Structural insights into the nucleic acid remodeling mechanisms of the yeast THO-Sub2 complex
- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany
Abstract
The yeast THO complex is recruited to active genes and interacts with the RNA-dependent ATPase Sub2 to facilitate the formation of mature export-competent mRNPs and to prevent the co-transcriptional formation of RNA:DNA-hybrid-containing structures. How THO-containing complexes function at the mechanistic level is unclear. Here, we elucidated a 3.4Å resolution structure of S. cerevisiae THO-Sub2 by cryo-electron microscopy. THO subunits Tho2 and Hpr1 intertwine to form a platform that is bound by Mft1, Thp2, and Tex1. The resulting complex homodimerizes in an asymmetric fashion, with a Sub2 molecule attached to each protomer. The homodimerization interfaces serve as a fulcrum for a seesaw-like movement concomitant with conformational changes of the Sub2 ATPase. The overall structural architecture and topology suggest the molecular mechanisms of nucleic acid remodeling during mRNA biogenesis.
Data availability
Cryo-EM maps are available in the Electron Microscopy Data Bank (11859 and 11871). Atomic models are available in the Protein Data Bank (7APX and 7AQO).
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European Commission (EXORICO)
- Elena Conti
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (201302640)
- Elena Conti
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (369799452)
- Elena Conti
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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- Karsten Weis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Version history
- Received: July 27, 2020
- Accepted: November 13, 2020
- Accepted Manuscript published: November 16, 2020 (version 1)
- Version of Record published: December 16, 2020 (version 2)
- Version of Record updated: November 15, 2023 (version 3)
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© 2020, Schuller et al.
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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Structural insights into the nucleic acid remodeling mechanisms of the yeast THO-Sub2 complex
eLife 9:e61467.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61467
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