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Balko J, Golas W, Kaspar L, Krskova L, Strnadova M, Kotis J, Zamecnik J. Novel and unusual USP6 fusion partners in aneurysmal bone cyst and their role in pathogenesis and histopathological evaluation of this disease. J Clin Pathol 2024:jcp-2023-209306. [PMID: 38429095 DOI: 10.1136/jcp-2023-209306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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AIMS The purpose of this study is to report novel and unusual USP6 fusion partners in aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs). These findings may be useful in routine diagnostics as well as in studying the biology of USP6-related disorders. METHODS A cohort of seven patients diagnosed with ABC examined between 2014 and 2023 at Motol University Hospital in Prague was included into this retrospective non-randomised study. All cases were analysed using histopathological evaluation, immunohistochemistry and Anchored multiplex RNA methods. Demographic characteristics and clinical data were also analysed. RESULTS We identified two novel (ZFX and IP6K2), three unusual (MEF2A, EIF1 and COL1A2) and two common (CDH11) fusion partners with USP6 gene among all seven cases of ABC. CONCLUSIONS Cases in our study were diagnosed as ABCs due to characteristic clinical and morphological presentation. However, not all cases are as self-evident, and molecular testing is necessary. The identification of these gene alterations can be useful in distinction between true ABC and ABC-like changes among many benign and malignant bone tumours.
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- Jan Balko
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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Wolosin JM. A Keratin 12 Expression-Based Analysis of Stem-Precursor Cells and Differentiation in the Limbal-Corneal Epithelium Using Single-Cell RNA-Seq Data. BIOLOGY 2024; 13:145. [PMID: 38534415 DOI: 10.3390/biology13030145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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The corneal epithelium (CE) is spread between two domains, the outer vascularized limbus and the avascular cornea proper. Epithelial cells undergo constant migration from the limbus to the vision-critical central cornea. Coordinated with this migration, the cells undergo differentiation changes where a pool of unique stem/precursor cells at the limbus yields the mature cells that reach the corneal center. Differentiation is heralded by the expression of the corneal-specific Krt12. Processing data acquired by scRNA-Seq showed that the increase in Krt12 expression occurs in four distinct steps within the limbus, plus a single continuous increase in the cornea. Differential gene analysis demonstrated that these domains reflect discreet stages of CE differentiation and yielded extensive information of the genes undergoing down- or upregulation in the sequential transition from less to more differentiate conditions. The approach allowed the identification of multiple gene cohorts, including (a) the genes which have maximal expression in the most primitive, Krt12-negative cell cohort, which is likely to include the stem/precursor cells; (b) the sets of genes that undergo continuous increase or decrease along the whole differentiation path; and (c) the genes showing maximal positive or negative correlation with the changes in Krt12.
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- J Mario Wolosin
- Department of Ophthalmology, Black Family Stem Cell Institute and Vision Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Kazan R, Bourgeois G, Lazennec-Schurdevin C, Coureux PD, Mechulam Y, Schmitt E. Structural insights into the evolution of late steps of translation initiation in the three domains of life. Biochimie 2024; 217:31-41. [PMID: 36773835 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2023.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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In eukaryotes and in archaea late steps of translation initiation involve the two initiation factors e/aIF5B and e/aIF1A. These two factors are also orthologous to the bacterial IF2 and IF1 proteins, respectively. Recent cryo-EM studies showed how e/aIF5B and e/aIF1A cooperate on the small ribosomal subunit to favor the binding of the large ribosomal subunit and the formation of a ribosome competent for elongation. In this review, pioneering studies and recent biochemical and structural results providing new insights into the role of a/eIF5B in archaea and eukaryotes will be presented. Recent structures will also be compared to orthologous bacterial initiation complexes to highlight domain-specific features and the evolution of initiation mechanisms.
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- Ramy Kazan
- Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule, BIOC, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule, BIOC, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule, BIOC, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule, BIOC, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule, BIOC, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule, BIOC, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120, Palaiseau, France.
