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Function
[ELP1_YEAST] Acts as component of the RNA polymerase II elongator complex, which is a major histone acetyltransferase component of the RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) holoenzyme and is involved in transcriptional elongation. Association with elongating RNAPII requires a hyperphosphorylated state of the RNAPII C-terminal domain (CTD). Elongator binds to both naked and nucleosomal DNA, can acetylate both core and nucleosomal histones, and is involved in chromatin remodeling. It acetylates histones H3, preferentially at 'Lys-14', and H4, preferentially at 'Lys-8'. It functions as a gamma-toxin target (TOT); disruption of the complex confers resistance to Kluyveromyces lactis toxin zymocin (pGKL1 killer toxin). May also be involved in sensitiviy to Pichia inositovora toxin. May be involved in tRNA modification. Independently, ELP3 may be involved in polarized exocytosis. It is required for the polarized localization of GTPase-activating protein SEC2. Is required for an early step in synthesis of 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl (mcm5) and 5-carbamoylmethyl (ncm5) groups present on uridines at the wobble position in tRNA.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [ELP3_YEAST] Acts as catalytic subunit of the RNA polymerase II elongator complex, which is a major histone acetyltransferase component of the RNA polymerase II (Pol II) holoenzyme and is involved in transcriptional elongation. Association with elongating RNAPII requires a hyperphosphorylated state of the RNAPII C-terminal domain (CTD). Elongator binds to both naked and nucleosomal DNA, can acetylate both core and nucleosomal histones, and is involved in chromatin remodeling. It acetylates histones H3, preferentially at 'Lys-14', and H4, preferentially at 'Lys-8'. It functions as a gamma-toxin target (TOT); disruption of the complex confers resistance to Kluyveromyces lactis toxin zymocin (pGKL1 killer toxin). May also be involved in sensitiviy to Pichia inositovora toxin. May be involved in tRNA modification. ELP3 is required for the complex integrity and for the association of the complex with nascent RNA transcript. Independently, ELP3 may be involved in polarized exocytosis. Is required for an early step in synthesis of 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl (mcm5) and 5-carbamoylmethyl (ncm5) groups present on uridines at the wobble position in tRNA.[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [ELP2_YEAST] Acts as component of the RNA polymerase II elongator complex, which is a major histone acetyltransferase component of the RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) holoenzyme and is involved in transcriptional elongation. Association with elongating RNAPII requires a hyperphosphorylated state of the RNAPII C-terminal domain (CTD). Elongator binds to both naked and nucleosomal DNA, can acetylate both core and nucleosomal histones, and is involved in chromatin remodeling. It acetylates histones H3, preferentially at 'Lys-14', and H4, preferentially at 'Lys-8'. It functions as a gamma-toxin target (TOT); disruption of the complex confers resistance to Kluyveromyces lactis toxin zymocin (pGKL1 killer toxin). May also be involved in sensitiviy to Pichia inositovora toxin. May be involved in tRNA modification. ELP2 is dispensable for the complex integrity and, in vitro, is not required for complex HAT activity. It is not required for the association of the complex with nascent RNA transcript. Independently, ELP2 may be involved in polarized exocytosis. Is required for an early step in synthesis of 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl (mcm5) and 5-carbamoylmethyl (ncm5) groups present on uridines at the wobble position in tRNA.[18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The highly conserved Elongator complex modifies transfer RNAs (tRNAs) in their wobble base position, thereby regulating protein synthesis and ensuring proteome stability. The precise mechanisms of tRNA recognition and its modification reaction remain elusive. Here, we show cryo-electron microscopy structures of the catalytic subcomplex of Elongator and its tRNA-bound state at resolutions of 3.3 and 4.4 A. The structures resolve details of the catalytic site, including the substrate tRNA, the iron-sulfur cluster, and a SAM molecule, which are all validated by mutational analyses in vitro and in vivo. tRNA binding induces conformational rearrangements, which precisely position the targeted anticodon base in the active site. Our results provide the molecular basis for substrate recognition of Elongator, essential to understand its cellular function and role in neurodegenerative diseases and cancer.
Molecular basis of tRNA recognition by the Elongator complex.,Dauden MI, Jaciuk M, Weis F, Lin TY, Kleindienst C, Abbassi NEH, Khatter H, Krutyholowa R, Breunig KD, Kosinski J, Muller CW, Glatt S Sci Adv. 2019 Jul 10;5(7):eaaw2326. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw2326. eCollection 2019, Jul. PMID:31309145[26]
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References
- ↑ Otero G, Fellows J, Li Y, de Bizemont T, Dirac AM, Gustafsson CM, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Svejstrup JQ. Elongator, a multisubunit component of a novel RNA polymerase II holoenzyme for transcriptional elongation. Mol Cell. 1999 Jan;3(1):109-18. PMID:10024884
- ↑ Frohloff F, Fichtner L, Jablonowski D, Breunig KD, Schaffrath R. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Elongator mutations confer resistance to the Kluyveromyces lactis zymocin. EMBO J. 2001 Apr 17;20(8):1993-2003. PMID:11296232 doi:10.1093/emboj/20.8.1993
- ↑ Krogan NJ, Greenblatt JF. Characterization of a six-subunit holo-elongator complex required for the regulated expression of a group of genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol. 2001 Dec;21(23):8203-12. PMID:11689709 doi:10.1128/MCB.21.23.8203-8212.2001
- ↑ Winkler GS, Kristjuhan A, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Svejstrup JQ. Elongator is a histone H3 and H4 acetyltransferase important for normal histone acetylation levels in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Mar 19;99(6):3517-22. PMID:11904415 doi:10.1073/pnas.022042899
- ↑ Frohloff F, Jablonowski D, Fichtner L, Schaffrath R. Subunit communications crucial for the functional integrity of the yeast RNA polymerase II elongator (gamma-toxin target (TOT)) complex. J Biol Chem. 2003 Jan 10;278(2):956-61. Epub 2002 Nov 6. PMID:12424236 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M210060200
- ↑ Klassen R, Meinhardt F. Structural and functional analysis of the killer element pPin1-3 from Pichia inositovora. Mol Genet Genomics. 2003 Nov;270(2):190-9. Epub 2003 Sep 9. PMID:13680368 doi:10.1007/s00438-003-0920-5
- ↑ Huang B, Johansson MJ, Bystrom AS. An early step in wobble uridine tRNA modification requires the Elongator complex. RNA. 2005 Apr;11(4):424-36. PMID:15769872 doi:11/4/424
- ↑ Rahl PB, Chen CZ, Collins RN. Elp1p, the yeast homolog of the FD disease syndrome protein, negatively regulates exocytosis independently of transcriptional elongation. Mol Cell. 2005 Mar 18;17(6):841-53. PMID:15780940 doi:http://dx.doi.org/S1097-2765(05)01117-2
- ↑ Otero G, Fellows J, Li Y, de Bizemont T, Dirac AM, Gustafsson CM, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Svejstrup JQ. Elongator, a multisubunit component of a novel RNA polymerase II holoenzyme for transcriptional elongation. Mol Cell. 1999 Jan;3(1):109-18. PMID:10024884
- ↑ Wittschieben BO, Otero G, de Bizemont T, Fellows J, Erdjument-Bromage H, Ohba R, Li Y, Allis CD, Tempst P, Svejstrup JQ. A novel histone acetyltransferase is an integral subunit of elongating RNA polymerase II holoenzyme. Mol Cell. 1999 Jul;4(1):123-8. PMID:10445034
- ↑ Frohloff F, Fichtner L, Jablonowski D, Breunig KD, Schaffrath R. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Elongator mutations confer resistance to the Kluyveromyces lactis zymocin. EMBO J. 2001 Apr 17;20(8):1993-2003. PMID:11296232 doi:10.1093/emboj/20.8.1993
- ↑ Krogan NJ, Greenblatt JF. Characterization of a six-subunit holo-elongator complex required for the regulated expression of a group of genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol. 2001 Dec;21(23):8203-12. PMID:11689709 doi:10.1128/MCB.21.23.8203-8212.2001
