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Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 2005, p. 2785-2794, Vol. 25, No. 7
0270-7306/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.7.2785-2794.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

In Trypanosoma brucei RNA Editing, Band II Enables Recognition Specifically at Each Step of the U Insertion Cycle

Julie A. Law,{dagger} Catherine E. Huang,{dagger},{ddagger} Sean F. O'Hearn,{dagger} and Barbara Sollner-Webb*

Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Received 17 September 2004/ Returned for modification 21 October 2004/ Accepted 21 December 2004

Trypanosome RNA editing is the posttranscriptional insertion and deletion of uridylate (U) residues, often to a massive extent, through cycles of cleavage, U addition or U removal, and ligation. These editing cycles are catalyzed by a complex that we purified to seven major proteins (bands I through VII). Here we analyze the role of band II using extracts of clonal band II RNA interference (RNAi) cell lines prepared by a rapid protocol that enables retention of activities that are lost during traditional extract preparation. By individually scoring each step of editing, we show that band II is critical for all steps of U insertion but is not important for any of the steps of U deletion or for their coordination into the U deletion cycle. This specificity supports the long- standing model that U-insertional and U-deletional activities are separated within the editing complex. Furthermore, by assaying the basic activities of the enzymes that catalyze the steps of U insertion, independent of their action in editing, we show that band II is not any of those enzymes. Rather, band II enables endonuclease action at authentic U insertion sites, terminal-uridylyl-transferase (TUTase) action at cleaved U insertion sites, and U-insertion-specific ligase (band V/IREL) action in the editing complex. Thus, band II facilitates each step of U insertion by providing proper RNA and/or protein recognition. We propose that band II (TbMP81) be called IRER, indicating its essential nature in U-insertional RNA editing recognition.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205. Phone: (410) 955-6278. Fax: (410) 955-0192. E-mail: bsw{at}jhmi.edu.

{dagger} J.A.L., C.E.H., and S.F.O. contributed equally to this work.

{ddagger} Present address: Carnegie Institute, Department of Embryology, Baltimore, MD 21210.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 2005, p. 2785-2794, Vol. 25, No. 7
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.7.2785-2794.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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