TRMT10C

UniProt ID: Q7L0Y3
Organism: Homo sapiens
Review Status: COMPLETE
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Gene Description

TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial matrix protein of the TRM10/SPOUT methyltransferase family. With the short-chain dehydrogenase HSD17B10 (MRPP2) it forms a subcomplex that methylates N1 of guanosine or adenosine at position 9 of mitochondrial tRNAs, and the same subcomplex combines with the metallonuclease PRORP (MRPP3) to form proteinaceous mitochondrial RNase P, which excises tRNAs from polycistronic mtDNA transcripts by 5'-end cleavage. The MRPP1-MRPP2 subcomplex also acts as a tRNA maturation platform, retaining the tRNA for ELAC2-mediated 3'-end processing and presentation to the CCA-adding enzyme, and TRMT10C installs a single m1A in the MT-ND5 mRNA. Biallelic TRMT10C variants destabilise MRPP1, impair mitochondrial RNA processing and translation, and cause a fatal infantile multisystem disorder with combined respiratory-chain deficiency (COXPD30).

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0000049 tRNA binding
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: tRNA binding is intrinsic to TRMT10C: its N-terminal region binds tRNA and the MRPP1-MRPP2 subcomplex retains tRNA through successive maturation steps.
Reason: tRNA binding is intrinsic to TRMT10C: its N-terminal region binds tRNA and the MRPP1-MRPP2 subcomplex retains tRNA through successive maturation steps. Supports both the methyltransferase and RNase P scaffold roles.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29880640
The MRPP1 N terminus is involved in tRNA binding and monomer-monomer self-interaction, whereas the C-terminal SPOUT fold contains key residues for S-adenosyl-l-methionine binding and N1-methylation.
PMID:29040705
MRPP1/2 is not only a component of the mitochondrial RNase P but that it retains the tRNA product from the 5'-processing step and significantly enhances the efficiency of ELAC2-catalyzed 3'-processing for 17 of the 22 tRNAs encoded in the human mitochondrial genome.
GO:0000049 tRNA binding
IDA
PMID:29040705
The MRPP1/MRPP2 complex is a tRNA-maturation platform in hum...
ACCEPT
Summary: In vitro, MRPP1/2 binds and retains the tRNA product of 5' processing and of ELAC2 3' processing.
Reason: In vitro, MRPP1/2 binds and retains the tRNA product of 5' processing and of ELAC2 3' processing.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29040705
MRPP1/2 is not only a component of the mitochondrial RNase P but that it retains the tRNA product from the 5'-processing step and significantly enhances the efficiency of ELAC2-catalyzed 3'-processing for 17 of the 22 tRNAs encoded in the human mitochondrial genome.
PMID:29040705
MRPP1/2 retains the tRNA product after ELAC2 processing and presents the nascent tRNA to the mitochondrial CCA-adding enzyme.
GO:0000964 mitochondrial RNA 5'-end processing
IMP
PMID:21593607
Involvement of human ELAC2 gene product in 3' end processing...
ACCEPT
Summary: Silencing of MRPP1 inhibits 5' (and 3') processing of mitochondrial tRNAs from polycistronic transcripts; consistent with its role as an essential RNase P subunit.
Reason: Silencing of MRPP1 inhibits 5' (and 3') processing of mitochondrial tRNAs from polycistronic transcripts; consistent with its role as an essential RNase P subunit.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21593607
The silencing of the MRPP1 gene that encodes a subunit of mtRNase P resulted in inhibition of both 5' and 3' processing.
PMID:21857155
We show that MRPP1 and MRPP3 process the 5' ends of tRNAs and the 5' unconventional, non tRNA containing site of the CO1 transcript.
GO:0001680 tRNA 3'-terminal CCA addition
IDA
PMID:38824131
Structural basis for human mitochondrial tRNA maturation.
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: The MRPP1-MRPP2 subcomplex holds the processed tRNA and presents it to the CCA-adding enzyme TRNT1, which performs the catalysis.
Reason: The MRPP1-MRPP2 subcomplex holds the processed tRNA and presents it to the CCA-adding enzyme TRNT1, which performs the catalysis. This is a scaffold contribution to a downstream maturation step, not a core TRMT10C activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29040705
MRPP1/2 retains the tRNA product after ELAC2 processing and presents the nascent tRNA to the mitochondrial CCA-adding enzyme.
PMID:38824131
Here, we report cryo-EM structures that visualise four steps of mitochondrial tRNA maturation: 5' and 3' tRNA-end processing, methylation and 3'-CCA addition
GO:0003723 RNA binding
HDA
PMID:22658674
Insights into RNA biology from an atlas of mammalian mRNA-bi...
TOO GENERAL
Summary: RNA binding, from mRNA interactome capture.