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Aviner R, Lidsky PV, Xiao Y, Tassetto M, Kim D, Zhang L, McAlpine PL, Elias J, Frydman J, Andino R. SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 cooperates with initiation factors EIF1 and 1A to selectively enhance translation of viral RNA. PLoS Pathog 2024; 20:e1011535. [PMID: 38335237 PMCID: PMC10903962 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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A better mechanistic understanding of virus-host dependencies can help reveal vulnerabilities and identify opportunities for therapeutic intervention. Of particular interest are essential interactions that enable production of viral proteins, as those could target an early step in the virus lifecycle. Here, we use subcellular proteomics, ribosome profiling analyses and reporter assays to detect changes in protein synthesis dynamics during SARS-CoV-2 (CoV2) infection. We identify specific translation factors and molecular chaperones that are used by CoV2 to promote the synthesis and maturation of its own proteins. These can be targeted to inhibit infection, without major toxicity to the host. We also find that CoV2 non-structural protein 1 (Nsp1) cooperates with initiation factors EIF1 and 1A to selectively enhance translation of viral RNA. When EIF1/1A are depleted, more ribosomes initiate translation from a conserved upstream CUG start codon found in all genomic and subgenomic viral RNAs. This results in higher translation of an upstream open reading frame (uORF1) and lower translation of the main ORF, altering the stoichiometry of viral proteins and attenuating infection. Replacing the upstream CUG with AUG strongly inhibits translation of the main ORF independently of Nsp1, EIF1, or EIF1A. Taken together, our work describes multiple dependencies of CoV2 on host biosynthetic networks and proposes a model for dosage control of viral proteins through Nsp1-mediated control of translation start site selection.
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- Ranen Aviner
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub–San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Biology and Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub–San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub–San Francisco, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub–San Francisco, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub–San Francisco, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology and Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Translational control in the naked mole-rat as a model highly resistant to cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2020; 1875:188455. [PMID: 33148499 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2020.188455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Dysregulation of mRNA translation is involved in the onset and progression of different types of cancer. To gain insight into novel genetic strategies to avoid this malady, we reviewed the available genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic data about the translational machinery from the naked-mole rat (NMR) Heterocephalus glaber, a new model of study that exhibits high resistance to cancer. The principal features that might confer cancer resistance are 28S rRNA fragmentation, RPL26 and eIF4G overexpression, global downregulation of mTOR pathway, specific amino acid residues in RAPTOR (P908) and RICTOR (V1695), and the absence of 4E-BP3. These features are not only associated with cancer but also might couple longevity and adaptation to hypoxia. We propose that the regulation of translation is among the strategies endowing NMR cancer resistance.
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Santagata S. Genes with evidence of positive selection as potentially related to coloniality and the evolution of morphological features among the lophophorates and entoprocts. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2020; 336:267-280. [PMID: 32638536 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Evolutionary mechanisms that underlie the origins of coloniality among organisms are diverse. Some animal colonies may be comprised strictly of clonal individuals formed from asexual budding or comprised of a chimera of clonal and sexually produced individuals that fuse secondarily. This investigation focuses on select members of the lophophorates and entoprocts whose evolutionary relationships remain enigmatic even in the age of genomics. Using transcriptomic data sets, two coloniality-based hypotheses are tested in a phylogenetic context to find candidate genes showing evidence of positive selection and potentially convergent molecular signatures among solitary species and taxa-forming colonies from aggregate groups or clonal budding. Approximately 22% of the 387 orthogroups tested showed evidence of positive selection in at least one of the three branch-site tests (CODEML, BUSTED, and aBSREL). Only 12 genes could be reliably associated with a developmental function related to traits linked with coloniality, neuroanatomy, or ciliary fields. Genes testing for both positive selection and convergent molecular characters include orthologues of Radial spoke head, Elongation translation initiation factors, SEC13, and Immediate early response gene5. Maximum likelihood analyses included here resulted in tree topologies typical of other phylogenetic investigations based on wider genomic information. Further genomic and experimental evidence will be needed to resolve whether a solitary ancestor with multiciliated cells that formed aggregate groups gave rise to colonial forms in bryozoans (and perhaps the entoprocts) or that the morphological differences exhibited by phoronids and brachiopods represent trait modifications from a colonial ancestor.
