Arginine Methylation Regulates Mitochondrial Gene Expression in Trypanosoma Brucei Through Multiple Effector Proteins

Overview

Journal RNA

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2006 Jun 16

PMID 16775306

Citations 26

Authors

Christopher C Goulah

Michel Pelletier

Laurie K Read

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Abstract

Arginine methylation is a post-translational modification that impacts gene expression in both the cytoplasm and nucleus. Here, we demonstrate that arginine methylation also affects mitochondrial gene expression in the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma brucei. Down-regulation of the major trypanosome type I protein arginine methyltransferase, TbPRMT1, leads to destabilization of specific mitochondrial mRNAs. We provide evidence that some of these effects are mediated by the mitochondrial RNA-binding protein, RBP16, which we previously demonstrated affects both RNA editing and stability. TbPRMT1 catalyzes methylation of RBP16 in vitro. Further, MALDI-TOF-MS analysis of RBP16 isolated from TbPRMT1-depleted cells indicates that, in vivo, TbPRMT1 modifies two of the three known methylated arginine residues in RBP16. Expression of mutated, nonmethylatable RBP16 in T. brucei has a dominant negative effect, leading to destabilization of a subset of those mRNAs affected by TbPRMT1 depletion. Our results suggest that the specificity and multifunctional nature of RBP16 are due, at least in part, to the presence of differentially methylated forms of the protein. However, some effects of TbPRMT1 depletion on mitochondrial gene expression cannot be accounted for by RBP16 action. Thus, these data implicate additional, unknown methylproteins in mitochondrial gene regulation.

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