Reason: True of TRMT10C but uninformative, because GO:0000049 tRNA binding, accepted in this review on IBA and IDA rows, already entails it and names the functionally relevant substrate, mitochondrial pre-tRNA. GO:0000049 is a confirmed is_a child of GO:0003723.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22658674
we describe a systematic, unbiased, and comprehensive approach, termed "interactome capture," to define the mRNA interactome of proliferating human HeLa cells.
GO:0003723 RNA binding
HDA
PMID:22681889
The mRNA-bound proteome and its global occupancy profile on ...
TOO GENERAL
Summary: RNA binding, from an mRNA-bound proteome screen.
Reason: True of TRMT10C but uninformative, on the same ground as the mRNA interactome capture row above - GO:0000049 tRNA binding is accepted here and entails it. Both GO:0003723 rows share one argument and so take one action.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22681889
We developed a photoreactive nucleotide-enhanced UV crosslinking and oligo(dT) purification approach to identify the mRNA-bound proteome using quantitative proteomics
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:18984158
RNase P without RNA: identification and functional reconstit...
REMOVE
Summary: Protein binding derived from the identification of mitochondrial RNase P components.
Reason: Protein binding derived from the identification of mitochondrial RNase P components. The informative statements are membership of the mitochondrial ribonuclease P complex (GO:0030678) and the tRNA methyltransferase complex (GO:0043527), both annotated. Protein binding is uninformative; removal does not imply the interaction is false.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18984158
composed of a tRNA methyltransferase, a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase-family member, and a protein of hitherto unknown functional and evolutionary origin
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:23042678
A subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P is a bifunctiona...
REMOVE
Summary: Protein binding to HSD17B10 (MRPP2) reflects formation of the MRPP1-MRPP2 tRNA methyltransferase subcomplex, already captured by GO:0043527 and GO:0030678.
Reason: Protein binding to HSD17B10 (MRPP2) reflects formation of the MRPP1-MRPP2 tRNA methyltransferase subcomplex, already captured by GO:0043527 and GO:0030678. Protein binding is uninformative; removal does not imply the interaction is false.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23042678
In contrast to all the related methyltransferases, the human mitochondrial enzyme, moreover, requires a short-chain dehydrogenase as a partner protein.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:28514442
Architecture of the human interactome defines protein commun...
REMOVE
Summary: Protein binding from the BioPlex 2.0 AP-MS screen.
Reason: Protein binding from the BioPlex 2.0 AP-MS screen. Protein binding is uninformative; removal does not imply the interaction is false.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28514442
Here we present BioPlex 2.0 (Biophysical Interactions of ORFeome-derived complexes), which uses robust affinity purification-mass spectrometry methodology
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:29040705
The MRPP1/MRPP2 complex is a tRNA-maturation platform in hum...
REMOVE
Summary: Protein binding reflects MRPP1-MRPP2 complex formation and its interactions with ELAC2 and TRNT1 during tRNA maturation; complex membership is annotated separately.
Reason: Protein binding reflects MRPP1-MRPP2 complex formation and its interactions with ELAC2 and TRNT1 during tRNA maturation; complex membership is annotated separately. Protein binding is uninformative; removal does not imply the interaction is false.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29040705
MRPP1/2 is not only a component of the mitochondrial RNase P but that it retains the tRNA product from the 5'-processing step and significantly enhances the efficiency of ELAC2-catalyzed 3'-processing for 17 of the 22 tRNAs encoded in the human mitochondrial genome.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:29880640
Structural insight into the human mitochondrial tRNA purine ...
REMOVE
Summary: Protein binding reflects MRPP1-MRPP2 and MRPP1-MRPP2-MRPP3 complex formation, which is captured by the complex membership annotations.
Reason: Protein binding reflects MRPP1-MRPP2 and MRPP1-MRPP2-MRPP3 complex formation, which is captured by the complex membership annotations. Protein binding is uninformative; removal does not imply the interaction is false.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29880640
The entirety of MRPP1 interacts with MRPP2 to form the N1-methylation complex, whereas the MRPP1-MRPP2-MRPP3 RNase P complex only assembles in the presence of precursor tRNA.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:33961781
Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling...
REMOVE
Summary: Protein binding from the BioPlex 3.0 AP-MS screen.
Reason: Protein binding from the BioPlex 3.0 AP-MS screen. Protein binding is uninformative; removal does not imply the interaction is false.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:33961781
Through affinity-purification mass spectrometry, we have created two proteome-scale, cell-line-specific interaction networks.
GO:0005634 nucleus
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
REMOVE
Summary: Nucleus is propagated from the nuclear TRMT10 paralogs: the source node PTN000339531 lies above the TRMT10A/TRMT10C split and its human donor is TRMT10A (Q8TBZ6).
Reason: Nucleus is propagated from the nuclear TRMT10 paralogs: the source node PTN000339531 lies above the TRMT10A/TRMT10C split and its human donor is TRMT10A (Q8TBZ6). TRMT10C is a mitochondrial matrix protein that functions in mitochondrial RNase P and tRNA methylation, and is not active in the nucleus.
