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Published on: July 2, 2010
Co-evolution of spliceosomal disassembly interologs: crowning J-protein component with moonlighting RNA-binding
1Chaperone and Stress Biology Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Room Number 117, AB3, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462066, India.
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Spliceosome disassembly is catalyzed by the NineTeen-related (NTR) complex, which is constituted by several proteins, including Cwc23, Ntr1, and Ppr43. Cwc23 is an essential J-protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that recruits Ntr1, an NTC-related G-patch protein, to the spliceosome. Ntr1 interacts with Prp43, a DExD/H box RNA helicase protein, which facilitates the disassembly of spliceosomal intermediates. The interaction between Ntr1 and Prp43 is conserved and crucial for the disassembly process. However, the J-protein component of this complex is not studied in other eukaryotes. In silico analysis supported by results of yeast complementation and two-hybrid studies suggests that while Prp43 is highly conserved, both Ntr1 and Cwc23 are co-evolving components of the disassembly triad. The J-domain of Cwc23, which is otherwise dispensable for its function, is highly conserved, whereas the functionally critical C-terminus has significantly diverged in Cwc23 orthologs. Some eukaryotic orthologs of Cwc23 contain a distinct RNA recognition motif at their C-terminus and are able to bind RNA in vitro. Based on the results presented in this study, we propose that RNA-binding activity in some eukaryotic orthologs of Cwc23 might provide additional functional diversity or robustness to the J-protein/Hsp70 machine in spliceosomal remodelling processes.
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