Abstract
Nocturnin (NOCT) is a eukaryotic enzyme that belongs to a superfamily of exoribonucleases, endonucleases, and phosphatases. In this study, we analyze the expression, processing, localization, and cellular functions of human NOCT. We find that NOCT protein is differentially expressed and processed in a cell and tissue type-specific manner to control its localization to the cytoplasm or mitochondrial exterior or interior. The N terminus of NOCT is necessary and sufficient to confer import and processing in the mitochondria. We measured the impact of cytoplasmic NOCT on the transcriptome and observed that it affects mRNA levels of hundreds of genes that are significantly enriched in osteoblast, neuronal, and mitochondrial functions. Recent biochemical data indicate that NOCT dephosphorylates NADP(H) metabolites, and thus we measured the effect of NOCT on these cofactors in cells. We find that NOCT increases NAD(H) and decreases NADP(H) levels in a manner dependent on its intracellular localization. Collectively, our data indicate that NOCT can regulate levels of both mRNAs and NADP(H) cofactors in a manner specified by its location in cells.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 15112-15133 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Journal of Biological Chemistry |
| Volume | 295 |
| Issue number | 44 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 30 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding and additional information—This research was supported
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by funding from the Max Planck Institute, Karolinska Institutet, Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions International Career Grant 2015-00579, and Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Grant WAF
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We thank the members of the Goldstrohm, Freddolino, Trievel, and Rorbach laboratories for helpful suggestions and advice during the course of these studies. The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project was supported by the Common Fund of the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health and by NCI, NHGRI, NHLBI, NIDA, NIMH, and NINDS. This research was supported by funding from the Max Planck Institute, Karolinska Institutet, Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions International Career Grant 2015-00579, and Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Grant WAF
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Acknowledgments—We thank the members of the Goldstrohm, Freddolino, Trievel, and Rorbach laboratories for helpful suggestions and advice during the course of these studies. The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project was supported by the Common Fund of the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health and by NCI, NHGRI, NHLBI, NIDA, NIMH, and NINDS.
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© 2020 Abshire et al. Published under exclusive license by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.