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- Scott Santagata
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Long Island University, Greenvale, New York
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Cerván-Martín M, Castilla JA, Palomino-Morales RJ, Carmona FD. Genetic Landscape of Nonobstructive Azoospermia and New Perspectives for the Clinic. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9020300. [PMID: 31973052 PMCID: PMC7074441 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9020300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA) represents the most severe expression of male infertility, involving around 1% of the male population and 10% of infertile men. This condition is characterised by the inability of the testis to produce sperm cells, and it is considered to have an important genetic component. During the last two decades, different genetic anomalies, including microdeletions of the Y chromosome, karyotype defects, and missense mutations in genes involved in the reproductive function, have been described as the primary cause of NOA in many infertile men. However, these alterations only explain around 25% of azoospermic cases, with the remaining patients showing an idiopathic origin. Recent studies clearly suggest that the so-called idiopathic NOA has a complex aetiology with a polygenic inheritance, which may alter the spermatogenic process. Although we are far from a complete understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying NOA, the use of the new technologies for genetic analysis has enabled a considerable increase in knowledge during the last years. In this review, we will provide a comprehensive and updated overview of the genetic basis of NOA, with a special focus on the possible application of the recent insights in clinical practice.
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- Miriam Cerván-Martín
- Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, Centro de Investigación Biomédica (CIBM), Parque Tecnológico Ciencias de la Salud, Av. del Conocimiento, s/n, 18016 Granada, Spain;
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Av. de Madrid, 15, Pabellón de Consultas Externas 2, 2ª Planta, 18012 Granada, Spain; (J.A.C.); (R.J.P.-M.)
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Av. de Madrid, 15, Pabellón de Consultas Externas 2, 2ª Planta, 18012 Granada, Spain; (J.A.C.); (R.J.P.-M.)
- Unidad de Reproducción, UGC Obstetricia y Ginecología, HU Virgen de las Nieves, Av. de las Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
- CEIFER Biobanco—NextClinics, Calle Maestro Bretón 1, 18004 Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Av. de Madrid, 15, Pabellón de Consultas Externas 2, 2ª Planta, 18012 Granada, Spain; (J.A.C.); (R.J.P.-M.)
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular I, Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, Av. de Fuente Nueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, Centro de Investigación Biomédica (CIBM), Parque Tecnológico Ciencias de la Salud, Av. del Conocimiento, s/n, 18016 Granada, Spain;
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Av. de Madrid, 15, Pabellón de Consultas Externas 2, 2ª Planta, 18012 Granada, Spain; (J.A.C.); (R.J.P.-M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-958-241-000 (ext 20170)
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Cells respond to hypoxia by shifting cellular processes from general housekeeping functions to activating specialized hypoxia-response pathways. Oxygen plays an important role in generating ATP to maintain a productive rate of protein synthesis in normoxia. In hypoxia, the rate of the canonical protein synthesis pathway is significantly slowed and impaired due to limited ATP availability, necessitating an alternative mechanism to mediate protein synthesis and facilitate adaptation. Hypoxia adaptation is largely mediated by hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs). While HIFs are well known for their transcriptional functions, they also play imperative roles in translation to mediate hypoxic protein synthesis. Such adaptations to hypoxia are often hyperactive in solid tumors, contributing to the expression of cancer hallmarks, including treatment resistance. The current literature on protein synthesis in hypoxia is reviewed here, inclusive of hypoxia-specific mRNA selection to translation termination. Current HIF targeting therapies are also discussed as are the opportunities involved with targeting hypoxia specific protein synthesis pathways.
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- Nancy T Chee
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
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Start Codon Recognition in Eukaryotic and Archaeal Translation Initiation: A Common Structural Core. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20040939. [PMID: 30795538 PMCID: PMC6412873 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20040939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Understanding molecular mechanisms of ribosomal translation sheds light on the emergence and evolution of protein synthesis in the three domains of life. Universally, ribosomal translation is described in three steps: initiation, elongation and termination. During initiation, a macromolecular complex assembled around the small ribosomal subunit selects the start codon on the mRNA and defines the open reading frame. In this review, we focus on the comparison of start codon selection mechanisms in eukaryotes and archaea. Eukaryotic translation initiation is a very complicated process, involving many initiation factors. The most widespread mechanism for the discovery of the start codon is the scanning of the mRNA by a pre-initiation complex until the first AUG codon in a correct context is found. In archaea, long-range scanning does not occur because of the presence of Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequences or of short 5′ untranslated regions. However, archaeal and eukaryotic translation initiations have three initiation factors in common: e/aIF1, e/aIF1A and e/aIF2 are directly involved in the selection of the start codon. Therefore, the idea that these archaeal and eukaryotic factors fulfill similar functions within a common structural ribosomal core complex has emerged. A divergence between eukaryotic and archaeal factors allowed for the adaptation to the long-range scanning process versus the SD mediated prepositioning of the ribosome.
