Global profiling of ribosomal protein acetylation reveals essentiality of acetylation homeostasis in maintaining ribosome assembly and function

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Abstract

Acetylation is a global post-translational modification that regulates various cellular processes. Bacterial acetylomic studies have revealed extensive acetylation of ribosomal proteins. However, the role of acetylation in regulating ribosome function remains poorly understood. In this study, we systematically profiled ribosomal protein acetylation and identified a total of 289 acetylated lysine residues in 52 ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) from Salmonella Typhimurium. The majority of acetylated lysine residues of r-proteins were found to be regulated by both acetyltransferase Pat and metabolic intermediate acetyl phosphate. Our results show that acetylation plays a critical role in the assembly of the mature 70S ribosome complex by modulating r-proteins binding to rRNA. Moreover, appropriate acetylation is important for the interactions between elongation factors and polysomes, as well as regulating ribosome translation efficiency and fidelity. Dysregulation of acetylation could alter bacterial sensitivity to ribosome-targeting antibiotics. Collectively, our data suggest that the acetylation homeostasis of ribosomes is crucial for their assembly and function. Furthermore, this mechanism may represent a universal response to environmental signals across different cell types.

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Ni, J., Li, S., Lai, Y., Wang, Z., Wang, D., Tan, Y., … Yao, Y. F. (2023). Global profiling of ribosomal protein acetylation reveals essentiality of acetylation homeostasis in maintaining ribosome assembly and function. Nucleic Acids Research, 51(19), 10411–10427. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad768

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