Propagation Review
Root cause: PROPAGATION BAD
Failure modes: FUNCTIONAL DIVERGENCE COMPARTMENT OR COMPLEX MISMATCH
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000339531 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
Ancestral node above the TRMT10A/TRMT10C paralog split; nuclear localization belongs to the TRMT10A lineage, while TRMT10C carries a separate mitochondrial IBD.
UniProtKB:Q8TBZ6 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
TRMT10A, a nuclear paralog; its localization does not transfer to mitochondrial TRMT10C.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:27132592
we identified mutations in TRMT10C (encoding the mitochondrial RNase P protein 1 [MRPP1])
PMID:23042678
Here, we show that a subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P, the endonuclease removing tRNA 5' extensions, is the methyltransferase responsible for m(1)G9 and m(1)A9 formation.
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
REMOVE
Summary: Nucleoplasm is propagated from the nuclear TRMT10 paralogs.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is propagated from the nuclear TRMT10 paralogs. TRMT10C is a mitochondrial matrix protein and is not active in the nucleoplasm.
Propagation Review
Root cause: PROPAGATION BAD
Failure modes: FUNCTIONAL DIVERGENCE COMPARTMENT OR COMPLEX MISMATCH
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000339531 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
Ancestral node above the TRMT10A/TRMT10C paralog split; nuclear localization belongs to the TRMT10A lineage, while TRMT10C carries a separate mitochondrial IBD.
UniProtKB:Q8TBZ6 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
TRMT10A, a nuclear paralog; its localization does not transfer to mitochondrial TRMT10C.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:27132592
we identified mutations in TRMT10C (encoding the mitochondrial RNase P protein 1 [MRPP1])
PMID:23042678
Here, we show that a subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P, the endonuclease removing tRNA 5' extensions, is the methyltransferase responsible for m(1)G9 and m(1)A9 formation.
GO:0005739 mitochondrion
HTP
PMID:34800366
Quantitative high-confidence human mitochondrial proteome an...
ACCEPT
Summary: Mitochondrion, from the MitoCoP high-confidence mitochondrial proteome.
Reason: Mitochondrion, from the MitoCoP high-confidence mitochondrial proteome. TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a mitochondrial matrix protein acting on mitochondrial pre-tRNAs; mitochondrial localization is well established.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:34800366
We classified >8,000 proteins in mitochondrial preparations of human cells and defined a mitochondrial high-confidence proteome of >1,100 proteins (MitoCoP).
GO:0005739 mitochondrion
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Mitochondrion; IBA consistent with experimental data.
Reason: Mitochondrion; IBA consistent with experimental data. TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a mitochondrial matrix protein acting on mitochondrial pre-tRNAs; mitochondrial localization is well established.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23042678
Here, we show that a subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P, the endonuclease removing tRNA 5' extensions, is the methyltransferase responsible for m(1)G9 and m(1)A9 formation.
GO:0005739 mitochondrion
IDA
GO_REF:0000052
ACCEPT
Summary: Mitochondrion from Human Protein Atlas immunolocalization is consistent with the established function.
Reason: Mitochondrion from Human Protein Atlas immunolocalization is consistent with the established function. TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a mitochondrial matrix protein acting on mitochondrial pre-tRNAs; mitochondrial localization is well established.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:27132592
we identified mutations in TRMT10C (encoding the mitochondrial RNase P protein 1 [MRPP1])
GO:0005739 mitochondrion
IDA
PMID:23042678
A subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P is a bifunctiona...
ACCEPT
Summary: TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a mitochondrial matrix protein acting on mitochondrial pre-tRNAs; mitochondrial localization is well established.
Reason: TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a mitochondrial matrix protein acting on mitochondrial pre-tRNAs; mitochondrial localization is well established.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23042678
Here, we show that a subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P, the endonuclease removing tRNA 5' extensions, is the methyltransferase responsible for m(1)G9 and m(1)A9 formation.
GO:0005739 mitochondrion
IDA
PMID:29880640
Structural insight into the human mitochondrial tRNA purine ...
ACCEPT
Summary: TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a mitochondrial matrix protein acting on mitochondrial pre-tRNAs; mitochondrial localization is well established.
Reason: TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a mitochondrial matrix protein acting on mitochondrial pre-tRNAs; mitochondrial localization is well established.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29880640
The entirety of MRPP1 interacts with MRPP2 to form the N1-methylation complex, whereas the MRPP1-MRPP2-MRPP3 RNase P complex only assembles in the presence of precursor tRNA.
GO:0005739 mitochondrion
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a mitochondrial matrix protein acting on mitochondrial pre-tRNAs; mitochondrial localization is well established.
