Previous Article | Next Article 
Molecular and Cellular Biology, December 2000, p. 9028-9040, Vol.
20, No. 23
0270-7306/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Human H/ACA Small Nucleolar RNPs and Telomerase
Share Evolutionarily Conserved Proteins NHP2 and NOP10
Vanda
Poga
i
,
François
Dragon,
and
Witold
Filipowicz*
Friedrich-Miescher Institut, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
Received 27 July 2000/Returned for modification 30 August
2000/Accepted 12 September 2000
The H/ACA small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are involved in pseudouridylation
of pre-rRNAs. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, four common proteins are
associated with H/ACA snoRNAs: Gar1p, Cbf5p, Nhp2p, and Nop10p. In vitro
reconstitution studies showed that four proteins also specifically interact with
H/ACA snoRNAs in mammalian cell extracts. Two mammalian proteins, NAP57/dyskerin
(the ortholog of Cbf5p) and hGAR1, have been characterized. In this work we
describe properties of hNOP10 and hNHP2, human orthologs of yeast Nop10p and Nhp2p,
respectively, and further characterize hGAR1. hNOP10 and hNHP2 complement yeast
cells depleted of Nhp2p and Nop10p, respectively. Immunoprecipitation experiments with
extracts from transfected HeLa cells indicated that epitope-tagged hNOP10 and
hNHP2 specifically associate with hGAR1 and H/ACA RNAs; they also interact with
the RNA subunit of telomerase, which contains an H/ACA-like domain in its 3' moiety.
Immunofluorescence microscopy experiments showed that hGAR1, hNOP10, and hNHP2 are localized
in the dense fibrillar component of the nucleolus and in Cajal (coiled) bodies. Deletion
analysis of hGAR1 indicated that its evolutionarily conserved core domain contains all the
signals required for localization, but progressive deletions from either the N or the C
terminus of the core domain abolish localization in the nucleolus and/or the Cajal bodies.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: Friedrich Miescher Institut, Maulbeerstrasse 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland. Phone: 41 61 697 4128. Fax: 41 61 697 3976. E-mail: Witold.Filipowicz{at}fmi.ch.

Present address: Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
06520-8040.
Molecular and Cellular Biology, December 2000, p. 9028-9040, Vol.
20, No. 23
0270-7306/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
This article has been cited by other articles:
-
Trahan, C., Dragon, F.
(2009). Dyskeratosis congenita mutations in the H/ACA domain of human telomerase RNA affect its assembly into a pre-RNP. RNA
15: 235-243
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Venteicher, A. S., Abreu, E. B., Meng, Z., McCann, K. E., Terns, R. M., Veenstra, T. D., Terns, M. P., Artandi, S. E.
(2009). A Human Telomerase Holoenzyme Protein Required for Cajal Body Localization and Telomere Synthesis. Science
323: 644-648
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Singh, M., Gonzales, F. A., Cascio, D., Heckmann, N., Chanfreau, G., Feigon, J.
(2009). Structure and Functional Studies of the CS Domain of the Essential H/ACA Ribonucleoparticle Assembly Protein SHQ1. J. Biol. Chem.
284: 1906-1916
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Xiao, M., Yang, C., Schattner, P., Yu, Y.-T.
(2009). Functionality and substrate specificity of human box H/ACA guide RNAs. RNA
15: 176-186
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Gu, B.-W., Bessler, M., Mason, P. J.
(2008). A pathogenic dyskerin mutation impairs proliferation and activates a DNA damage response independent of telomere length in mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
105: 10173-10178
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Lin, J., Jin, R., Zhang, B., Chen, H., Bai, Y. X., Yang, P. X., Han, S. W., Xie, Y. H., Huang, P. T., Huang, C., Huang, J. J.
(2008). Nucleolar localization of TERT is unrelated to telomerase function in human cells. J. Cell Sci.
121: 2169-2176
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Vulliamy, T., Beswick, R., Kirwan, M., Marrone, A., Digweed, M., Walne, A., Dokal, I.
