Ribosome–nata architecture reveals that rrna expansion segments coordinate n-terminal acetylation

ABSTRACT The majority of eukaryotic proteins are N-terminally α-acetylated by N-terminal acetyltransferases (NATs). Acetylation usually occurs co-translationally and defects have severe

consequences. Nevertheless, it is unclear how these enzymes act in concert with the translating ribosome. Here, we report the structure of a native ribosome–NatA complex from _Saccharomyces

cerevisiae_. NatA (comprising Naa10, Naa15 and Naa50) displays a unique mode of ribosome interaction by contacting eukaryotic-specific ribosomal RNA expansion segments in three out of four

binding patches. Thereby, NatA is dynamically positioned directly underneath the ribosomal exit tunnel to facilitate modification of the emerging nascent peptide chain. Methionine amino

peptidases, but not chaperones or signal recognition particle, would be able to bind concomitantly. This work assigns a function to the hitherto enigmatic ribosomal RNA expansion segments

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OF THE HETEROTRIMERIC NATC COMPLEX EXPLAINS N-TERMINAL ACETYLATION OF COGNATE SUBSTRATES Article Open access 02 November 2020 DATA AVAILABILITY The cryo-EM map for the ribosome–NatA complex

and the respective atomic coordinates have been deposited in the EMDataBank and PDB with accession codes EMD-0201 and 6HD5 for local refinement of NatA, respectively, and with accession

codes EMD-0202 and 6HD7 for regular refinement. The map for RNaseI-treated ribosomes was deposited with accession code EMD-0203. Source data for Fig. 3c are available with the paper online.

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B.B., T.B., A.G.K. and R.B. designed the study and wrote the manuscript. A.G.K. purified and biochemically characterized ribosome–NatA complexes and prepared samples for cryo-EM, processed

the data, analyzed the structures and, together with T.B., built the molecular model. O.B. collected cryo-EM data. A.G.K. and C.S. processed the cryo-EM data for RNaseI-treated uL4-RNCs.

B.B. cloned and established the purification of recombinant NatA. P.T. processed the cryo-EM data for the untreated RNCs. CORRESPONDING AUTHORS Correspondence to Thomas Becker, Birgitta

Beatrix or Roland Beckmann. ETHICS DECLARATIONS COMPETING INTERESTS The authors declare no competing interests. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Springer Nature remains neutral with

regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. INTEGRATED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURE 1 PURIFICATION OF THE NATIVE RIBOSOME–NATA

COMPLEX. a, Schematic representation of the construct for TAP-tagged Naa15. CaMBD, calmodulin-binding domain; TEV, tobacco etch virus protease cleavage site; ProtA, protein A IgG binding

domains. b, Amido black–stained PVDF membrane after transfer of purification samples separated on a 4–12% NuPAGE gel. c, Western blot of purification samples probing with an antibody

directed against the CaMBD (anti-CAB, Thermo Fisher) and against uL29 (polyclonal chicken antiserum, Davids Biotechnolgie). L, lysate; FT, flow through; R, resuspension; W, wash; E, elution;

B, boiled beads. Naa15-CaMBD corresponds to TEV-cleaved product carrying a calmodulin-binding domain, which is recognized by the anti-CAB antibody. 0.1 A260 of E was loaded, for L and FT

1/40,000 and for wash fractions 1/7 of the volume was loaded on the gel. SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURE 2 3D CLASSIFICATION SCHEME FOR CRYO-EM RIBOSOME–NATA COMPLEX. Particles were picked

automatically with Gautomatch, and 2D classification was used to discard non-ribosomal particles. Remaining particles were subjected to 3D refinement and classification. The highest

populated classes with ES27a in the exit position were joined and classified according to their tRNA states. Particles containing tRNAs in the A- and P-site were merged and used for further

classification with a mask on the ribosomal tunnel exit region. One of the three classes showed well-defined additional density at the exit region for NatA and was refined to an overall

resolution of 3.4 Å. SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURE 3 LOCAL RESOLUTION AND FSC CURVE FOR THE RIBOSOME–NATA COMPLEX. The ribosome–NatA map (see Supplementary Fig. 2) was further refined focusing on the

tunnel exit region to improve the resolution of the bound NatA. a,b, Maps before (a) and after (b) focused refinement are shown colored according to their local resolution. Whereas the

overall resolution for the ribosome is below 4 Å, NatA displays a higher degree of flexibility indicated by a gradient of local resolution ranging from 7 to >12 Å. Focused refinement on