Reason: TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a mitochondrial matrix protein acting on mitochondrial pre-tRNAs; mitochondrial localization is well established.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:27132592
we identified mutations in TRMT10C (encoding the mitochondrial RNase P protein 1 [MRPP1])
GO:0005739 mitochondrion
IMP
PMID:27132592
Recessive Mutations in TRMT10C Cause Defects in Mitochondria...
ACCEPT
Summary: Mitochondrial function of TRMT10C is shown by impaired mt-RNA processing in patient cells and rescue by wild-type TRMT10C.
Reason: Mitochondrial function of TRMT10C is shown by impaired mt-RNA processing in patient cells and rescue by wild-type TRMT10C. TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a mitochondrial matrix protein acting on mitochondrial pre-tRNAs; mitochondrial localization is well established.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:27132592
Analyses of fibroblasts from affected individuals harboring TRMT10C missense variants revealed decreased protein levels of MRPP1 and an increase in mt-RNA precursors indicative of impaired mt-RNA processing and defective mitochondrial protein synthesis.
GO:0005739 mitochondrion
NAS
PMID:21593607
Involvement of human ELAC2 gene product in 3' end processing...
ACCEPT
Summary: TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a mitochondrial matrix protein acting on mitochondrial pre-tRNAs; mitochondrial localization is well established.
Reason: TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a mitochondrial matrix protein acting on mitochondrial pre-tRNAs; mitochondrial localization is well established.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21593607
The silencing of the MRPP1 gene that encodes a subunit of mtRNase P resulted in inhibition of both 5' and 3' processing.
GO:0005759 mitochondrial matrix
IDA
PMID:21857155
RNA processing in human mitochondria.
ACCEPT
Summary: Mitochondrial matrix is the compartment where mitochondrial transcripts are processed by RNase P.
Reason: Mitochondrial matrix is the compartment where mitochondrial transcripts are processed by RNase P.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21857155
We show that MRPP1 and MRPP3 process the 5' ends of tRNAs and the 5' unconventional, non tRNA containing site of the CO1 transcript.
GO:0005759 mitochondrial matrix
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-6787591
ACCEPT
Summary: Mitochondrial matrix (Reactome, m1G9 methylation reaction).
Reason: Mitochondrial matrix (Reactome, m1G9 methylation reaction).
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-6787591
TRMT10C in TRMT10C:HSD17B10 (TRMT10C:SDR5C1), a subcomplex of the mitochondrial RNase P complex, methylates the 1 position of guanosine-9 in mitochondrial tRNAs
GO:0005759 mitochondrial matrix
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-6787594
ACCEPT
Summary: Mitochondrial matrix (Reactome, m1A9 methylation reaction).
Reason: Mitochondrial matrix (Reactome, m1A9 methylation reaction).
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-6787594
TRMT10C of TRMT10C:HSD17B10 (TRMT10C:SDR5C1), a subcomplex of the mitochondrial RNase P complex, methylates the 1 position of adenosine-9 in mitochondrial tRNAs
GO:0006397 mRNA processing
IDA
PMID:29072297
The m1A landscape on cytosolic and mitochondrial mRNA at sin...
MODIFY
Summary: TRMT10C installs a single m1A in the mitochondrial MT-ND5 mRNA.
Reason: TRMT10C installs a single m1A in the mitochondrial MT-ND5 mRNA. This is mRNA modification (GO:0016556) rather than mRNA processing, and is a minor secondary activity relative to tRNA position-9 methylation.
Proposed replacements: mRNA modification
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29072297
We identify a single m1A site in the mitochondrial ND5 mRNA, catalysed by TRMT10C
GO:0008033 tRNA processing
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
MODIFY
Summary: Involvement in tRNA processing, with no compartment specified.
Reason: tRNA processing is correct but general; TRMT10C acts specifically in mitochondrial tRNA processing (GO:0090646).
Proposed replacements: mitochondrial tRNA processing
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:27132592
Analyses of fibroblasts from affected individuals harboring TRMT10C missense variants revealed decreased protein levels of MRPP1 and an increase in mt-RNA precursors indicative of impaired mt-RNA processing and defective mitochondrial protein synthesis.
PMID:21857155
We show that MRPP1 and MRPP3 process the 5' ends of tRNAs and the 5' unconventional, non tRNA containing site of the CO1 transcript.
GO:0030678 mitochondrial ribonuclease P complex
IPI
PMID:29880640
Structural insight into the human mitochondrial tRNA purine ...
ACCEPT
Summary: TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a subunit of mitochondrial RNase P together with HSD17B10 (MRPP2) and PRORP (MRPP3).
Reason: TRMT10C (MRPP1) is a subunit of mitochondrial RNase P together with HSD17B10 (MRPP2) and PRORP (MRPP3).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29880640
The entirety of MRPP1 interacts with MRPP2 to form the N1-methylation complex, whereas the MRPP1-MRPP2-MRPP3 RNase P complex only assembles in the presence of precursor tRNA.