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Wang S, Tian Q, Zhou S, Mao D, Chen L. A quantitative proteomic analysis of the molecular mechanism underlying fertility conversion in thermo-sensitive genetic male sterility line AnnongS-1. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:65. [PMID: 30744566 PMCID: PMC6371510 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1666-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Thermo-sensitive genetic male sterile (TGMS) lines have been widely used in two-line hybrid rice breeding. The two-line hybrids have increased rice yields substantially. However, the effect of environmental temperatures on the fertility conversion is still not fully clear. In this study, we performed a tandem mass tag (TMT)-based proteomic analysis on the anthers of the TGMS line AnnongS-1 grown under permissive (low) temperature (21 °C) and restrictive (high) temperature (> 26 °C) conditions in an attempt to explore the effect of temperature on the fertility of the male sterile line. RESULTS After the AnnongS-1 plants were induced under either permissive or restrictive conditions, morphological observations and I2-KI staining confirmed that the pollen grains formed under high temperature conditions were abortive while those formed under low temperature developed normally. In comparison to the plants grown under permissive conditions, the restrictive high-temperature conditions led to the differential accumulation of 89 proteins in the anthers, of which 46 were increased in abundance and 43 were decreased in abundance. Most of the subcellular compartments of the anther cells had one or more proteins that had been differentially accumulated, with the cytoplasm and chloroplast having the greatest accumulations. More than 40% of the differentially abundant proteins (DAPs) were enzymes involved in photosynthesis, energy metabolism, biosynthesis and catabolism of cellular components, metabolic regulation, defense and stress, etc. The DAPs related to protein metabolism accounted for the largest proportion (21.35%), followed by those related to defense and stress (12.36%), metabolic regulation (10.11%) and carbohydrate metabolism (8.99%), indicating that such biological processes in anther cells were more susceptible to high temperature stress. CONCLUSIONS The restrictive temperature induction caused fertility-sterility conversion in the TGMS line AnnongS-1 mainly by adversely affecting the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and energy, and decreasing the abundances of important proteins closely related to defense and stress, thereby impeding the growth and development of the pollen and weakening the overall defense and ability to endure stress of AnnongS-1. These data are helpful for deepening our understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying fertility conversion in TGMS lines.
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- Siyao Wang
- College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081 Hunan China
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- College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081 Hunan China
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- College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081 Hunan China
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- College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081 Hunan China
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- College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081 Hunan China
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Cancer-Associated Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 1A Mutants Impair Rps3 and Rps10 Binding and Enhance Scanning of Cell Cycle Genes. Mol Cell Biol 2019; 39:MCB.00441-18. [PMID: 30420357 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00441-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Protein synthesis is linked to cell proliferation, and its deregulation contributes to cancer. Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1A (eIF1A) plays a key role in scanning and AUG selection and differentially affects the translation of distinct mRNAs. Its unstructured N-terminal tail (NTT) is frequently mutated in several malignancies. Here we report that eIF1A is essential for cell proliferation and cell cycle progression. Ribosome profiling of eIF1A knockdown cells revealed a substantial enrichment of cell cycle mRNAs among the downregulated genes, which are predominantly characterized by a lengthy 5' untranslated region (UTR). Conversely, eIF1A depletion caused a broad stimulation of 5' UTR initiation at a near cognate AUG, unveiling a prominent role of eIF1A in suppressing 5' UTR translation. In addition, the AUG context-dependent autoregulation of eIF1 was disrupted by eIF1A depletion, suggesting their cooperation in AUG context discrimination and scanning. Importantly, cancer-associated eIF1A NTT mutants augmented the eIF1A positive effect on a long 5' UTR, while they hardly affected AUG selection. Mechanistically, these mutations diminished the eIF1A interaction with Rps3 and Rps10 implicated in scanning arrest. Our findings suggest that the reduced binding of eIF1A NTT mutants to the ribosome retains its open state and facilitates scanning of long 5' UTR-containing cell cycle genes.
