期刊
RNA
卷 12, 期 3, 页码 360-374出版社
COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2190706
关键词
EJC; pre-mRNA splicing; NMD; eIF4AIII; MLN51; Magoh; Y14
资金
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM53007, R01 GM053007] Funding Source: Medline
The exon junction complex (EJC) is deposited on mRNAs by the process of pre-mRNA splicing and is a key effecter of downstream mRNA metabolism. We previously demonstrated that human elF4AIII, which is essential for nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), constitutes at least part of the RNA-binding platform anchoring other EJC components to the spliced mRNA. To determine the regions of elF4AIII that are functionally important for EJC formation, for binding to other EJC components, and for NMD, we now report results of an extensive mutational analysis of human eIF4AIII. Using GFP-, GST-or Flag-fusions of eIF4AIII versions containing site-specific mutations or truncations, we analyzed subcellular localizations, protein-protein interactions, and EJC formation in vivo and in vitro. We also tested whether mutant proteins could rescue NMD inhibition resulting from RNAi depletion of endogenous eIF4AIII. Motifs la and VI, which are conserved among the elF4A family of RNA helicases (DEAD-box proteins), are crucial for EJC formation and NMD, as is one eIF4AIII-specific region. An additional eIF4AIII-specific motif forms part of the binding site for MLN51, another EJC core component. Mutations in the canonical Walker A and B motifs that eliminate RNA-dependent ATP hydrolysis by eIF4AIII in vitro are of no detectable consequence for EJC formation and NMD activation. Implications of these findings are discussed in the context of other recent results and a new structural model for human eIF4AIII based on the known crystal structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae eIF4Al.
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