PMID:18984158
composed of a tRNA methyltransferase, a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase-family member, and a protein of hitherto unknown functional and evolutionary origin
GO:0030678 mitochondrial ribonuclease P complex
TAS
PMID:23042678
A subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P is a bifunctiona...
ACCEPT
Summary: Mitochondrial RNase P is a proteinaceous complex reconstituted from three proteins, one of which is the TRMT10C methyltransferase.
Reason: Mitochondrial RNase P is a proteinaceous complex reconstituted from three proteins, one of which is the TRMT10C methyltransferase.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18984158
We thereby demonstrate that human mitochondrial RNase P is a protein enzyme that does not require a trans-acting RNA component for catalysis.
PMID:23042678
Here, we show that a subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P, the endonuclease removing tRNA 5' extensions, is the methyltransferase responsible for m(1)G9 and m(1)A9 formation.
GO:0042645 mitochondrial nucleoid
IDA
PMID:24703694
Initial steps in RNA processing and ribosome assembly occur ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: RNase P associates with mtDNA nucleoids, where RNA processing is initiated.
Reason: RNase P associates with mtDNA nucleoids, where RNA processing is initiated. Accurate but secondary to its matrix function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24703694
We show that mitochondrial RNA processing enzymes involved in tRNA excision, ribonuclease P (RNase P) and ELAC2, as well as a subset of nascent mitochondrial ribosomal proteins (MRPs) associate with nucleoids to initiate RNA processing and ribosome assembly.
GO:0042645 mitochondrial nucleoid
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Localisation to the mitochondrial nucleoid, from an electronic inference.
Reason: Nucleoid association, consistent with the experimental nucleoid proteomics.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24703694
We show that mitochondrial RNA processing enzymes involved in tRNA excision, ribonuclease P (RNase P) and ELAC2, as well as a subset of nascent mitochondrial ribosomal proteins (MRPs) associate with nucleoids to initiate RNA processing and ribosome assembly.
GO:0042780 tRNA 3'-end processing
IDA
PMID:39516281
Structural basis of 3'-tRNA maturation by the human mitochon...
ACCEPT
Summary: TRMT10C is a component of the mitochondrial RNase Z complex (ELAC2/SDR5C1/TRMT10C) and the MRPP1-MRPP2 subcomplex enhances ELAC2-catalysed 3' processing.
Reason: TRMT10C is a component of the mitochondrial RNase Z complex (ELAC2/SDR5C1/TRMT10C) and the MRPP1-MRPP2 subcomplex enhances ELAC2-catalysed 3' processing.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:39516281
Here, we present several cryo-EM structures of the mitochondrial RNase Z complex (ELAC2/SDR5C1/TRMT10C) bound to different maturation states of mitochondrial tRNAHis
PMID:29040705
MRPP1/2 is not only a component of the mitochondrial RNase P but that it retains the tRNA product from the 5'-processing step and significantly enhances the efficiency of ELAC2-catalyzed 3'-processing for 17 of the 22 tRNAs encoded in the human mitochondrial genome.
GO:0042802 identical protein binding
IPI
PMID:29880640
Structural insight into the human mitochondrial tRNA purine ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: The MRPP1 N-terminus mediates monomer-monomer self-interaction.
Reason: The MRPP1 N-terminus mediates monomer-monomer self-interaction. This is a structural property, not a separate function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29880640
The MRPP1 N terminus is involved in tRNA binding and monomer-monomer self-interaction, whereas the C-terminal SPOUT fold contains key residues for S-adenosyl-l-methionine binding and N1-methylation.
GO:0043527 tRNA methyltransferase complex
IPI
PMID:23042678
A subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P is a bifunctiona...
ACCEPT
Summary: MRPP1 with MRPP2 forms the tRNA N1-methyltransferase complex.
Reason: MRPP1 with MRPP2 forms the tRNA N1-methyltransferase complex.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29880640
The entirety of MRPP1 interacts with MRPP2 to form the N1-methylation complex, whereas the MRPP1-MRPP2-MRPP3 RNase P complex only assembles in the presence of precursor tRNA.
PMID:23042678
In contrast to all the related methyltransferases, the human mitochondrial enzyme, moreover, requires a short-chain dehydrogenase as a partner protein.
GO:0052905 tRNA (guanosine(9)-N1)-methyltransferase activity
IDA
PMID:23042678
A subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P is a bifunctiona...
ACCEPT
Summary: The MRPP1-MRPP2 subcomplex forms m1G9 in mitochondrial tRNAs, with TRMT10C as the catalytic SPOUT methyltransferase subunit.
Reason: The MRPP1-MRPP2 subcomplex forms m1G9 in mitochondrial tRNAs, with TRMT10C as the catalytic SPOUT methyltransferase subunit. Core MF.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23042678
Here, we show that a subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P, the endonuclease removing tRNA 5' extensions, is the methyltransferase responsible for m(1)G9 and m(1)A9 formation.
