7r6q
State E2 nucleolar 60S ribosome biogenesis intermediate - Foot region model
Structural highlights
FunctionHAS1_YEAST ATP-dependent RNA helicase involved in 40S ribosomal subunit biogenesis. Required for the processing and cleavage of 35S pre-rRNA at sites A0, A1, and A2, leading to mature 18S rRNA.[1] [2] [3] Publication Abstract from PubMedDEAD-box ATPases are ubiquitous enzymes essential in all aspects of RNA biology. However, the limited in vitro catalytic activities described for these enzymes are at odds with their complex cellular roles, most notably in driving large-scale RNA remodeling steps during the assembly of ribonucleoproteins (RNPs). We describe cryo-EM structures of 60S ribosomal biogenesis intermediates that reveal how context-specific RNA unwinding by the DEAD-box ATPase Spb4 results in extensive, sequence-specific remodeling of rRNA secondary structure. Multiple cis and trans interactions stabilize Spb4 in a post-catalytic, high-energy intermediate that drives the organization of the three-way junction at the base of rRNA domain IV. This mechanism explains how limited strand separation by DEAD-box ATPases is leveraged to provide non-equilibrium directionality and ensure efficient and accurate RNP assembly. Sequence-specific remodeling of a topologically complex RNP substrate by Spb4.,Cruz VE, Sekulski K, Peddada N, Sailer C, Balasubramanian S, Weirich CS, Stengel F, Erzberger JP Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2022 Dec;29(12):1228-1238. doi: 10.1038/s41594-022-00874-9. , Epub 2022 Dec 8. PMID:36482249[4] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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