(2008). From the Cover: Mutations in the telomerase component NHP2 cause the premature ageing syndrome dyskeratosis congenita. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
105: 8073-8078
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Calado, R. T., Young, N. S.
(2008). Telomere maintenance and human bone marrow failure. Blood
111: 4446-4455
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Machado-Pinilla, R., Sanchez-Perez, I., Ramon Murguia, J., Sastre, L., Perona, R.
(2008). A dyskerin motif reactivates telomerase activity in X-linked dyskeratosis congenita and in telomerase-deficient human cells. Blood
111: 2606-2614
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Marrone, A., Walne, A., Tamary, H., Masunari, Y., Kirwan, M., Beswick, R., Vulliamy, T., Dokal, I.
(2007). Telomerase reverse-transcriptase homozygous mutations in autosomal recessive dyskeratosis congenita and Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome. Blood
110: 4198-4205
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Walne, A. J., Vulliamy, T., Marrone, A., Beswick, R., Kirwan, M., Masunari, Y., Al-Qurashi, F.-h., Aljurf, M., Dokal, I.
(2007). Genetic heterogeneity in autosomal recessive dyskeratosis congenita with one subtype due to mutations in the telomerase-associated protein NOP10. Hum Mol Genet
16: 1619-1629
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Kruger, T., Zentgraf, H., Scheer, U.
(2007). Intranucleolar sites of ribosome biogenesis defined by the localization of early binding ribosomal proteins. JCB
177: 573-578
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Kittur, N., Darzacq, X., Roy, S., Singer, R. H., Meier, U. T.
(2006). Dynamic association and localization of human H/ACA RNP proteins. RNA
12: 2057-2062
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Wong, J. M.Y., Collins, K.
(2006). Telomerase RNA level limits telomere maintenance in X-linked dyskeratosis congenita. Genes Dev.
20: 2848-2858
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Normand, C., Capeyrou, R., Quevillon-Cheruel, S., Mougin, A., Henry, Y., Caizergues-Ferrer, M.
(2006). Analysis of the binding of the N-terminal conserved domain of yeast Cbf5p to a box H/ACA snoRNA. RNA
12: 1868-1882
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Stavreva, D. A., Kawasaki, M., Dundr, M., Koberna, K., Muller, W. G., Tsujimura-Takahashi, T., Komatsu, W., Hayano, T., Isobe, T., Raska, I., Misteli, T., Takahashi, N., McNally, J. G.
(2006). Potential Roles for Ubiquitin and the Proteasome during Ribosome Biogenesis.. Mol. Cell. Biol.
26: 5131-5145
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Hoareau-Aveilla, C., Bonoli, M., Caizergues-Ferrer, M., Henry, Y.
(2006). hNaf1 is required for accumulation of human box H/ACA snoRNPs, scaRNPs, and telomerase. RNA
12: 832-840
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Darzacq, X., Kittur, N., Roy, S., Shav-Tal, Y., Singer, R. H., Meier, U. T.
(2006). Stepwise RNP assembly at the site of H/ACA RNA transcription in human cells. JCB
173: 207-218
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Manival, X., Charron, C., Fourmann, J.-B., Godard, F., Charpentier, B., Branlant, C.
(2006). Crystal structure determination and site-directed mutagenesis of the Pyrococcus abyssi aCBF5-aNOP10 complex reveal crucial roles of the C-terminal domains of both proteins in H/ACA sRNP activity. Nucleic Acids Res
34: 826-839
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
KHANNA, M., WU, H., JOHANSSON, C., CAIZERGUES-FERRER, M., FEIGON, J.
(2006). Structural study of the H/ACA snoRNP components Nop10p and the 3' hairpin of U65 snoRNA.. RNA
12: 40-52
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
TERNS, M., TERNS, R.
(2006). Noncoding RNAs of the H/ACA Family. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol
71: 395-405
[Abstract]
-
Charpentier, B., Muller, S., Branlant, C.