PMID:29880640
The MRPP1 N terminus is involved in tRNA binding and monomer-monomer self-interaction, whereas the C-terminal SPOUT fold contains key residues for S-adenosyl-l-methionine binding and N1-methylation.
GO:0052905 tRNA (guanosine(9)-N1)-methyltransferase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Combined IEA consistent with experimental evidence for m1G9 formation.
Reason: Combined IEA consistent with experimental evidence for m1G9 formation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23042678
Here, we show that a subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P, the endonuclease removing tRNA 5' extensions, is the methyltransferase responsible for m(1)G9 and m(1)A9 formation.
GO:0070901 mitochondrial tRNA methylation
IDA
PMID:23042678
A subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P is a bifunctiona...
ACCEPT
Summary: Mitochondrial tRNA methylation at position 9 is a core process of TRMT10C.
Reason: Mitochondrial tRNA methylation at position 9 is a core process of TRMT10C.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23042678
Here, we show that a subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P, the endonuclease removing tRNA 5' extensions, is the methyltransferase responsible for m(1)G9 and m(1)A9 formation.
GO:0090646 mitochondrial tRNA processing
IMP
PMID:27132592
Recessive Mutations in TRMT10C Cause Defects in Mitochondria...
ACCEPT
Summary: Patient TRMT10C variants impair mitochondrial tRNA processing, rescued by wild-type TRMT10C.
Reason: Patient TRMT10C variants impair mitochondrial tRNA processing, rescued by wild-type TRMT10C.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:27132592
Analyses of fibroblasts from affected individuals harboring TRMT10C missense variants revealed decreased protein levels of MRPP1 and an increase in mt-RNA precursors indicative of impaired mt-RNA processing and defective mitochondrial protein synthesis.
PMID:27132592
was validated by the functional rescue of mt-RNA processing and mitochondrial protein synthesis defects after lentiviral transduction of wild-type TRMT10C
GO:0097745 mitochondrial tRNA 5'-end processing
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Mitochondrial tRNA 5'-end processing is the core process of mitochondrial RNase P, of which TRMT10C is an essential subunit.
Reason: Mitochondrial tRNA 5'-end processing is the core process of mitochondrial RNase P, of which TRMT10C is an essential subunit.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21857155
We show that MRPP1 and MRPP3 process the 5' ends of tRNAs and the 5' unconventional, non tRNA containing site of the CO1 transcript.
PMID:18984158
We thereby demonstrate that human mitochondrial RNase P is a protein enzyme that does not require a trans-acting RNA component for catalysis.
GO:0097745 mitochondrial tRNA 5'-end processing
IDA
PMID:29040705
The MRPP1/MRPP2 complex is a tRNA-maturation platform in hum...
ACCEPT
Summary: MRPP1/2 is a required component of the RNase P reaction in vitro.
Reason: MRPP1/2 is a required component of the RNase P reaction in vitro.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29040705
MRPP1/2 is not only a component of the mitochondrial RNase P but that it retains the tRNA product from the 5'-processing step and significantly enhances the efficiency of ELAC2-catalyzed 3'-processing for 17 of the 22 tRNAs encoded in the human mitochondrial genome.
GO:0097745 mitochondrial tRNA 5'-end processing
IDA
PMID:29880640
Structural insight into the human mitochondrial tRNA purine ...
ACCEPT
Summary: The MRPP1-MRPP2-MRPP3 complex assembles on precursor tRNA for 5' cleavage.
Reason: The MRPP1-MRPP2-MRPP3 complex assembles on precursor tRNA for 5' cleavage.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29880640
The entirety of MRPP1 interacts with MRPP2 to form the N1-methylation complex, whereas the MRPP1-MRPP2-MRPP3 RNase P complex only assembles in the presence of precursor tRNA.
GO:0097745 mitochondrial tRNA 5'-end processing
IMP
PMID:21857155
RNA processing in human mitochondria.
ACCEPT
Summary: Knockdown of MRPP1 impairs 5' processing of mitochondrial tRNAs.
Reason: Knockdown of MRPP1 impairs 5' processing of mitochondrial tRNAs.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21857155
We show that MRPP1 and MRPP3 process the 5' ends of tRNAs and the 5' unconventional, non tRNA containing site of the CO1 transcript.
GO:0160106 tRNA (adenine(9)-N1)-methyltransferase activity
IDA
PMID:23042678
A subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P is a bifunctiona...
ACCEPT
Summary: The MRPP1-MRPP2 subcomplex forms m1A9 in mitochondrial tRNAs; TRMT10C is the catalytic subunit.
Reason: The MRPP1-MRPP2 subcomplex forms m1A9 in mitochondrial tRNAs; TRMT10C is the catalytic subunit. Core MF.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23042678
Here, we show that a subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P, the endonuclease removing tRNA 5' extensions, is the methyltransferase responsible for m(1)G9 and m(1)A9 formation.
