西亚试剂：Structure and function of Zucchini endoribonuclease in piRN

发布时间：2025-10-27

Structure and function of Zucchini endoribonuclease in piRNA biogenesis

Hiroshi Nishimasu,1, 5 Hirotsugu Ishizu,1, 2, 5 Kuniaki Saito,2 Satoshi Fukuhara,1 Miharu K. Kamatani,2 Luc Bonnefond,1, 6 Naoki Matsumoto,1 Tomohiro Nishizawa,1 Keita Nakanaga,3 Junken Aoki,3 Ryuichiro Ishitani,1 Haruhiko Siomi,2 Mikiko C. Siomi1, 2, 4 & Osamu Nureki1, 4

PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) silence transposons to maintain genome integrity in animal germ lines1, 2, 3, 4. piRNAs are classified as primary and secondary piRNAs, depending on their biogenesis machinery5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Primary piRNAs are processed from long non-coding RNA precursors transcribed from piRNA clusters in the genome through the primary processing pathway5, 8, 9, 10. Although the existence of a ribonuclease participating in this pathway has been predicted, its molecular identity remained unknown. Here we show that Zucchini (Zuc), a mitochondrial phospholipase D (PLD) superfamily member11, is an endoribonuclease essential for primary piRNA biogenesis. We solved the crystal structure of Drosophila melanogaster Zuc (DmZuc) at 1.75?? resolution. The structure revealed that DmZuc has a positively charged, narrow catalytic groove at the dimer interface, which could accommodate a single-stranded, but not a double-stranded, RNA. DmZuc and the mouse homologue MmZuc (also known as Pld6 and MitoPLD)12, 13, 14 showed endoribonuclease activity for single-stranded RNAs in vitro. The RNA cleavage products bear a 5′-monophosphate group, a hallmark of mature piRNAs. Mutational analyses revealed that the conserved active-site residues of DmZuc are critical for the ribonuclease activity in vitro, and for piRNA maturation and transposon silencing in vivo. We propose a model for piRNA biogenesis in animal germ lines, in which the Zuc endoribonuclease has a key role in primary piRNA maturation.

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