Structural framework for the mechanism of archaeal exosomes in RNA processing [Elektronische Ressource] : structural insights into DNA duplex separation by the archaeal superfamily 2 helicase Hel308 / Katharina Büttner

Katharina Buettner

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• Biologie

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• Publié par: ludwig-maximilians-universitat_munchen
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2007
• Nombre de lectures: 19
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

Extrait

Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades
der Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie
der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München


Structural Framework for the Mechanism of
Archaeal Exosomes in RNA processing

Structural Insights into DNA Duplex Separation by
the Archaeal Superfamily 2 Helicase Hel308





Katharina Büttner

aus

Wolfratshausen


2007 Erklärung
Diese Dissertation wurde im Sinne von § 13 Abs. 3 bzw. 4 der Promotionsordnung
vom 29. Januar 1998 von Herrn Prof. Dr. Karl-Peter Hopfner betreut.






Ehrenwörtliche Versicherung
Diese Dissertation wurde selbständig, ohne unerlaubte Hilfe erarbeitet.

München, am 24. April 2007



....................................................
(Katharina Büttner)











Dissertation eingereicht am 24. April 2007
1. Gutachter Herr Prof. Dr. Karl-Peter Hopfner
2. Gutachter Herr Prof. Dr. Patrick Cramer
Mündliche Prüfung am 03. Juli 2007 The presented thesis was prepared in the time from December 2003 to March
2007 in the laboratory of Professor Dr. Karl-Peter Hopfner at the Gene Center of
the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU).





Parts of this PhD thesis have been published:

Büttner K., Nehring S., and Hopfner K.P., (2007).
Structural basis for DNA duplex separation by a Superfamily 2 Helicase.
NSMB 2007, Jul;14(7):647-52.

Büttner K. and Hopfner K.P., (2006).
Das Exosom.
Bioforum 2006; 29:19-21.

Büttner K., Wenig K., and Hopfner K.P., (2006).
The exosome: a macromolecular cage for controlled RNA degradation.
Mol. Microbiology 2006;61:1372-1379.

Büttner K., Wenig K.. and Hopfner K.P., (2005).
Structural Framework for the Mechanism of Archaeal Exosomes in RNA
Processing. Mol Cell. 2005 Nov 11;20(3):461-71.

Other publications:

Karcher A., Büttner K., Märtens B., Jansen R.P. and Hopfner K.P., (2005).
X-ray structure of RLI, an essential twin cassette ABC ATPase involved in
ribosome biogenesis and HIV capsid assembly. Structure. 2005 Apr.
13(4):649-59.

Presentations at international conferences:

Büttner K., Wenig K., and Hopfner KP.
Structural Framework for the Mechanism of Archaeal Exosomes in RNA
Processing
Hybrid Methods; March 15-19, 2006, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA (Poster)




















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PART I






Structural Framework for the
Mechanism of Archaeal Exosomes
in RNA processing





Table of contents
Table of contents
1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................1
1.1 THE EXOSOME IS CONSERVED IN EUKARYOTES AND ARCHAEA ..........................................................1
1.2 FUNCTIONS OF THE EXOSOME AND COACTIVATOR COMPLEXES .........................................................4
1.2.1 Cytosolic RNA decay and quality control .............................................................................4
1.2.2 Nuclear RNA processing and degradation6
1.3 STRUCTURE DETERMINATION BY X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY8
1.3.1 Crystallization........................................................................................................................8
1.3.2 Theory of X-ray diffraction ...................................................................................................9
1.3.3 The Phase problem ................................................................................................................9
1.3.4 Solving the phase problem11
1.3.4.1 Patterson Function......................................................................................................................... 11
1.3.4.2 Single- and multiple anomalous dispersion (SAD/MAD) ............................................................. 11
1.3.4.3 Molecular replacement.................................................................................................................. 13
1.4 OBJECTIVES .....................................................................................................................................14
2 MATERIALS AND METHODS.15
2.1 MATERIALS.......15
2.1.1 Chemicals ............................................................................................................................15
2.1.2 Bacterial strains ...................................................................................................................15
2.1.3 Media and supplements .......................................................................................................16
2.1.4 Buffers and solutions ...........................................................................................................17
2.2 METHODS ........................................................................................................................................18
2.2.1 Bioinformatic Methods........................................................................................................18
2.2.1.1 Homology searches and alignments .............................................................................................. 18
2.2.1.2 Structural homology searches........................................................................................................ 18
2.2.1.3 Calculation of protein parameters.................................................................................................. 18
2.2.1.4 Structure visualization and analyzation.........................................................................................18
2.2.2 Molecular methods ..............................................................................................................19
2.2.2.1 Oligonucleotide design and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) ................................................... 19
2.2.2.2 Site-directed mutagenesis.............................................................................................................. 19
2.2.2.3 Restriction cleavage and ligation................................................................................................... 19
2.2.2.4 Transformation of E. coli and isolation of plasmid DNA.............................................................. 20
2.2.2.5 Preparation of competent cells ...................................................................................................... 20
2.2.3 Electrophoretic methods20
2.2.3.1 Electrophoretic separation of DNA.20
2.2.3.2 Protein separation by SDS-PAGE 21
2.2.4 Proteinchemical methods.....................................................................................................21
2.2.4.1 Protein expression ......................................................................................................................... 21
2.2.4.2 Selenomethionine labelling...... 21 Table of contents
2.2.4.3 Gelfiltration experiments and determination of molecular weight ................................................ 22
2.2.5 Structure determination of the archaeal exosome................................................................22
2.2.5.1 Cloning and expression of the exosome complexes from Archaeoglobus fulgidus....................... 22
2.2.5.2 Purification of the two exosome isoforms ..................................................................................... 22
2.2.5.3 Crystallization and structure determination of the exosome complexes........................................ 25
2.2.5.4 Tungstate soaking experiments ..................................................................................................... 26
2.2.6 Biochemical Methods ..........................................................................................................27
2.2.6.1 Radioactive Labelling of RNA...................................................................................................... 27
2.2.6.2 RNA degradation and polyadenylation assays .............................................................................. 27
2.2.6.3 RNA binding assays...................................................................................................................... 28
3 RESULTS................................................................................................................................................29
3.1 PURIFICATION, CRYSTALLIZATION AND STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF THE ARCHAEAL EXOSOMES
29
3.1.1 Pu