Hsp90 chaperone controls the biogenesis of L7Ae RNPs through conserved machinery

• Published in: The Journal of cell biology 2008-02, Vol.180 (3), p.579-595
• Main Authors: Boulon, Séverine, Marmier-Gourrier, Nathalie, Pradet-Balade, Bérengère, Wurth, Laurence, Verheggen, Céline, Jády, Beáta E, Rothé, Benjamin, Pescia, Christina, Robert, Marie-Cécile, Kiss, Tamás, Bardoni, Barbara, Krol, Alain, Branlant, Christiane, Allmang, Christine, Bertrand, Edouard, Charpentier, Bruno
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adenosine triphosphatase; Adenosine Triphosphatases; Adenosine Triphosphatases - genetics; Adenosine Triphosphatases - metabolism; Antibodies; Biochemistry; Biochemistry, Molecular Biology; Cell Cycle Proteins; Cell Cycle Proteins - genetics; Cell Cycle Proteins - metabolism; Cell division; Cell growth; Cell Proliferation; Cells; Conserved Sequence; Conserved Sequence - genetics; DNA Helicases; DNA Helicases - genetics; DNA Helicases - metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins; DNA-Binding Proteins - genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins - metabolism; Evolution, Molecular; HeLa cells; Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein L; Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein L - genetics; Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein L - metabolism; HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins; HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins - genetics; HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins - metabolism; Life Sciences; Molecular Chaperones; Molecular Chaperones - genetics; Molecular Chaperones - metabolism; Nuclear Proteins; Nuclear Proteins - genetics; Nuclear Proteins - metabolism; Protein Binding; Protein Binding - physiology; Protein Folding; Proteins; Ribonucleic acid; Ribosomal Proteins; RNA; RNA-Binding Proteins; RNA-Binding Proteins - genetics; RNA-Binding Proteins - metabolism; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Saccharomyces cerevisiae - genetics; Saccharomyces cerevisiae - metabolism; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins - genetics; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins - metabolism; Selenoproteins; Signal Transduction; Signal Transduction - physiology; Small nuclear ribonucleoproteins; Small nuclear RNA; Small nucleolar ribonucleoproteins; Small nucleolar RNA; Transcription Factors; Yeast; Yeasts
• ISSN: 0021-9525; 1540-8140
• DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200708110

RNA-binding proteins of the L7Ae family are at the heart of many essential ribonucleoproteins (RNPs), including box C/D and H/ACA small nucleolar RNPs, U4 small nuclear RNP, telomerase, and messenger RNPs coding for selenoproteins. In this study, we show that Nufip and its yeast homologue Rsa1 are key components of the machinery that assembles these RNPs. We observed that Rsa1 and Nufip bind several L7Ae proteins and tether them to other core proteins in the immature particles. Surprisingly, Rsa1 and Nufip also link assembling RNPs with the AAA + adenosine triphosphatases hRvb1 and hRvb2 and with the Hsp90 chaperone through two conserved adaptors, Tah1/hSpagh and Pih1. Inhibition of Hsp90 in human cells prevents the accumulation of U3, U4, and telomerase RNAs and decreases the levels of newly synthesized hNop58, hNHP2, 15.5K, and SBP2. Thus, Hsp90 may control the folding of these proteins during the formation of new RNPs. This suggests that Hsp90 functions as a master regulator of cell proliferation by allowing simultaneous control of cell signaling and cell growth.