The molecular basis for ANE syndrome revealed by the large ribosomal subunit processome interactome

  1. Kathleen McCann
  2. Takamasa Teramoto
  3. Jun Zhang
  4. Traci M Tanaka Hall
  5. Susan J Baserga  Is a corresponding author
  1. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, United States
  2. Yale University, United States

Abstract

ANE syndrome is a ribosomopathy caused by a mutation in an RNA recognition motif of RBM28, a nucleolar protein conserved to yeast (Nop4). While patients with ANE syndrome have fewer mature ribosomes, it is unclear how this mutation disrupts ribosome assembly. Here we use yeast as a model system and show that the mutation confers growth and pre-rRNA processing defects. Recently, we found that Nop4 is a hub protein in the nucleolar large subunit (LSU) processome interactome. Here we demonstrate that the ANE syndrome mutation disrupts Nop4's hub function by abrogating several of Nop4's protein-protein interactions. Circular dichroism and NMR demonstrate that the ANE syndrome mutation in RRM3 of human RBM28 disrupts domain folding. We conclude that the ANE syndrome mutation generates defective protein folding which abrogates protein-protein interactions and causes faulty pre-LSU rRNA processing, thus revealing the molecular basis of this human disease.

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  1. Kathleen McCann

    Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, United States
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  2. Takamasa Teramoto

    Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, United States
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  3. Jun Zhang

    Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, United States
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  4. Traci M Tanaka Hall

    Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, United States
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  5. Susan J Baserga

    Department of Genetics, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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    susan.baserga@yale.edu
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  1. Kathleen McCann
  2. Takamasa Teramoto
  3. Jun Zhang
  4. Traci M Tanaka Hall
  5. Susan J Baserga
(2016)
The molecular basis for ANE syndrome revealed by the large ribosomal subunit processome interactome
eLife 5:e16381.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16381

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