Structural basis for inhibition of the AAA-ATPase Drg1 by diazaborine

Prattes, Michael; Grishkovskaya, Irina; Hodirnau, Victor-Valentin; Rössler, Ingrid; Klein, Isabella; Hetzmannseder, Christina; Zisser, Gertrude; Gruber, Christian C.; Gruber, Karl; Haselbach, David; Bergler, Helmut

Structural basis for inhibition of the AAA-ATPase Drg1 by diazaborine

Prattes M, Grishkovskaya I, Hodirnau V-V, Rössler I, Klein I, Hetzmannseder C, Zisser G, Gruber CC, Gruber K, Haselbach D, Bergler H. 2021. Structural basis for inhibition of the AAA-ATPase Drg1 by diazaborine. Nature Communications. 12(1), 3483.

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10.1038/s41467-021-23854-x

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Prattes, Michael; Grishkovskaya, Irina; Hodirnau, Victor-Valentin^ISTA; Rössler, Ingrid; Klein, Isabella; Hetzmannseder, Christina; Zisser, Gertrude; Gruber, Christian C.; Gruber, Karl; Haselbach, David; Bergler, Helmut

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Electron Microscopy Facility

Abstract

The hexameric AAA-ATPase Drg1 is a key factor in eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis and initiates cytoplasmic maturation of the large ribosomal subunit by releasing the shuttling maturation factor Rlp24. Drg1 monomers contain two AAA-domains (D1 and D2) that act in a concerted manner. Rlp24 release is inhibited by the drug diazaborine which blocks ATP hydrolysis in D2. The mode of inhibition was unknown. Here we show the first cryo-EM structure of Drg1 revealing the inhibitory mechanism. Diazaborine forms a covalent bond to the 2′-OH of the nucleotide in D2, explaining its specificity for this site. As a consequence, the D2 domain is locked in a rigid, inactive state, stalling the whole Drg1 hexamer. Resistance mechanisms identified include abolished drug binding and altered positioning of the nucleotide. Our results suggest nucleotide-modifying compounds as potential novel inhibitors for AAA-ATPases.

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General Biochemistry; Genetics and Molecular Biology; General Physics and Astronomy; General Chemistry

Publishing Year

2021

Date Published

2021-06-09

Journal Title

Nature Communications

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Springer Nature

Acknowledgement

We are deeply grateful to the late Gregor Högenauer who built the foundation for this study with his visionary work on the inhibitor diazaborine and its bacterial target. We thank Rolf Breinbauer for insightful discussions on boron chemistry. We thank Anton Meinhart and Tim Clausen for the valuable discussion of the manuscript. We are indebted to Thomas Köcher for the MS measurement of the diazaborine-ATPγS adduct. We thank the team of the VBCF for support during early phases of this work and the IST Austria Electron Microscopy Facility for providing equipment. The lab of D.H. is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim. The work was funded by FWF projects P32536 and P32977 (to H.B.).

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Electron Microscopy Facility

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3483

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2041-1723

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9540

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Prattes M, Grishkovskaya I, Hodirnau V-V, et al. Structural basis for inhibition of the AAA-ATPase Drg1 by diazaborine. Nature Communications. 2021;12(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23854-x

Prattes, M., Grishkovskaya, I., Hodirnau, V.-V., Rössler, I., Klein, I., Hetzmannseder, C., … Bergler, H. (2021). Structural basis for inhibition of the AAA-ATPase Drg1 by diazaborine. Nature Communications. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23854-x

Prattes, Michael, Irina Grishkovskaya, Victor-Valentin Hodirnau, Ingrid Rössler, Isabella Klein, Christina Hetzmannseder, Gertrude Zisser, et al. “Structural Basis for Inhibition of the AAA-ATPase Drg1 by Diazaborine.” Nature Communications. Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23854-x.

M. Prattes et al., “Structural basis for inhibition of the AAA-ATPase Drg1 by diazaborine,” Nature Communications, vol. 12, no. 1. Springer Nature, 2021.

Prattes, Michael, et al. “Structural Basis for Inhibition of the AAA-ATPase Drg1 by Diazaborine.” Nature Communications, vol. 12, no. 1, 3483, Springer Nature, 2021, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23854-x.

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