The uridine insertion/deletion RNA editing of kinetoplastid mitochondrial transcripts is performed by complex machinery involving a number of proteins and multiple protein complexes. Here we describe the effect of silencing of TbRGG1 gene by RNA interference on RNA editing in procyclic stage of Trypanosoma brucei. TbRGG1 is an essential protein for cell growth, the absence of which results in an overall decline of edited mRNAs, while the levels of never-edited RNAs remain unaltered. Repression of TbRGG1 expression has no effect on the 20S editosome and MRP1/2 complex. TAP-tag purification of TbRGG1 coisolated a novel multiprotein complex, and its association was further verified by TAP-tag analyses of two other components of the complex. TbRGG1 interaction with this complex appears to be mediated by RNA. Our results suggest that the TbRGG1 protein functions in stabilizing edited RNAs or editing efficiency and that the associated novel complex may have a role in mitochondrial RNA metabolism. We provisionally name it putative mitochondrial RNA-binding complex 1 (put-MRB complex 1).

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