(2005). Reconstitution of archaeal H/ACA small ribonucleoprotein complexes active in pseudouridylation. Nucleic Acids Res
33: 3133-3144
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Yamaguchi, H., Calado, R. T., Ly, H., Kajigaya, S., Baerlocher, G. M., Chanock, S. J., Lansdorp, P. M., Young, N. S.
(2005). Mutations in TERT, the Gene for Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase, in Aplastic Anemia. NEJM
352: 1413-1424
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
LEEPER, T. C., VARANI, G.
(2005). The structure of an enzyme-activating fragment of human telomerase RNA. RNA
11: 394-403
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
HENRAS, A. K., CAPEYROU, R., HENRY, Y., CAIZERGUES-FERRER, M.
(2004). Cbf5p, the putative pseudouridine synthase of H/ACA-type snoRNPs, can form a complex with Gar1p and Nop10p in absence of Nhp2p and box H/ACA snoRNAs. RNA
10: 1704-1712
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Mochizuki, Y., He, J., Kulkarni, S., Bessler, M., Mason, P. J.
(2004). Mouse dyskerin mutations affect accumulation of telomerase RNA and small nucleolar RNA, telomerase activity, and ribosomal RNA processing. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
101: 10756-10761
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
AIGNER, S., CECH, T. R.
(2004). The Euplotes telomerase subunit p43 stimulates enzymatic activity and processivity in vitro. RNA
10: 1108-1118
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Witkin, K. L., Collins, K.
(2004). Holoenzyme proteins required for the physiological assembly and activity of telomerase. Genes Dev.
18: 1107-1118
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Dundr, M., Hebert, M. D., Karpova, T. S., Stanek, D., Xu, H., Shpargel, K. B., Meier, U. T., Neugebauer, K. M., Matera, A. G., Misteli, T.
(2004). In vivo kinetics of Cajal body components. JCB
164: 831-842
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Lin, J., Blackburn, E. H.
(2004). Nucleolar protein PinX1p regulates telomerase by sequestering its protein catalytic subunit in an inactive complex lacking telomerase RNA. Genes Dev.
18: 387-396
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Hsu, C.-L., Chen, Y.-S., Tsai, S.-Y., Tu, P.-J., Wang, M.-J., Lin, J.-J.
(2004). Interaction of Saccharomyces Cdc13p with Pol1p, Imp4p, Sir4p and Zds2p is involved in telomere replication, telomere maintenance and cell growth control. Nucleic Acids Res
32: 511-521
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Zhu, Y., Tomlinson, R. L., Lukowiak, A. A., Terns, R. M., Terns, M. P.
(2004). Telomerase RNA Accumulates in Cajal Bodies in Human Cancer Cells. Mol. Biol. Cell
15: 81-90
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Rozhdestvensky, T. S., Tang, T. H., Tchirkova, I. V., Brosius, J., Bachellerie, J.-P., Huttenhofer, A.
(2003). Binding of L7Ae protein to the K-turn of archaeal snoRNAs: a shared RNA binding motif for C/D and H/ACA box snoRNAs in Archaea. Nucleic Acids Res
31: 869-877
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Wang, C., Query, C. C., Meier, U. T.
(2002). Immunopurified Small Nucleolar Ribonucleoprotein Particles Pseudouridylate rRNA Independently of Their Association with Phosphorylated Nopp140. Mol. Cell. Biol.
22: 8457-8466
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Whitehead, S. E., Jones, K. W., Zhang, X., Cheng, X., Terns, R. M., Terns, M. P.
(2002). Determinants of the Interaction of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Disease Protein SMN with the Dimethylarginine-modified Box H/ACA Small Nucleolar Ribonucleoprotein GAR1. J. Biol. Chem.
277: 48087-48093
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Chai, W., Ford, L. P., Lenertz, L., Wright, W. E., Shay, J. W.
(2002). Human Ku70/80 Associates Physically with Telomerase through Interaction with hTERT. J. Biol. Chem.
277: 47242-47247
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Yang, P. K., Rotondo, G., Porras, T., Legrain, P., Chanfreau, G.
