title: Ytm1, Nop7, and Erb1 form a complex necessary for maturation of yeast 66S preribosomes.
abstract: The essential, conserved yeast nucleolar protein Ytm1 is one of 17 proteins in ribosome assembly intermediates that contain WD40 protein-protein interaction motifs. Such proteins may play key roles in organizing other molecules necessary for ribosome biogenesis. Ytm1 is present in four consecutive 66S preribosomes containing 27SA2, 27SA3, 27SB, and 25.5S plus 7S pre-rRNAs plus ribosome assembly factors and ribosomal proteins. Ytm1 binds directly to Erb1 and is present in a heterotrimeric subcomplex together with Erb1 and Nop7, both within preribosomes and independently of preribosomes. However, Nop7 and Erb1 assemble into preribosomes prior to Ytm1. Mutations in the WD40 motifs of Ytm1 disrupt binding to Erb1, destabilize the heterotrimer, and delay pre-rRNA processing and nuclear export of preribosomes. Nevertheless, 66S preribosomes lacking Ytm1 remain otherwise intact.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 616 Mellon Institute, 4400 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Tiffany D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Miles
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jakovljevic
authors.forename: Edward W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Horsey
authors.forename: Piyanun
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Harnpicharnchai
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Woolford
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D017353:Gene Deletion; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C506467:Erb1 protein, S cerevisiae; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; C451799:NOP7 protein, S cerevisiae; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012322:RNA Precursors; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C506466:Ytm1 protein, S cerevisiae