indicated. Half-mers are highlighted by arrowheads. (C) Growth phenotype (upper part) and polysome profile (lower part) of the ∆rpl14b null mutant. The growth of a RPL14B and a ∆rpl14b spore clone, originating from the same complete tetrad of a heterozygous RPL14B/rpl14b::HIS3MX4 diploid, was assessed by spotting cells in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto YPD plates, which were incubated for 1.5 d at 30°C, 2 d at 37°C, 2.5 d at 23°C and 4 d at 18°C (upper part). RPL14B and ∆rpl14b null mutant cells were grown in YPD medium to an OD600 of ~0.8 at 30°C. Preparation of cell extracts as well as analysis and labeling of polysome profiles (lower part) is as described in the legend to Figures S12A and S12B.
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Analysis of synthetic enhancement interactions between rpf1, ∆nop16 and rpl14a.L123* alleles. RPF1/∆nop16 (A), RPL14A/∆nop16 (B) and RPL14A/RPF1 (C) shuffle or double shuffle strains were co-transformed with plasmids harbouring the indicated wild-type and mutant alleles and/or empty vectors (YCplac111 or YCplac22). Cells were restreaked on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp and SC+5-FoA-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d or 4 d at 30°C (A). In the case of the RPL14A/∆nop16 (B) and RPL14A/RPF1 (C) shuffle or double shuffle strains, transformed cells were restreaked, after plasmid shuffling on plates containing 5-FoA, on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d at 30°C or 4 d at 23°C.
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The conserved and α-helical Ebp2-core domain is sufficient to fulfill the essential Ebp2 function. (A) Multiple sequence alignment, generated in the ClustalW output format with T-Coffee, of Ebp2, excluding its weakly conserved N-terminal extension, from S. cerevisiae, S. pombe (Accession: NP_593575) and H. sapiens (hEBP2 isoform 2; Accession: NP_006815). Conserved (*), strongly similar (:) and weakly similar (.) amino acids are indicated below the alignment. Secondary structure elements were predicted by PSIPRED; α-helices are highlighted in red. Blue arrowheads indicate the N- and C-terminal ends of the different N- and/or C-terminal deletion constructs. (B) Growth phenotype of N- and/or C-terminal ebp2 deletion mutants. Empty vector or plasmid-borne wild-type EBP2 and the indicated ebp2 deletion mutants under the control of the authentic promoter were transformed into the EBP2 shuffle strain. Transformed cells were first restreaked on SC-Leu plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu and SC+5-FoA-Leu plates, which were incubated for 3 d or 4 d at 30ºC. Schematic representations of Ebp2 and the N- and/or C-terminally truncated Ebp2 variants are depicted on the right. For simplicity, only the predicted α-helices, highlighted in red, within the conserved Ebp2-core domain are indicated.
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The ebp2.K287* allele suppresses the lethality of ∆nsa1 null mutant cells. EBP2/NSA1 (A), ∆nop16/NSA1 (B), RPL14A/NSA1 (C) and RPF1/NSA1 (D) single and double shuffle strains were co-transformed with plasmids harbouring the indicated wild-type and mutant alleles and/or empty vectors (YCplac111 or YCplac22). Transformed cells were restreaked on SC-Leu-Trp plates and then spotted in 10-fold serial dilution steps onto SC-Leu-Trp and SC+5-FoA-Leu-Trp plates, which were incubated for 3 d at 30°C and 4 d at 30°C, respectively.
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