Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Pages: 7938-7949

Journal: Nucleic Acids Research

Volume number: 45

Issue number: 13

ISSN: 0305-1048

Open access status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx437

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Abstract: 
The conserved Sm and Sm-like proteins are involved in different aspects of RNA metabolism. Here, we explored the interactome of SmAP1 and SmAP2 of the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (Sso) to shed light on their physiological function(s). Both, SmAP1 and SmAP2 co-purified with several proteins involved in RNA-processing/modification, translation and protein turnover as well as with components of the exosome involved in 3' to 5' degradation of RNA. In follow-up studies a direct interaction with the poly(A) binding and accessory exosomal subunit DnaG was demonstrated. Moreover, elevated levels of both SmAPs resulted in increased abundance of the soluble exosome fraction, suggesting that they affect the subcellular localization of the exosome in the cell. The increased solubility of the exosome was accompanied by augmented levels of RNAs with A-rich tails that were further characterized using RNASeq. Hence, the observation that the Sso SmAPs impact on the activity of the exosome revealed a hitherto unrecognized function of SmAPs in archaea.

Harvard Citation style: Martens, B., Hou, L., Amman, F., Wolfinger, M., Evguenieva-Hackenberg, E. and Blasi, U. (2017) The SmAP1/2 proteins of the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus interact with the exosome and stimulate A-rich tailing of transcripts, Nucleic Acids Research, 45(13), pp. 7938-7949. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx437

APA Citation style: Martens, B., Hou, L., Amman, F., Wolfinger, M., Evguenieva-Hackenberg, E., & Blasi, U. (2017). The SmAP1/2 proteins of the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus interact with the exosome and stimulate A-rich tailing of transcripts. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(13), 7938-7949. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx437