title: Identification of the NAD(+)-binding fold of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase as a novel RNA-binding domain.
abstract: There is growing evidence that metabolic enzymes may act as multifunctional proteins performing diverse roles in cellular metabolism. Among these functions are the RNA-binding activities of NAD(+)-dependent dehydrogenases. Previously, we have characterized the glycolytic enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) as an RNA-binding protein with preference to adenine-uracil-rich sequences. In this study, we used GST-GAPDH fusion proteins generated by deletion mutagenesis to search for the RNA binding domain. We established that the N-terminal 43 amino acid residues of GAPDH, which correspond to the first mononucleotide-binding domain of the NAD(+)-binding fold is sufficient to confer RNA-binding. We also provide evidence that this single domain, although it retains most of the RNA-binding activity, loses sequence specificity. Our results suggest a molecular basis for RNA-recognition by NAD(+)-dependent dehydrogenases and (di)nucleotide-binding metabolic enzymes that had been reported to have RNA-binding activity with different specificity. To support this prediction we also identified other members of the family of NAD(+)-dependent dehydrogenases with no previous history of nucleic acid binding as RNA binding proteins in vitro. Based on our findings we propose the addition of the NAD(+)-binding domain to the list of RNA binding domains/motifs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical School of Pécs, Hungary. ENagy@intercell.co.at
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Henics
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eckert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miseta
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Lightowlers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kellermayer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D017931:DNA Primers; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D017510:Protein Folding; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D009243:NAD; D012313:RNA; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases