Trf4/5p-Air1/2p-Mtr4p polyadenylation complex (TRAMP) is an essential component of nuclear RNA surveillance in yeast. It recognizes a variety of nuclear transcripts produced by all three RNA polymerases, adds short poly(A) tails to aberrant or unstable RNAs and activates the exosome for their degradation. Despite the advances in understanding the structural features of the isolated complex subunits or their fragments, the details of complex assembly, RNA recognition and exosome activation remain poorly understood. Here we provide the first understanding of the RNA binding mode of the complex. We show that Air2p is an RNA-binding subunit of TRAMP. We identify the zinc knuckles (ZnK) 2, 3 and 4 as the RNA-binding domains, and reveal the essentiality of ZnK4 for TRAMP4 polyadenylation activity. Furthermore, we identify Air2p as the key component of TRAMP4 assembly providing bridging between Mtr4p and Trf4p. The former is bound via the N-terminus of Air2p, while the latter is bound via ZnK5, the linker between ZnK4 and 5 and the C-terminus of the protein. Finally, we uncover the RNA binding part of the Mtr4p arch, the KOW domain, as the essential component for TRAMP-mediated exosome activation.

• MeSH
• adaptorové proteiny signální transdukční chemie   metabolismus   MeSH
• DEAD-box RNA-helikasy chemie   metabolismus   MeSH
• DNA-dependentní DNA-polymerasy chemie   metabolismus   MeSH
• interakční proteinové domény a motivy MeSH
• podjednotky proteinů chemie   metabolismus   MeSH
• proteiny vázající RNA chemie   metabolismus   MeSH
• ribonukleasy metabolismus   MeSH
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae - proteiny chemie   metabolismus   MeSH
• terciární struktura proteinů MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• adaptorové proteiny signální transdukční MeSH
• Air2 protein, S cerevisiae MeSH Prohlížeč
• DEAD-box RNA-helikasy MeSH
• DNA-dependentní DNA-polymerasy MeSH
• MTR4 protein, S cerevisiae MeSH Prohlížeč
• PAP2 protein, S cerevisiae MeSH Prohlížeč
• podjednotky proteinů MeSH
• proteiny vázající RNA MeSH
• ribonukleasy MeSH
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae - proteiny MeSH