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Title: Structural basis for the evolution of cyclic phosphodiesterase activity in the U6 snRNA exoribonuclease Usb1

Abstract

U6 snRNA undergoes post-transcriptional 3' end modification prior to incorporation into the active site of spliceosomes. The responsible exoribonuclease is Usb1, which removes nucleotides from the 3' end of U6 and, in humans, leaves a 2',3' cyclic phosphate that is recognized by the Lsm2–8 complex. Saccharomycescerevisiae Usb1 has additional 2',3' cyclic phosphodiesterase (CPDase) activity, which converts the cyclic phosphate into a 3' phosphate group. Here we investigate the molecular basis for the evolution of Usb1 CPDase activity. We examine the structure and function of Usb1 from Kluyveromyces marxianus, which shares 25 and 19% sequence identity to the S. cerevisiae and Homo sapiens orthologs of Usb1, respectively. We show that K. marxianus Usb1 enzyme has CPDase activity and determined its structure, free and bound to the substrate analog uridine 5'-monophosphate. We find that the origin of CPDase activity is related to a loop structure that is conserved in yeast and forms a distinct penultimate (n – 1) nucleotide binding site. These data provide structural and mechanistic insight into the evolutionary divergence of Usb1 catalysis.

Authors:
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  1. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Institutes of Health (NIH)
OSTI Identifier:
1603143
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nucleic Acids Research
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 48; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0305-1048
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Nomura, Yuichiro, Montemayor, Eric J., Virta, Johanna M., Hayes, Samuel M., and Butcher, Samuel E. Structural basis for the evolution of cyclic phosphodiesterase activity in the U6 snRNA exoribonuclease Usb1. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1093/nar/gkz1177.
Nomura, Yuichiro, Montemayor, Eric J., Virta, Johanna M., Hayes, Samuel M., & Butcher, Samuel E. Structural basis for the evolution of cyclic phosphodiesterase activity in the U6 snRNA exoribonuclease Usb1. United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz1177
Nomura, Yuichiro, Montemayor, Eric J., Virta, Johanna M., Hayes, Samuel M., and Butcher, Samuel E. Fri . "Structural basis for the evolution of cyclic phosphodiesterase activity in the U6 snRNA exoribonuclease Usb1". United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz1177. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1603143.
@article{osti_1603143,
title = {Structural basis for the evolution of cyclic phosphodiesterase activity in the U6 snRNA exoribonuclease Usb1},
author = {Nomura, Yuichiro and Montemayor, Eric J. and Virta, Johanna M. and Hayes, Samuel M. and Butcher, Samuel E.},
abstractNote = {U6 snRNA undergoes post-transcriptional 3' end modification prior to incorporation into the active site of spliceosomes. The responsible exoribonuclease is Usb1, which removes nucleotides from the 3' end of U6 and, in humans, leaves a 2',3' cyclic phosphate that is recognized by the Lsm2–8 complex. Saccharomycescerevisiae Usb1 has additional 2',3' cyclic phosphodiesterase (CPDase) activity, which converts the cyclic phosphate into a 3' phosphate group. Here we investigate the molecular basis for the evolution of Usb1 CPDase activity. We examine the structure and function of Usb1 from Kluyveromyces marxianus, which shares 25 and 19% sequence identity to the S. cerevisiae and Homo sapiens orthologs of Usb1, respectively. We show that K. marxianus Usb1 enzyme has CPDase activity and determined its structure, free and bound to the substrate analog uridine 5'-monophosphate. We find that the origin of CPDase activity is related to a loop structure that is conserved in yeast and forms a distinct penultimate (n – 1) nucleotide binding site. These data provide structural and mechanistic insight into the evolutionary divergence of Usb1 catalysis.},
doi = {10.1093/nar/gkz1177},
journal = {Nucleic Acids Research},
number = 3,
volume = 48,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Fri Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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