- ↑ Winkler GS, Kristjuhan A, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Svejstrup JQ. Elongator is a histone H3 and H4 acetyltransferase important for normal histone acetylation levels in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Mar 19;99(6):3517-22. PMID:11904415 doi:10.1073/pnas.022042899
- ↑ Klassen R, Meinhardt F. Structural and functional analysis of the killer element pPin1-3 from Pichia inositovora. Mol Genet Genomics. 2003 Nov;270(2):190-9. Epub 2003 Sep 9. PMID:13680368 doi:10.1007/s00438-003-0920-5
- ↑ Petrakis TG, Wittschieben BO, Svejstrup JQ. Molecular architecture, structure-function relationship, and importance of the Elp3 subunit for the RNA binding of holo-elongator. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jul 30;279(31):32087-92. Epub 2004 May 11. PMID:15138274 doi:10.1074/jbc.M403361200
- ↑ Huang B, Johansson MJ, Bystrom AS. An early step in wobble uridine tRNA modification requires the Elongator complex. RNA. 2005 Apr;11(4):424-36. PMID:15769872 doi:11/4/424
- ↑ Rahl PB, Chen CZ, Collins RN. Elp1p, the yeast homolog of the FD disease syndrome protein, negatively regulates exocytosis independently of transcriptional elongation. Mol Cell. 2005 Mar 18;17(6):841-53. PMID:15780940 doi:http://dx.doi.org/S1097-2765(05)01117-2
- ↑ Otero G, Fellows J, Li Y, de Bizemont T, Dirac AM, Gustafsson CM, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Svejstrup JQ. Elongator, a multisubunit component of a novel RNA polymerase II holoenzyme for transcriptional elongation. Mol Cell. 1999 Jan;3(1):109-18. PMID:10024884
- ↑ Frohloff F, Fichtner L, Jablonowski D, Breunig KD, Schaffrath R. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Elongator mutations confer resistance to the Kluyveromyces lactis zymocin. EMBO J. 2001 Apr 17;20(8):1993-2003. PMID:11296232 doi:10.1093/emboj/20.8.1993
- ↑ Krogan NJ, Greenblatt JF. Characterization of a six-subunit holo-elongator complex required for the regulated expression of a group of genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol. 2001 Dec;21(23):8203-12. PMID:11689709 doi:10.1128/MCB.21.23.8203-8212.2001
- ↑ Winkler GS, Kristjuhan A, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Svejstrup JQ. Elongator is a histone H3 and H4 acetyltransferase important for normal histone acetylation levels in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Mar 19;99(6):3517-22. PMID:11904415 doi:10.1073/pnas.022042899
- ↑ Klassen R, Meinhardt F. Structural and functional analysis of the killer element pPin1-3 from Pichia inositovora. Mol Genet Genomics. 2003 Nov;270(2):190-9. Epub 2003 Sep 9. PMID:13680368 doi:10.1007/s00438-003-0920-5
- ↑ Petrakis TG, Wittschieben BO, Svejstrup JQ. Molecular architecture, structure-function relationship, and importance of the Elp3 subunit for the RNA binding of holo-elongator. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jul 30;279(31):32087-92. Epub 2004 May 11. PMID:15138274 doi:10.1074/jbc.M403361200
- ↑ Huang B, Johansson MJ, Bystrom AS. An early step in wobble uridine tRNA modification requires the Elongator complex. RNA. 2005 Apr;11(4):424-36. PMID:15769872 doi:11/4/424
- ↑ Rahl PB, Chen CZ, Collins RN. Elp1p, the yeast homolog of the FD disease syndrome protein, negatively regulates exocytosis independently of transcriptional elongation. Mol Cell. 2005 Mar 18;17(6):841-53. PMID:15780940 doi:http://dx.doi.org/S1097-2765(05)01117-2
- ↑ Dauden MI, Jaciuk M, Weis F, Lin TY, Kleindienst C, Abbassi NEH, Khatter H, Krutyholowa R, Breunig KD, Kosinski J, Muller CW, Glatt S. Molecular basis of tRNA recognition by the Elongator complex. Sci Adv. 2019 Jul 10;5(7):eaaw2326. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw2326. eCollection 2019, Jul. PMID:31309145 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw2326
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