PMID:29880640
The MRPP1 N terminus is involved in tRNA binding and monomer-monomer self-interaction, whereas the C-terminal SPOUT fold contains key residues for S-adenosyl-l-methionine binding and N1-methylation.
GO:0160106 tRNA (adenine(9)-N1)-methyltransferase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Combined IEA consistent with experimental evidence for m1A9 formation.
Reason: Combined IEA consistent with experimental evidence for m1A9 formation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23042678
Here, we show that a subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P, the endonuclease removing tRNA 5' extensions, is the methyltransferase responsible for m(1)G9 and m(1)A9 formation.
GO:1902494 catalytic complex
IPI
PMID:38824131
Structural basis for human mitochondrial tRNA maturation.
TOO GENERAL
Summary: Membership of a catalytic complex, without naming which complex.
Reason: True of TRMT10C but uninformative, because more specific complex terms kept in this review already entail it - GO:0030678 mitochondrial ribonuclease P complex and GO:0043527 tRNA methyltransferase complex, both accepted and in core_functions, and GO:1902555 endoribonuclease complex, kept as non-core. All three are confirmed descendants of GO:1902494 in the QuickGO is_a/part_of closure.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:38824131
The methyltransferase subcomplex recognises the pre-tRNA in a distinct mode that can support tRNA-end processing and 3'-CCA addition
GO:1902555 endoribonuclease complex
IDA
PMID:39516281
Structural basis of 3'-tRNA maturation by the human mitochon...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Membership of an endoribonuclease complex, shown directly.
Reason: TRMT10C is part of the mitochondrial RNase Z complex with ELAC2 and SDR5C1, which is an endoribonuclease complex; the catalytic endonuclease is ELAC2.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:39516281
Here, we present several cryo-EM structures of the mitochondrial RNase Z complex (ELAC2/SDR5C1/TRMT10C) bound to different maturation states of mitochondrial tRNAHis
GO:1990180 mitochondrial tRNA 3'-end processing
IDA
PMID:29040705
The MRPP1/MRPP2 complex is a tRNA-maturation platform in hum...
ACCEPT
Summary: MRPP1/2 significantly enhances ELAC2-catalysed 3' processing of most mitochondrial tRNAs.
Reason: MRPP1/2 significantly enhances ELAC2-catalysed 3' processing of most mitochondrial tRNAs.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29040705
MRPP1/2 is not only a component of the mitochondrial RNase P but that it retains the tRNA product from the 5'-processing step and significantly enhances the efficiency of ELAC2-catalyzed 3'-processing for 17 of the 22 tRNAs encoded in the human mitochondrial genome.
GO:0004526 ribonuclease P activity
IDA
PMID:18984158
RNase P without RNA: identification and functional reconstit...
NEW
Summary: Proposed annotation not in GOA. TRMT10C is one of the three proteins whose combination reconstitutes mitochondrial RNase P activity, and the one that binds the pre-tRNA and holds it for cleavage; PRORP carries the metallonuclease moiety.
Reason: The qualifier is contributes_to and not enables because TRMT10C does not do the chemistry - reconstitution requires all three subunits, and the nuclease activity is PRORP's - while TRMT10C is not merely present either: it binds the pre-tRNA and positions it, so in_complex GO:0030678 alone would understate it. GO:0004526 is absent from TRMT10C-goa.tsv, which carries the complex membership (GO:0030678, part_of) but no RNase P molecular function. This is how GO annotates the paralogous case. The nuclear RNase P holoenzyme's catalytic moiety is the RPPH1 RNA rather than any protein, and QuickGO splits GO:0004526 by qualifier accordingly: RPPH1 carries enables - as do ten further RNAcentral ncRNA ids, itemised in the notes, which are not themselves RPPH1 entries and three of which are lnc-* entries named against CCNB1IP1 and PDGFC, so those ten read as electronic propagation rather than as curated nuclear holoenzyme subunits. Two facts that could look like further marks against the ten are class-level and so differentiate nothing - all fourteen ncRNA enables rows are IEA, RPPH1's four included, and none of the fourteen is recorded as a member of the nucleolar complex - while the holoenzyme's ten protein subunits - POP1, POP4, POP5, POP7, RPP14, RPP21, RPP25, RPP30, RPP38 and RPP40 - carry contributes_to, every one by IDA. That is the comparator set CLAUDE.md asks for: ten gene products standing in this row's role, all carrying this row's term with this row's qualifier. The qualifier split follows the evidence code rather than being absolute - POP5, RPP30 and RPP40 each also carry an enables row, by IEA or TAS - but every IDA row on a nuclear protein subunit is contributes_to, and PRORP is the only protein in either complex carrying enables by direct assay, because in the mitochondrial complex the catalyst is a protein. So the experimental curation lines up behind contributes_to for the subunits and only the electronic and author-statement rows do not. The