NatA improved the resolution for the ligand to below 10 Å and an average resolution of 8 Å. c,d, FSC curves for the maps shown in a and b, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURE 4 DOCKING OF

NATA SUBUNITS INTO CRYO-EM MAP. a, Isolated densities for the NatA subunits extracted from the refined map focused on NatA are shown in transparent together with a ribbon representation of

the respective molecular models. Naa50 and Naa10 were docked essentially as rigid bodies (derived from PDB 4XNH); Naa15 required some adjustments, especially for the protruding basic helix

(see also Supplementary Fig. 7b). b, Zoom views focusing on the ribosome–NatA contacts using the focused refined map as in a. Views were chosen similar to Fig. 2 (see also Supplementary Fig.

3b). c, The upper panel shows the map after global refinement at 3.4 Å with the models for H24, H47 and the N terminus of Naa15. The middle panel shows the same map, but low-pass filtered

to 8 Å. Note that density for NatA becomes visible after low-pass filtering. The lower panel shows the map after local refinement low-pass filtered to 8 Å. The density for NatA becomes more

defined and distinct interaction sites of NatA with the ribosomal helices become evident. SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURE 5 SECONDARY STRUCTURE OF THE 28S RRNA OF _S. CEREVISIAE_. Expansion segments

ES7a, ES27a and ES39a are labeled in blue. Adopted form http://apollo.chemistry.gatech.edu/RibosomeGallery/ SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURE 6 OVERVIEW OF THE RIBOSOME-BOUND NATA STRUCTURE. Naa15 is

shown in beige, except for the 13 TPR motifs displayed alternating in yellow and blue and numbered according to Liscszak et al. (_Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol_. 20, 1098–1105, 2013) (PDB 4KVM).

TPR11 is not a canonical TPR; instead, it shows extended α-helices and is therefore labeled with 11-like and 11 ext for extended. Naa10 is shown in red and Naa50 is shown in green.

SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURE 7 SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT AND REARRANGEMENT OF BASIC HELIX Α33 OF _S. CEREVISIAE_ AND _S. POMBE_. a, Sequence alignment of the basic helix (α 33) of _S. pombe_ and _S.

cerevisiae_ Naa15 with Clustal O (1.2.4). Conserved lysines involved in binding ES39a are boxed. b, Comparison of the free structure of Naa15 of _S. pombe_ (PDB 4KVM) in green with Naa15 of

_S. cerevisiae_ in the ribosome-bound conformation in orange. In _S. cerevisiae_, this basic helix repositions towards ES39a when bound to the ribosome. SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURE 8 RIBOSOME

BINDING OF NATA. a, Western blot analysis comparing non-treated (RNC) and RNase I–treated (rtRNC) uL4-RNCs. Left, amido black–stained PVDF membrane after transfer of the RNC samples

separated on a 12% NuPAGE gel; right, membrane probed with an anti-HA antibody showing the peptidyl-tRNA, indicating that RNase I treatment does not affect the peptidyl-transferase center.

Shown is an overlay of the left panel with the antibody signal. b, 4–12% Nu-PAGE gel after an in vitro binding assay showing the supernatant (SN) and pellet (P) fractions of either empty 80S

ribosomes or NatA or 80S ribosomes incubated with recombinant NatA. This indicates that NatA is binding to empty ribosomes independently of an emerging nascent chain. c, 15% SDS–PAGE

supernatant and pellet fractions of a representative binding assay using either uL4-RNCs (RNCs) or RNase I–treated uL4-RNCs (rtRNCs). Note that significantly less NatA binds to rtRNCs. A

representative ribosomal band used for normalization is marked with an asterisk (see also Fig. 3c). SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURE 9 CRYO-EM STRUCTURES OF INTACT AND RNASE I–TREATED RIBOSOMES. Cryo-EM

maps of untreated (RNC; orange) and RNase I–treated (rtRNC; gray) ribosomes. The upper panel displays the front view, the middle panel the bottom view and the lower panel a side view. The

right column shows a difference map between RNC and rtRNC (red) superimposed on the map of the rtRNCs indicating statistically significant differences between the two maps. Note that mainly

density of protruding rRNA is missing in the rtRNCs, such as expansion segments ES7a, ES27a and ES39a or the L1 stalk. Stalk, L7/L12 stalk. All maps were at a resolution of 6.7 Å, low-pass

filtered to 8 Å and are shown at the same contour level (3.7_σ_). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT AND FIGURES Supplementary Figures 1–9 and Supplementary Note REPORTING SUMMARY

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