Mechanistic insights into m6A modification of U6 snRNA by human METTL16

被引:93
作者
Aoyama, Tomohiko [1 ]
Yamashita, Seisuke [1 ]
Tomita, Kozo [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Frontier Sci, Dept Computat Biol & Med Sci, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778562, Japan
关键词
SMALL NUCLEAR RNAS; MESSENGER-RNA; N-6-METHYLADENOSINE; METHYLATION; PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSLATION; TARGETS; 3'-END; YEAST;
D O I
10.1093/nar/gkaa227
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The N-6-methyladenosine modification at position 43 (m(6)A43) of U6 snRNA is catalyzed by METTL16, and is important for the 5 '-splice site recognition by U6 snRNA during pre-mRNA splicing. Human METTL16 consists of the N-terminal methyltransferase domain (MTD) and the C-terminal vertebrate conserved region (VCR). While the MTD has an intrinsic property to recognize a specific sequence in the distinct structural context of RNA, the VCR functions have remained uncharacterized. Here, we present structural and functional analyses of the human METTL16 VCR. The VCR increases the affinity of METTL16 toward U6 snRNA, and the conserved basic region in VCR is important for the METTL16-U6 snRNA interaction. The VCR structure is topologically homologous to the C-terminal RNA binding domain, KA1, in U6 snRNA-specific terminal uridylyl transferase 1 (TUT1). A chimera of the N-terminal MTD of METTL16 and the C-terminal KA1 of TUT1 methylated U6 snRNA more efficiently than the MTD, indicating the functional conservation of the VCR and KA1 for U6 snRNA biogenesis. The VCR interacts with the internal stem-loop (ISL) within U6 snRNA, and this interaction would induce the conformational rearrangement of the A43-containing region of U6 snRNA, thereby modifying the RNA structure to become suitable for productive catalysis by the MTD. Therefore, the MTD and VCR in METTL16 cooperatively facilitate the m(6)A43 U6 snRNA modification.
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页码:5157 / 5168
页数:12
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