Substrate-dependent effects of quaternary structure on RNase E activityopen access
- Authors
- Moore, Christopher J.; Go, Hayoung; Shin, Eunkyoung; Ha, Hye-Jeong; Song, Saemee; Ha, Nam-Chul; Kim, Yong-Hak; Cohen, Stanley N.; Lee, Kangseok
- Issue Date
- Feb-2021
- Publisher
- COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT
- Keywords
- multimer; degradosome; AmiC; Rne; quaternary structure; RNA stability
- Citation
- GENES & DEVELOPMENT, v.35, no.3-4, pp 286 - 299
- Pages
- 14
- Journal Title
- GENES & DEVELOPMENT
- Volume
- 35
- Number
- 3-4
- Start Page
- 286
- End Page
- 299
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/52843
- DOI
- 10.1101/gad.335828.119
- ISSN
- 0890-9369
1549-5477
- Abstract
- RNase E is an essential, multifunctional ribonuclease encoded in E. coli by the rne gene. Structural analysis indicates that the ribonucleolytic activity of this enzyme is conferred by rne-encoded polypeptide chains that (1) dimerize to form a catalytic site at the protein-protein interface, and (2) multimerize further to generate a tetrameric quaternary structure consisting of two dimerized Rne-peptide chains. We identify here a mutation in the Rne protein's catalytic region (E429G), as well as a bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan hydrolase (Amidase C [AmiC]), that selectively affect the specific activity of the RNase E enzyme on long RNA substrates, but not on short synthetic oligonucleotides, by enhancing enzyme multimerization. Unlike the increase in specific activity that accompanies concentration induced multimerization, enhanced multimerization associated with either the E429G mutation or interaction of the Rne protein with AmiC is independent of the substrate's 5' terminus phosphorylation state. Our findings reveal a previously unsuspected substrate length-dependent regulatory role for RNase E quaternary structure and identify cis-acting and trans-acting factors that mediate such regulation.
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