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Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 2001, p. 380-389, Vol. 21, No. 2
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.2.380-389.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Association of Two Novel Proteins, TbMP52 and TbMP48, with the Trypanosoma brucei RNA Editing Complex

Aswini K. Panigrahi,1,2 Steven P. Gygi,3 Nancy L. Ernst,1,2 Robert P. Igo Jr.,1,2 Setareh S. Palazzo,1,2 Achim Schnaufer,1,2 David S. Weston,1,2 Nicole Carmean,1 Reza Salavati,1,2 Ruedi Aebersold,3 and Kenneth D. Stuart1,2,*

Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98109,1 and Departments of Pathobiology2 and Molecular Biotechnology,3 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

Received 3 August 2000/Returned for modification 29 September 2000/Accepted 19 October 2000

RNA editing in kinetoplastid mitochondria inserts and deletes uridylates at multiple sites in pre-mRNAs as directed by guide RNAs. This occurs by a series of steps that are catalyzed by endoribonuclease, 3'-terminal uridylyl transferase, 3'-exouridylylase, and RNA ligase activities. A multiprotein complex that contains these activities and catalyzes deletion editing in vitro was enriched from Trypanosoma brucei mitochondria by sequential ion-exchange and gel filtration chromatography, followed by glycerol gradient sedimentation. The complex size is approximately 1,600 kDa, and the purified fraction contains 20 major polypeptides. A monoclonal antibody that was generated against the enriched complex reacts with an ~49-kDa protein and specifically immunoprecipitates in vitro deletion RNA editing activity. The protein recognized by the antibody was identified by mass spectrometry, and the corresponding gene, designated TbMP52, was cloned. Recombinant TbMP52 reacts with the monoclonal antibody. Another novel protein, TbMP48, which is similar to TbMP52, and its gene were also identified in the enriched complex. These results suggest that TbMP52 and TbMP48 are components of the RNA editing complex.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, 4 Nickerson St., Seattle, WA 98109. Phone: (206) 284-8846, ext. 316. Fax: (206) 284-0313. E-mail: kstuart{at}u.washington.edu.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 2001, p. 380-389, Vol. 21, No. 2
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.2.380-389.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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