(2002). The Shq1p{middle dot}Naf1p Complex Is Required for Box H/ACA Small Nucleolar Ribonucleoprotein Particle Biogenesis. J. Biol. Chem.
277: 45235-45242
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Dez, C., Noaillac-Depeyre, J., Caizergues-Ferrer, M., Henry, Y.
(2002). Naf1p, an Essential Nucleoplasmic Factor Specifically Required for Accumulation of Box H/ACA Small Nucleolar RNPs. Mol. Cell. Biol.
22: 7053-7065
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Cong, Y.-S., Wright, W. E., Shay, J. W.
(2002). Human Telomerase and Its Regulation. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev.
66: 407-425
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Lam, Y. W., Lyon, C. E., Lamond, A. I.
(2002). Large-Scale Isolation of Cajal Bodies from HeLa Cells. Mol. Biol. Cell
13: 2461-2473
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Etheridge, K. T., Banik, S. S. R., Armbruster, B. N., Zhu, Y., Terns, R. M., Terns, M. P., Counter, C. M.
(2002). The Nucleolar Localization Domain of the Catalytic Subunit of Human Telomerase. J. Biol. Chem.
277: 24764-24770
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Mergny, J.-L., Riou, J.-F., Mailliet, P., Teulade-Fichou, M.-P., Gilson, E.
(2002). Natural and pharmacological regulation of telomerase. Nucleic Acids Res
30: 839-865
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Antal, M., Boros, E., Solymosy, F., Kiss, T.
(2002). Analysis of the structure of human telomerase RNA in vivo. Nucleic Acids Res
30: 912-920
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Pruzan, R., Pongracz, K., Gietzen, K., Wallweber, G., Gryaznov, S.
(2002). Allosteric inhibitors of telomerase: oligonucleotide N3'->P5' phosphoramidates. Nucleic Acids Res
30: 559-568
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
French, C. A., Miyoshi, I., Aster, J. C., Kubonishi, I., Kroll, T. G., Dal Cin, P., Vargas, S. O., Perez-Atayde, A. R., Fletcher, J. A.
(2001). BRD4 Bromodomain Gene Rearrangement in Aggressive Carcinoma with Translocation t(15;19). Am. J. Pathol.
159: 1987-1992
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Billy, E., Brondani, V., Zhang, H., Muller, U., Filipowicz, W.
(2001). Specific interference with gene expression induced by long, double-stranded RNA in mouse embryonal teratocarcinoma cell lines. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
10.1073/pnas.261562698v1
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
King, T. H., Decatur, W. A., Bertrand, E., Maxwell, E. S., Fournier, M. J.
(2001). A Well-Connected and Conserved Nucleoplasmic Helicase Is Required for Production of Box C/D and H/ACA snoRNAs and Localization of snoRNP Proteins. Mol. Cell. Biol.
21: 7731-7746
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Henras, A., Dez, C., Noaillac-Depeyre, J., Henry, Y., Caizergues-Ferrer, M.
(2001). Accumulation of H/ACA snoRNPs depends on the integrity of the conserved central domain of the RNA-binding protein Nhp2p. Nucleic Acids Res
29: 2733-2746
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Isaac, C., Pollard, J. W., Meier, U. T.
(2001). Intranuclear endoplasmic reticulum induced by Nopp140 mimics the nucleolar channel system of human endometrium. J. Cell Sci.
114: 4253-4264
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
GERBI, S.A., BOROVJAGIN, A.V., EZROKHI, M., LANGE, T.S.
(2001). Ribosome Biogenesis: Role of Small Nucleolar RNA in Maturation of Eukaryotic rRNA. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol
66: 575-590
[Abstract]
-
Filipowicz, W.
(2000). Imprinted expression of small nucleolar RNAs in brain: Time for RNomics. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
97: 14035-14037
[Full Text]
-
Billy, E., Brondani, V., Zhang, H., Muller, U., Filipowicz, W.
(2001). Specific interference with gene expression induced by long, double-stranded RNA in mouse embryonal teratocarcinoma cell lines. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
98: 14428-14433
[Abstract]
[Full Text]