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Shirokikh NE, Preiss T. Translation initiation by cap-dependent ribosome recruitment: Recent insights and open questions. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2018; 9:e1473. [PMID: 29624880 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Gene expression universally relies on protein synthesis, where ribosomes recognize and decode the messenger RNA template by cycling through translation initiation, elongation, and termination phases. All aspects of translation have been studied for decades using the tools of biochemistry and molecular biology available at the time. Here, we focus on the mechanism of translation initiation in eukaryotes, which is remarkably more complex than prokaryotic initiation and is the target of multiple types of regulatory intervention. The "consensus" model, featuring cap-dependent ribosome entry and scanning of mRNA leader sequences, represents the predominantly utilized initiation pathway across eukaryotes, although several variations of the model and alternative initiation mechanisms are also known. Recent advances in structural biology techniques have enabled remarkable molecular-level insights into the functional states of eukaryotic ribosomes, including a range of ribosomal complexes with different combinations of translation initiation factors that are thought to represent bona fide intermediates of the initiation process. Similarly, high-throughput sequencing-based ribosome profiling or "footprinting" approaches have allowed much progress in understanding the elongation phase of translation, and variants of them are beginning to reveal the remaining mysteries of initiation, as well as aspects of translation termination and ribosomal recycling. A current view on the eukaryotic initiation mechanism is presented here with an emphasis on how recent structural and footprinting results underpin axioms of the consensus model. Along the way, we further outline some contested mechanistic issues and major open questions still to be addressed. This article is categorized under: Translation > Translation Mechanisms Translation > Translation Regulation RNA Interactions with Proteins and Other Molecules > Protein-RNA Interactions: Functional Implications.
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- Nikolay E Shirokikh
- EMBL-Australia Collaborating Group, Department of Genome Sciences, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia
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- EMBL-Australia Collaborating Group, Department of Genome Sciences, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia
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Efficient and Accurate Translation Initiation Directed by TISU Involves RPS3 and RPS10e Binding and Differential Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 1A Regulation. Mol Cell Biol 2017; 37:MCB.00150-17. [PMID: 28584194 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00150-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Canonical translation initiation involves ribosomal scanning, but short 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) mRNAs are translated in a scanning-independent manner. The extent and mechanism of scanning-independent translation are not fully understood. Here we report that short 5'UTR mRNAs constitute a substantial fraction of the translatome. Short 5'UTR mRNAs are enriched with TISU (translation initiator of short 5'UTR), a 12-nucleotide element directing efficient scanning-independent translation. Comprehensive mutagenesis revealed that each AUG codon-flanking nucleotide of TISU contributes to translational strength, but only a few are important for accuracy. Using site-specific UV cross-linking of ribosomal complexes assembled on TISU mRNA, we demonstrate specific binding of TISU to ribosomal proteins at the E and A sites. We identified RPS3 as the major TISU binding protein in the 48S complex A site. Upon 80S complex formation, RPS3 interaction is weakened and switched to RPS10e (formerly called RPS10). We further demonstrate that TISU is particularly dependent on eukaryotic initiation factor 1A (eIF1A) which interacts with both RPS3 and RPS10e. Our findings suggest that the cap-recruited ribosome specifically binds the TISU nucleotides at the A and E sites in cooperation with eIF1A to promote scanning arrest.
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Spermatogenic failure and the Y chromosome. Hum Genet 2017; 136:637-655. [PMID: 28456834 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-017-1793-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The Y chromosome harbors a number of genes essential for testis development and function. Its highly repetitive structure predisposes this chromosome to deletion/duplication events and is responsible for Y-linked copy-number variations (CNVs) with clinical relevance. The AZF deletions remove genes with predicted spermatogenic function en block and are the most frequent known molecular causes of impaired spermatogenesis (5-10% of azoospermic and 2-5% of severe oligozoospermic men). Testing for this deletion has both diagnostic and prognostic value for testicular sperm retrieval in azoospermic men. The most dynamic region on the Yq is the AZFc region, presenting numerous NAHR hotspots leading to partial losses or gains of the AZFc genes. The gr/gr deletion (a partial AZFc deletion) negatively affects spermatogenic efficiency and it is a validated, population-dependent risk factor for oligozoospermia. In certain populations, the Y background may play a role in the phenotypic expression of partial AZFc rearrangements and similarly it may affect the predisposition to specific deletions/duplication events. Also, the Yp contains a gene array, TSPY1, with potential effect on germ cell proliferation. Despite intensive investigations during the last 20 years on the role of this sex chromosome in spermatogenesis, a number of clinical and basic questions remain to be answered. This review is aimed at providing an overview of the role of Y chromosome-linked genes, CNVs, and Y background in spermatogenesis.
