The activity and selectivity of fission yeast Pop2p are affected by a high affinity for Zn2+ and Mn2+ in the active site

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    Abstract

    In eukaryotic organisms, initiation of mRNA turnover is controlled by progressive shortening of the poly-A tail, a process involving the mega-Dalton Ccr4-Not complex and its two associated 3'-5' exonucleases, Ccr4p and Pop2p (Caf1p). RNA degradation by the 3'-5' DEDDh exonuclease, Pop2p, is governed by the classical two metal ion mechanism traditionally assumed to be dependent on Mg(2+) ions bound in the active site. Here, we show biochemically and structurally that fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) Pop2p prefers Mn(2+) and Zn(2+) over Mg(2+) at the concentrations of the ions found inside cells and that the identity of the ions in the active site affects the activity of the enzyme. Ion replacement experiments further suggest that mRNA deadenylation could be subtly regulated by local Zn(2+) levels in the cell. Finally, we use site-directed mutagenesis to propose a mechanistic model for the basis of the preference for poly-A sequences exhibited by the Pop2p-type deadenylases as well as their distributive enzymatic behavior.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalRNA
    Volume15
    Issue5
    Pages (from-to)850-61
    Number of pages12
    ISSN1355-8382
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2009

    Keywords

    • Amino Acid Sequence
    • Catalytic Domain
    • Crystallography, X-Ray
    • Manganese
    • Molecular Sequence Data
    • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
    • Poly A
    • Ribonucleases
    • Schizosaccharomyces
    • Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins
    • Sequence Alignment
    • Zinc

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