1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Cryo-EM structure of the yeast TREX complex and coordination with the SR-like protein Gbp2

  1. Yihu Xie  Is a corresponding author
  2. Bradley P Clarke
  3. Yong Joon Kim
  4. Austin L Ivey
  5. Pate S Hill
  6. Yi Shi
  7. Yi Ren  Is a corresponding author
  1. Vanderbilt University, United States
  2. University of Pittsburgh, United States
  3. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.65699
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  1. Yihu Xie
  2. Bradley P Clarke
  3. Yong Joon Kim
  4. Austin L Ivey
  5. Pate S Hill
  6. Yi Shi
  7. Yi Ren
(2021)
Cryo-EM structure of the yeast TREX complex and coordination with the SR-like protein Gbp2
eLife 10:e65699.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.65699
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Abstract

The evolutionarily conserved TREX complex plays central roles during mRNP (messenger ribonucleoprotein) maturation and export from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In yeast, TREX is composed of the THO sub-complex (Tho2, Hpr1, Tex1, Mft1, and Thp2), the DEAD box ATPase Sub2, and Yra1. Here we present a 3.7 Å cryo-EM structure of the yeast THO•Sub2 complex. The structure reveals the intimate assembly of THO revolving around its largest subunit Tho2. THO stabilizes a semi-open conformation of the Sub2 ATPase via interactions with Tho2. We show that THO interacts with the SR-like protein Gbp2 through both the RS domain and RRM domains of Gbp2. Crosslinking mass spectrometry analysis supports the extensive interactions between THO and Gbp2, further revealing that RRM domains of Gbp2 are in close proximity to the C-terminal domain of Tho2. We propose that THO serves as a landing pad to configure Gbp2 to facilitate its loading onto mRNP.

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The cryo-EM density maps have been deposited in the Electron Microscopy Data Bank under the accession number EMD-23527. The coordinates of the THO•Sub2 complex has be deposited in the Protein Data Bank under the accession number 7LUV.

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  1. Yihu Xie

    Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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  2. Bradley P Clarke

    Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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  3. Yong Joon Kim

    Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
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  4. Austin L Ivey

    Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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  5. Pate S Hill

    Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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  6. Yi Shi

    Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States
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  7. Yi Ren

    Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM133743)

  • Yihu Xie
  • Bradley P Clarke
  • Austin L Ivey
  • Pate S Hill
  • Yi Ren

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM137905)

  • Yong Joon Kim
  • Yi Shi

National Cancer Institute (T32CA119925)

  • Bradley P Clarke

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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  1. Karsten Weis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Publication history

  1. Received: December 12, 2020
  2. Accepted: March 30, 2021
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: March 31, 2021 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: April 13, 2021 (version 2)

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© 2021, Xie et al.

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  1. Yihu Xie
  2. Bradley P Clarke
  3. Yong Joon Kim
  4. Austin L Ivey
  5. Pate S Hill
  6. Yi Shi
  7. Yi Ren
(2021)
Cryo-EM structure of the yeast TREX complex and coordination with the SR-like protein Gbp2
eLife 10:e65699.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.65699

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