two mitochondrial accessory subunits are the outliers rather than the convention: neither TRMT10C nor HSD17B10 carries GO:0004526 in GOA. HSD17B10's review does make a recorded choice here, and a different one: its third core function models the same moonlighting subunit role as GO:0000049 tRNA binding with in_complex GO:0030678, and its proposed_new_terms is an explicit empty list. That review carries 101 reviewed rows and three authored core functions, so its status: INITIALIZED is stale metadata rather than a signal that nobody has looked. Under the nuclear comparator above it warrants the same contributes_to proposal; flagged rather than changed here, since HSD17B10 is outside this slice. The gap between the two reviews is narrower than a bare GO:0004526 comparison suggests: both carry GO:0000049 and GO:0030678, and this row is the one addition.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18984158
we identified the components of human mitochondrial RNase P and reconstituted the enzymatic activity from three recombinant proteins
PMID:38824131
reconstituted functional complexes containing human ELAC2 or TRNT1 enzymes with a mitochondrial pre-tRNA bound to TRMT10C/SDR5C1 complex

Core Functions

Catalytic subunit of the MRPP1-MRPP2 (TRMT10C-HSD17B10) tRNA methyltransferase subcomplex, transferring a methyl group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to N1 of purine 9 (m1G9 and m1A9) in mitochondrial tRNAs, which is important for correct folding of the non-canonical mitochondrial tRNAs.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:23042678
    Here, we show that a subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P, the endonuclease removing tRNA 5' extensions, is the methyltransferase responsible for m(1)G9 and m(1)A9 formation.
  • PMID:23042678
    In contrast to all the related methyltransferases, the human mitochondrial enzyme, moreover, requires a short-chain dehydrogenase as a partner protein.
  • PMID:29880640
    The MRPP1 N terminus is involved in tRNA binding and monomer-monomer self-interaction, whereas the C-terminal SPOUT fold contains key residues for S-adenosyl-l-methionine binding and N1-methylation.
  • Reactome:R-HSA-6787594
    TRMT10C of TRMT10C:HSD17B10 (TRMT10C:SDR5C1), a subcomplex of the mitochondrial RNase P complex, methylates the 1 position of adenosine-9 in mitochondrial tRNAs

Catalytic subunit for m1G9 formation in mitochondrial tRNAs, the guanosine counterpart of the same position-9 N1-methylation reaction.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:23042678
    Here, we show that a subcomplex of human mitochondrial RNase P, the endonuclease removing tRNA 5' extensions, is the methyltransferase responsible for m(1)G9 and m(1)A9 formation.
  • Reactome:R-HSA-6787591
    TRMT10C in TRMT10C:HSD17B10 (TRMT10C:SDR5C1), a subcomplex of the mitochondrial RNase P complex, methylates the 1 position of guanosine-9 in mitochondrial tRNAs

Essential non-catalytic subunit of proteinaceous mitochondrial RNase P (with HSD17B10 and the PRORP nuclease) that binds pre-tRNA and enables 5'-end cleavage of tRNAs from polycistronic mitochondrial transcripts; the MRPP1-MRPP2 subcomplex then retains the tRNA to support ELAC2 3'-end processing and CCA addition.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:18984158
    We thereby demonstrate that human mitochondrial RNase P is a protein enzyme that does not require a trans-acting RNA component for catalysis.
  • PMID:21857155
    We show that MRPP1 and MRPP3 process the 5' ends of tRNAs and the 5' unconventional, non tRNA containing site of the CO1 transcript.
  • PMID:29040705
    MRPP1/2 is not only a component of the mitochondrial RNase P but that it retains the tRNA product from the 5'-processing step and significantly enhances the efficiency of ELAC2-catalyzed 3'-processing for 17 of the 22 tRNAs encoded in the human mitochondrial genome.
  • PMID:29880640
    The entirety of MRPP1 interacts with MRPP2 to form the N1-methylation complex, whereas the MRPP1-MRPP2-MRPP3 RNase P complex only assembles in the presence of precursor tRNA.
  • PMID:27132592
    Analyses of fibroblasts from affected individuals harboring TRMT10C missense variants revealed decreased protein levels of MRPP1 and an increase in mt-RNA precursors indicative of impaired mt-RNA processing and defective mitochondrial protein synthesis.

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Why do the pathogenic TRMT10C variants impair RNase P processing while leaving m1R9 methyltransferase activity largely intact, and does reduced MRPP1 abundance limit one function more than the other in vivo?

Q: What is the physiological role of the tissue- and development-specific m1A in MT-ND5 mRNA catalysed by TRMT10C?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Separate the methyltransferase and RNase P scaffold functions in human cells by complementing TRMT10C-null cells with SAM-binding-site mutants versus tRNA-binding N-terminal mutants, and measure m1R9 levels, precursor accumulation, and mitochondrial translation.

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