title: Structural evidence for consecutive Hel308-like modules in the spliceosomal ATPase Brr2.
abstract: Brr2 is a DExD/H-box helicase responsible for U4/U6 unwinding during spliceosomal activation. Brr2 contains two helicase-like domains, each of which is followed by a Sec63 domain with unknown function. We determined the crystal structure of the second Sec63 domain, which unexpectedly resembles domains 4 and 5 of DNA helicase Hel308. This, together with sequence similarities between Brr2's helicase-like domains and domains 1-3 of Hel308, led us to hypothesize that Brr2 contains two consecutive Hel308-like modules (Hel308-I and Hel308-II). Our structural model and mutagenesis data suggest that Brr2 shares a similar helicase mechanism with Hel308. We demonstrate that Hel308-II interacts with Prp8 and Snu114 in vitro and in vivo. We further find that the C-terminal region of Prp8 (Prp8-CTR) facilitates the binding of the Brr2-Prp8-CTR complex to U4/U6. Our results have important implications for the mechanism and regulation of Brr2's activity in splicing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: Lingdi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Corina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maeder
authors.forename: Laura-Oana
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Bud
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shanks
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nix
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guthrie
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pleiss
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D020365:RNA Helicases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017414:Ribonucleoprotein, U4-U6 Small Nuclear / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017415:Ribonucleoprotein, U5 Small Nuclear / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017381:Spliceosomes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C077018:PRP8 protein, S cerevisiae; D017414:Ribonucleoprotein, U4-U6 Small Nuclear; D017415:Ribonucleoprotein, U5 Small Nuclear; C472240:SNU114 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C104158:BRR2 protein, S cerevisiae; D020365:RNA Helicases