A ribosome-associated chaperone enables substrate triage in a cotranslational protein targeting complex

Hao-Hsuan Hsieh, Jae Ho Lee, Sowmya Chandrasekar and Shu-ou Shan ()
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Hao-Hsuan Hsieh: California Institute of Technology
Jae Ho Lee: California Institute of Technology
Sowmya Chandrasekar: California Institute of Technology
Shu-ou Shan: California Institute of Technology

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: Abstract Protein biogenesis is essential in all cells and initiates when a nascent polypeptide emerges from the ribosome exit tunnel, where multiple ribosome-associated protein biogenesis factors (RPBs) direct nascent proteins to distinct fates. How distinct RPBs spatiotemporally coordinate with one another to affect accurate protein biogenesis is an emerging question. Here, we address this question by studying the role of a cotranslational chaperone, nascent polypeptide-associated complex (NAC), in regulating substrate selection by signal recognition particle (SRP), a universally conserved protein targeting machine. We show that mammalian SRP and SRP receptors (SR) are insufficient to generate the biologically required specificity for protein targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum. NAC co-binds with and remodels the conformational landscape of SRP on the ribosome to regulate its interaction kinetics with SR, thereby reducing the nonspecific targeting of signalless ribosomes and pre-emptive targeting of ribosomes with short nascent chains. Mathematical modeling demonstrates that the NAC-induced regulations of SRP activity are essential for the fidelity of cotranslational protein targeting. Our work establishes a molecular model for how NAC acts as a triage factor to prevent protein mislocalization, and demonstrates how the macromolecular crowding of RPBs at the ribosome exit site enhances the fidelity of substrate selection into individual protein biogenesis pathways.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19548-5

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