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Curran JA, Weiss B. What Is the Impact of mRNA 5' TL Heterogeneity on Translational Start Site Selection and the Mammalian Cellular Phenotype? Front Genet 2016; 7:156. [PMID: 27630668 PMCID: PMC5005323 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2016.00156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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A major determinant in the efficiency of ribosome loading onto mRNAs is the 5′ TL (transcript leader or 5′ UTR). In addition, elements within this region also impact on start site selection demonstrating that it can modulate the protein readout at both quantitative and qualitative levels. With the increasing wealth of data generated by the mining of the mammalian transcriptome, it has become evident that a genes 5′ TL is not homogeneous but actually exhibits significant heterogeneity. This arises due to the utilization of alternative promoters, and is further compounded by significant variability with regards to the precise transcriptional start sites of each (not to mention alternative splicing). Consequently, the transcript for a protein coding gene is not a unique mRNA, but in-fact a complexed quasi-species of variants whose composition may respond to the changing physiological environment of the cell. Here we examine the potential impact of these events with regards to the protein readout.
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- Joseph A Curran
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Medical School, University of GenevaGeneva, Switzerland; Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva, University of GenevaGeneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Medical School, University of Geneva Geneva, Switzerland
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Tzani I, Ivanov IP, Andreev DE, Dmitriev RI, Dean KA, Baranov PV, Atkins JF, Loughran G. Systematic analysis of the PTEN 5' leader identifies a major AUU initiated proteoform. Open Biol 2016; 6:rsob.150203. [PMID: 27249819 PMCID: PMC4892431 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.150203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Abundant evidence for translation within the 5' leaders of many human genes is rapidly emerging, especially, because of the advent of ribosome profiling. In most cases, it is believed that the act of translation rather than the encoded peptide is important. However, the wealth of available sequencing data in recent years allows phylogenetic detection of sequences within 5' leaders that have emerged under coding constraint and therefore allow for the prediction of functional 5' leader translation. Using this approach, we previously predicted a CUG-initiated, 173 amino acid N-terminal extension to the human tumour suppressor PTEN. Here, a systematic experimental analysis of translation events in the PTEN 5' leader identifies at least two additional non-AUG-initiated PTEN proteoforms that are expressed in most human cell lines tested. The most abundant extended PTEN proteoform initiates at a conserved AUU codon and extends the canonical AUG-initiated PTEN by 146 amino acids. All N-terminally extended PTEN proteoforms tested retain the ability to downregulate the PI3K pathway. We also provide evidence for the translation of two conserved AUG-initiated upstream open reading frames within the PTEN 5' leader that control the ratio of PTEN proteoforms.
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- Ioanna Tzani
- School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5330, USA
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- School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Sinvani H, Haimov O, Svitkin Y, Sonenberg N, Tamarkin-Ben-Harush A, Viollet B, Dikstein R. Translational tolerance of mitochondrial genes to metabolic energy stress involves TISU and eIF1-eIF4GI cooperation in start codon selection. Cell Metab 2015; 21:479-92. [PMID: 25738462 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2015.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Revised: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Protein synthesis is a major energy-consuming process, which is rapidly repressed upon energy stress by AMPK. How energy deficiency affects translation of mRNAs that cope with the stress response is poorly understood. We found that mitochondrial genes remain translationally active upon energy deprivation. Surprisingly, inhibition of translation is partially retained in AMPKα1/AMPKα2 knockout cells. Mitochondrial mRNAs are enriched with TISU, a translation initiator of short 5' UTR, which confers resistance specifically to energy stress. Purified 48S preinitiation complex is sufficient for initiation via TISU AUG, when preceded by a short 5' UTR. eIF1 stimulates TISU but inhibits non-TISU-directed initiation. Remarkably, eIF4GI shares this activity and also interacts with eIF1. Furthermore, eIF4F is released upon 48S formation on TISU. These findings describe a specialized translation tolerance mechanism enabling continuous translation of TISU genes under energy stress and reveal that a key step in start codon selection of short 5' UTR is eIF4F release.
