title: Characterization of native and reconstituted exosome complexes from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.
abstract: The eukaryotic exosome is a protein complex with essential functions in processing and degradation of RNA. Exosome-like complexes were recently found in Archaea. Here we characterize the exosome of Sulfolobus solfataricus. Two exosome fractions can be discriminated by density gradient centrifugation. We show that the Cdc48 protein is associated with the exosome from the 30S-50S fraction but not with the exosome of the 11.3S fraction. While only some complexes contain Cdc48, the archaeal DnaG-like protein was found to be a core exosome subunit in addition to Rrp4, Rrp41, Rrp42 and Csl4. Assays with depleted extracts revealed that the exosome is responsible for major ribonucleolytic activity in S. solfataricus. Various complexes consisting of the Rrp41-Rrp42 hexameric ring and Rrp4, Csl4 and DnaG were reconstituted. Dependent on their composition, different complexes showed variations in RNase activity indicating functional interdependence of the subunits. The catalytic activity of these complexes and of the native exosome can be ascribed to the Rrp41-Rrp42 ring, which degrades RNA phosphorolytically. Rrp4 and Csl4 do not exhibit any hydrolytic RNase activity, either when assayed alone or in context of the complex, but influence the activity of the archaeal exosome.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: Franziska
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Esben
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lorentzen
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ilchmann
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klug
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Evguenieva-Hackenberg
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D019843:Archaeal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D019915:DNA Primase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005095:Exoribonucleases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D020871:RNA Stability; D048229:Sulfolobus solfataricus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology; D000074405:Valosin Containing Protein
chemical_list: D019843:Archaeal Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D012313:RNA; D019915:DNA Primase; D005095:Exoribonucleases; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000074405:Valosin Containing Protein