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Dual cellular localization of the Leishmania amazonensis Rbp38 (LaRbp38) explains its affinity for telomeric and mitochondrial DNA.
Biochimie ( IF 3.9 ) Pub Date : 2019-03-28 , DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2019.03.017
Carlos A H Fernandes 1 , Arina M Perez 2 , Andrea C Barros 3 , Thiago R Dreyer 3 , Marcelo S da Silva 4 , Edna Gicela O Morea 2 , Marcos R M Fontes 3 , Maria Isabel N Cano 2
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Rbp38 is a protein exclusively found in trypanosomatid parasites, including Leishmania amazonensis, the etiologic agent of tegumentar leishmaniasis in the Americas. The protein was first described as a Leishmania tarentolae mitochondrial RNA binding protein. Later, it was shown that the trypanosomes Rbp38 orthologues were exclusively found in the mitochondria and involved in the stabilization and replication of kinetoplast DNA (kDNA). In contrast, L. amazonensis Rbp38 (LaRbp38), co-purifies with telomerase activity and interacts not only with kDNA but also with telomeric DNA, although shares with its counterparts high sequence identity and a putative N-terminal mitochondrial targeting signal (MTS). To understand how LaRbp38 interacts both with nuclear and kDNA, we have first investigated its subcellular localization. Using hydroxy-urea synchronized L. amazonensis promastigotes we could show that LaRbp38 shuttles from mitochondria to the nucleus at late S and G2 phases. Further, we identified a non-classical nuclear localization signal (NLS) at LaRbp38 C-terminal that binds with importin alpha, a protein involved in the nuclear transport of several proteins. Also, we obtained LaRbp38 truncated forms among which, some of them also showed an affinity for both telomeric DNA and kDNA. Analysis of these truncated forms showed that LaRbp38 DNA-binding region is located between amino acid residues 95-235. Together, our findings strongly suggest that LaRbp38 is multifunctional with dual subcellular localization.

中文翻译:

亚马逊利什曼原虫Rbp38(LaRbp38)的双重细胞定位解释了其对端粒和线粒体DNA的亲和力。

Rbp38是仅在锥虫体内的寄生虫中发现的一种蛋白质,包括美洲利什曼原虫病的病原体亚马逊利什曼原虫。该蛋白首先被描述为塔氏利什曼原虫线粒体RNA结合蛋白。后来发现,锥虫Rbp38直系同源物仅在线粒体中发现,并参与动塑料DNA(kDNA)的稳定和复制。相比之下,亚马逊乳杆菌Rbp38(LaRbp38)与端粒酶活性共纯化,不仅与kDNA相互作用,而且与端粒DNA相互作用,尽管与它的对应物具有高序列同一性和假定的N端线粒体靶向信号(MTS)。为了了解LaRbp38如何与核DNA和kDNA相互作用,我们首先研究了其亚细胞定位。使用羟基脲同步化的亚马逊乳杆菌前鞭毛体,我们可以显示LaRbp38在S和G2晚期从线粒体穿梭到细胞核。此外,我们在LaRbp38 C端发现了一个非经典核定位信号(NLS),该信号与importin alpha结合,后者是一种参与多种蛋白质核转运的蛋白质。此外,我们获得了LaRbp38截短形式,其中一些还显示出对端粒DNA和kDNA的亲和力。这些截短形式的分析表明,LaRbp38 DNA结合区位于氨基酸残基95-235之间。在一起,我们的发现强烈暗示LaRbp38具有双重亚细胞定位的多功能。我们在LaRbp38 C端发现了一个非经典的核定位信号(NLS),该信号与importin alpha(一种参与多种蛋白质核转运的蛋白质)结合。此外,我们获得了LaRbp38截短形式,其中一些还显示出对端粒DNA和kDNA的亲和力。这些截短形式的分析表明,LaRbp38 DNA结合区位于氨基酸残基95-235之间。在一起,我们的发现强烈暗示LaRbp38具有双重亚细胞定位的多功能。我们在LaRbp38 C端发现了一个非经典核定位信号(NLS),该信号与importin alpha(一种参与多种蛋白质核转运的蛋白质)结合。此外,我们获得了LaRbp38截短形式,其中一些还显示出对端粒DNA和kDNA的亲和力。这些截短形式的分析表明,LaRbp38 DNA结合区位于氨基酸残基95-235之间。在一起,我们的发现强烈暗示LaRbp38具有双重亚细胞定位的多功能。这些截短形式的分析表明,LaRbp38 DNA结合区位于氨基酸残基95-235之间。在一起,我们的发现强烈暗示LaRbp38具有双重亚细胞定位的多功能。这些截短形式的分析表明,LaRbp38 DNA结合区位于氨基酸残基95-235之间。在一起,我们的发现强烈暗示LaRbp38具有双重亚细胞定位的多功能。
更新日期:2019-03-28
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