Concurrent remodeling of nucleolar 60S subunit precursors by the Rea1 ATPase and Spb4 RNA helicase

  1. Valentin Mitterer  Is a corresponding author
  2. Matthias Thoms
  3. Robert Buschauer
  4. Otto Berninghausen
  5. Ed Hurt  Is a corresponding author
  6. Roland Beckmann  Is a corresponding author
  1. Heidelberg University, Germany
  2. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

Abstract

Biogenesis intermediates of nucleolar ribosomal 60S precursor particles undergo a number of structural maturation steps before they transit to the nucleoplasm and are finally exported into the cytoplasm. The AAA+-ATPase Rea1 participates in the nucleolar exit by releasing the Ytm1-Erb1 heterodimer from the evolving pre-60S particle. Here, we show that the DEAD-box RNA helicase Spb4 with its interacting partner Rrp17 is further integrated into this maturation event. Spb4 binds to a specific class of late nucleolar pre-60S intermediates, whose cryo-EM structure revealed how its helicase activity facilitates melting and restructuring of 25S rRNA helices H62 and H63/H63a prior to Ytm1-Erb1 release. In vitro maturation of such Spb4-enriched pre-60S particles, incubated with purified Rea1 and its associated pentameric Rix1-complex in the presence of ATP, combined with cryo-EM analysis depicted the details of the Rea1-dependent large-scale pre-ribosomal remodelling. Our structural insights unveil how the Rea1 ATPase and Spb4 helicase remodel late nucleolar pre-60S particles by rRNA restructuring and dismantling of a network of several ribosomal assembly factors.

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Atomic models reported in this study have been deposited in the Protein Data Bank (PDB) and can be retrieved using the following accession codes: 8BVN, 8BVU, 8BVV, 8BVY. Cryo-EM density maps have been deposited in the Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) and can be retrieved using the following accession codes: 16267, 16272, 16273, 16275, 16276, 16277, 16278. Yeast strains and plasmids are available from the corresponding authors upon request.

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  1. Valentin Mitterer

    Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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  2. Matthias Thoms

    Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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  3. Robert Buschauer

    Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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  4. Otto Berninghausen

    Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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  5. Ed Hurt

    Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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  6. Roland Beckmann

    Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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European Research Council (885711-Human-Ribogenesis)

  • Roland Beckmann

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (HU363/15-2)

  • Ed Hurt

European Research Council (ADG 741781 GLOWSOME)

  • Ed Hurt

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  1. Valentin Mitterer
  2. Matthias Thoms
  3. Robert Buschauer
  4. Otto Berninghausen
  5. Ed Hurt
  6. Roland Beckmann
(2023)
Concurrent remodeling of nucleolar 60S subunit precursors by the Rea1 ATPase and Spb4 RNA helicase
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