The Yeast Nα-Acetyltransferase NatA Is Quantitatively Anchored to the Ribosome and Interacts with Nascent Polypeptides
- 1 October 2003
- journal article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Vol. 23 (20), 7403-14
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.23.20.7403-7414.2003
Abstract
The majority of cytosolic proteins in eukaryotes contain a covalently linked acetyl moiety at their very N terminus. The mechanism by which the acetyl moiety is efficiently transferred to a large variety of nascent polypeptides is currently only poorly understood. Yeast N(alpha)-acetyltransferase NatA, consisting of the known subunits Nat1p and the catalytically active Ard1p, recognizes a wide range of sequences and is thought to act cotranslationally. We found that NatA was quantitatively bound to ribosomes via Nat1p and contained a previously unrecognized third subunit, the N(alpha)-acetyltransferase homologue Nat5p. Nat1p not only anchored Ard1p and Nat5p to the ribosome but also was in close proximity to nascent polypeptides, independent of whether they were substrates for N(alpha)-acetylation or not. Besides Nat1p, NAC (nascent polypeptide-associated complex) and the Hsp70 homologue Ssb1/2p interact with a variety of nascent polypeptides on the yeast ribosome. A direct comparison revealed that Nat1p required longer nascent polypeptides for interaction than NAC and Ssb1/2p. Delta nat1 or Delta ard1 deletion strains were temperature sensitive and showed derepression of silent mating type loci while Delta nat5 did not display any obvious phenotype. Temperature sensitivity and derepression of silent mating type loci caused by Delta nat1 or Delta ard1 were partially suppressed by overexpression of SSB1. The combination of data suggests that Nat1p presents the N termini of nascent polypeptides for acetylation and might serve additional roles during protein synthesis.Keywords
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