Additional principles that govern the release of pre-ribosomes from the nucleolus into the nucleoplasm in yeast

© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research..

During eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis, pre-ribosomes travel from the nucleolus, where assembly is initiated, to the nucleoplasm and then are exported to the cytoplasm, where assembly concludes. Although nuclear export of pre-ribosomes has been extensively investigated, the release of pre-ribosomes from the nucleolus is an understudied phenomenon. Initial data indicate that unfolded rRNA interacts in trans with nucleolar components and that, when rRNA folds due to ribosomal protein (RP) binding, the number of trans interactions drops below the threshold necessary for nucleolar retention. To validate and expand on this idea, we performed a bioinformatic analysis of the protein components of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ribosome assembly pathway. We found that ribosome biogenesis factors (RiBi factors) contain significantly more predicted trans interacting regions than RPs. We also analyzed cryo-EM structures of ribosome assembly intermediates to determine how nucleolar pre-ribosomes differ from post-nucleolar pre-ribosomes, specifically the capacity of RPs, RiBi factors, and rRNA components to interact in trans. We observed a significant decrease in the theoretical trans-interacting capability of pre-ribosomes between nucleolar and post-nucleolar stages of assembly due to the release of RiBi factors from particles and the folding of rRNA. Here, we provide a mechanism for the release of pre-ribosomes from the nucleolus.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

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Nucleic acids research - 51(2023), 20 vom: 10. Nov., Seite 10867-10883

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

LaPeruta, Amber J [VerfasserIn]
Micic, Jelena [VerfasserIn]
Woolford, John L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
RNA, Ribosomal
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Ribosomal Proteins
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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Date Completed 15.11.2023

Date Revised 16.11.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/nar/gkac430

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342573497