Reconstitution of archaeal ribonuclease P from RNA and four protein components.
Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is an endonuclease responsible for generating the 5(') end of matured tRNA molecules. A homology search of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 genome database revealed that the four genes, PH1481, PH1601, PH1771, and PH1877, have a significant homology to those encoding RNase P protein subunits, hpop5, Rpp21, Rpp29, and Rpp30, of human, respectively. These genes were expressed in Escherichia coli cells, and the resulting proteins Ph1481p, Ph1601p, Ph1771p, and Ph1877p were purified to apparent homogeneity in a set of column chromatographies. The four proteins were characterized in terms of their capability to bind the cognate RNase P RNA from P. horikoshii. All four proteins exhibited the binding activity to the RNase P RNA. In vitro reconstitution of four putative RNase P proteins with the in vitro transcripted P. horikoshii RNase P RNA revealed that three proteins Ph1481p, Ph1601p, and Ph1771p, and RNase P RNA are minimal components for the RNase P activity. However, addition of the fourth protein Ph1877p strongly stimulated enzymatic activity, indicating that all four proteins and RNase P RNA are essential for optimal RNase P activity. The present data will pave the way for the elucidation of the reaction mechanism for archaeal as well as eukaryotic RNase P.
Kouzuma
Yoshiaki
Y
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, 812-8581, Fukuoka, Japan.
Mizoguchi
Masashi
M
Takagi
Hisanori
H
Fukuhara
Hideo
H
Tsukamoto
Masayo
M
Numata
Tomoyuki
T
Kimura
Makoto
M
D000818:Animals; D019843:Archaeal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004722:Endoribonucleases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011485:Protein Binding; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019711:Pyrococcus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D019642:RNA, Archaeal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D012365:RNA, Transfer, Tyr / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D043262:Ribonuclease P; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
D019843:Archaeal Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D021122:Protein Subunits; D019642:RNA, Archaeal; D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D012365:RNA, Transfer, Tyr; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D004722:Endoribonucleases; C468368:RPP14 protein, human; D043262:Ribonuclease P; C470865:ribonuclease P, E coli