Naa12 compensates for Naa10 in mice in the amino-terminal acetylation pathway
- Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
- Stanley Institute for Cognitive Genomics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States
- University of Bergen, Norway
- Department of Molecular Biology, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, United States
- New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, United States
- Washington University School of Medicine, United States
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
- Indiana University School of Medicine, United States
- Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
- George A Jervis Clinic, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, United States
Abstract
Amino-terminal acetylation is catalyzed by a set of N-terminal acetyltransferases (NATs). The NatA complex (including X-linked Naa10 and Naa15) is the major acetyltransferase, with 40-50% of all mammalian proteins being potential substrates. However, the overall role of amino-terminal acetylation on a whole-organism level is poorly understood, particularly in mammals. Male mice lacking Naa10 show no globally apparent in vivo amino-terminal acetylation impairment and do not exhibit complete embryonic lethality. Rather Naa10 nulls display increased neonatal lethality, and the majority of surviving undersized mutants exhibit a combination of hydrocephaly, cardiac defects, homeotic anterior transformation, piebaldism and urogenital anomalies. Naa12 is a previously unannotated Naa10-like paralogue with NAT activity that genetically compensates for Naa10. Mice deficient for Naa12 have no apparent phenotype, whereas mice deficient for Naa10 and Naa12 display embryonic lethality. The discovery of Naa12 adds to the currently known machinery involved in amino-terminal acetylation in mice.
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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files.Mass spectrometry data were uploaded to PRIDE under Project Name: Naa10 mutant mouse N-terminome LC-MS, Project accession: PXD026410.
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National Research Foundation of Korea (2020R1A3B2079811)
- Gootaeg Oh
Norwegian Cancer Society (PR-2009-0222)
- Thomas Arnesen
National Research Foundation of Korea (2017RIDIAB03032286)
- Mi-Ni Lee
National Research Foundation of Korea (2020RICIC1007686)
- Mi-Ni Lee
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM133408)
- Gholson J Lyon
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM118090)
- Ronen Marmorstein
Research Council of Norway (Project 249843)
- Thomas Arnesen
National Institutes of Health (Project 249843)
- Simon J Conway
Norwegian Health Authorities of Western Norway (912176)
- Thomas Arnesen
Norwegian Health Authorities of Western Norway (F-12540-D11382)
- Thomas Arnesen
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
Ethics
Animal experimentation: All experiments were performed in accordance with guidelines of International Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Ewha Womans University (protocol #18 012)012), Cold Spring Harbor L aboratory (CSHL) protocol # 579961 18 , and Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities (IBR) (protocol #456).
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© 2021, Kweon et al.
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Naa12 compensates for Naa10 in mice in the amino-terminal acetylation pathway
eLife 10:e65952.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.65952
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