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- Hadar Sinvani
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- University Paris Descartes, Institut Cochin, 75014 Paris, France
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Uncovering buffered pleiotropy: a genome-scale screen for mel-28 genetic interactors in Caenorhabditis elegans. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2014; 4:185-96. [PMID: 24281427 PMCID: PMC3887534 DOI: 10.1534/g3.113.008532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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mel-28 (maternal-effect-lethal-28) encodes a conserved protein required for nuclear envelope function and chromosome segregation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Because mel-28 is a strict maternal-effect lethal gene, its function is required in the early embryo but appears to be dispensable for larval development. We wanted to test the idea that mel-28 has postembryonic roles that are buffered by the contributions of other genes. To find genes that act coordinately with mel-28, we did an RNA interference−based genetic interaction screen using mel-28 and wild-type larvae. We screened 18,364 clones and identified 65 genes that cause sterility in mel-28 but not wild-type worms. Some of these genes encode components of the nuclear pore. In addition we identified genes involved in dynein and dynactin function, vesicle transport, and cell-matrix attachments. By screening mel-28 larvae we have bypassed the requirement for mel-28 in the embryo, uncovering pleiotropic functions for mel-28 later in development that are normally provided by other genes. This work contributes toward revealing the gene networks that underlie cellular processes and reveals roles for a maternal-effect lethal gene later in development.
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Mason ME, Koch JL, Krasowski M, Loo J. Comparisons of protein profiles of beech bark disease resistant and susceptible American beech (Fagus grandifolia). Proteome Sci 2013; 11:2. [PMID: 23317283 PMCID: PMC3575302 DOI: 10.1186/1477-5956-11-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Accepted: 12/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Beech bark disease is an insect-fungus complex that damages and often kills American beech trees and has major ecological and economic impacts on forests of the northeastern United States and southeastern Canadian forests. The disease begins when exotic beech scale insects feed on the bark of trees, and is followed by infection of damaged bark tissues by one of the Neonectria species of fungi. Proteomic analysis was conducted of beech bark proteins from diseased trees and healthy trees in areas heavily infested with beech bark disease. All of the diseased trees had signs of Neonectria infection such as cankers or fruiting bodies. In previous tests reported elsewhere, all of the diseased trees were demonstrated to be susceptible to the scale insect and all of the healthy trees were demonstrated to be resistant to the scale insect. Sixteen trees were sampled from eight geographically isolated stands, the sample consisting of 10 healthy (scale-resistant) and 6 diseased/infested (scale-susceptible) trees. RESULTS Proteins were extracted from each tree and analysed in triplicate by isoelectric focusing followed by denaturing gel electrophoresis. Gels were stained and protein spots identified and intensity quantified, then a statistical model was fit to identify significant differences between trees. A subset of BBD differential proteins were analysed by mass spectrometry and matched to known protein sequences for identification. Identified proteins had homology to stress, insect, and pathogen related proteins in other plant systems. Protein spots significantly different in diseased and healthy trees having no stand or disease-by-stand interaction effects were identified. CONCLUSIONS Further study of these proteins should help to understand processes critical to resistance to beech bark disease and to develop biomarkers for use in tree breeding programs and for the selection of resistant trees prior to or in early stages of BBD development in stands. Early identification of resistant trees (prior to the full disease development in an area) will allow forest management through the removal of susceptible trees and their root-sprouts prior to the onset of disease, allowing management and mitigation of costs, economic impact, and impacts on ecological systems and services.
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- Mary E Mason
- US Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 359 Main Rd, Delaware, OH, 43015, USA.
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Selection of correct start codons on messenger RNAs is a key step required for faithful translation of the genetic message. Such a selection occurs in a complex process, during which a translation-competent ribosome assembles, eventually having in its P site a specialized methionyl-tRNAMet base-paired with the start codon on the mRNA. This chapter summarizes recent advances describing at the molecular level the successive steps involved in the process. Special emphasis is put on the roles of the three initiation factors and of the initiator tRNA, which are crucial for the efficiency and the specificity of the process. In particular, structural analyses concerning complexes containing ribosomal subunits, as well as detailed kinetic studies, have shed new light on the sequence of events leading to faithful initiation of protein synthesis in Bacteria.
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Herrmannová A, Daujotyte D, Yang JC, Cuchalová L, Gorrec F, Wagner S, Dányi I, Lukavsky PJ, Valásek LS. Structural analysis of an eIF3 subcomplex reveals conserved interactions required for a stable and proper translation pre-initiation complex assembly. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 40:2294-311. [PMID: 22090426 PMCID: PMC3300007 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Translation initiation factor eIF3 acts as the key orchestrator of the canonical initiation pathway in eukaryotes, yet its structure is greatly unexplored. We report the 2.2 Å resolution crystal structure of the complex between the yeast seven-bladed β-propeller eIF3i/TIF34 and a C-terminal α-helix of eIF3b/PRT1, which reveals universally conserved interactions. Mutating these interactions displays severe growth defects and eliminates association of eIF3i/TIF34 and strikingly also eIF3g/TIF35 with eIF3 and 40S subunits in vivo. Unexpectedly, 40S-association of the remaining eIF3 subcomplex and eIF5 is likewise destabilized resulting in formation of aberrant pre-initiation complexes (PICs) containing eIF2 and eIF1, which critically compromises scanning arrest on mRNA at its AUG start codon suggesting that the contacts between mRNA and ribosomal decoding site are impaired. Remarkably, overexpression of eIF3g/TIF35 suppresses the leaky scanning and growth defects most probably by preventing these aberrant PICs to form. Leaky scanning is also partially suppressed by eIF1, one of the key regulators of AUG recognition, and its mutant sui1G107R but the mechanism differs. We conclude that the C-terminus of eIF3b/PRT1 orchestrates co-operative recruitment of eIF3i/TIF34 and eIF3g/TIF35 to the 40S subunit for a stable and proper assembly of 48S pre-initiation complexes necessary for stringent AUG recognition on mRNAs.
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- Anna Herrmannová
- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, v.v.i., Videnska 1083, Prague, 142 20, Czech Republic
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Bolger TA, Wente SR. Gle1 is a multifunctional DEAD-box protein regulator that modulates Ded1 in translation initiation. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:39750-9. [PMID: 21949122 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.299321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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DEAD-box protein (Dbp) family members are essential for gene expression; however, their precise roles and regulation are not fully defined. During messenger (m)RNA export, Gle1 bound to inositol hexakisphosphate (IP(6)) acts via Dbp5 to facilitate remodeling of mRNA-protein complexes. In contrast, here we define a novel Gle1 role in translation initiation through regulation of a different DEAD-box protein, the initiation factor Ded1. We find that Gle1 physically and genetically interacts with Ded1. Surprisingly, whereas Gle1 stimulates Dbp5, it inhibits Ded1 ATPase activity in vitro, and IP(6) does not affect this inhibition. Functionally, a gle1-4 mutant specifically suppresses initiation defects in a ded1-120 mutant, and ded1 and gle1 mutants have complementary perturbations in AUG start site recognition. Consistent with this role in initiation, Gle1 inhibits translation in vitro in competent extracts. These results indicate that Gle1 has a direct role in initiation and negatively regulates Ded1. Together, the differential regulation of two distinct DEAD-box proteins by a common factor (Gle1) establishes a new paradigm for controlling gene expression and coupling translation with mRNA export.
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- Timothy A Bolger
- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Elfakess R, Sinvani H, Haimov O, Svitkin Y, Sonenberg N, Dikstein R. Unique translation initiation of mRNAs-containing TISU element. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:7598-609. [PMID: 21705780 PMCID: PMC3177215 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Translation Initiator of Short 5′ UTR (TISU) is a unique regulatory element of both transcription and translation initiation. It is present in a sizable number of genes with basic cellular functions and a very short untranslated region (5′ UTR). Here, we investigated translation initiation from short 5′ UTR mRNAs with AUG in various contexts. Reducing 5′ UTR length to the minimal functional size increases leaky scanning from weak and strong initiators but hardly affects translation initiation and ribosomal binding directed by TISU. Ribosome interaction with TISU mRNA is cap dependent and involves AUG downstream nucleotides that compensate for the absent 5′ UTR contacts. Interestingly, eIF1 inhibits cap-proximal AUG selection within weak or strong contexts but not within TISU. Furthermore, TISU-directed translation is unaffected by inhibition of the RNA helicase eIF4A. Thus, TISU directs efficient cap-dependent translation initiation without scanning, a mechanism that would be advantageous when intracellular levels of eIF1 and eIF4A fluctuate.
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- Rofa Elfakess
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Viruses utilize a number of translational control mechanisms to regulate the relative expression levels of viral proteins on polycistronic mRNAs. One such mechanism, that of termination-dependent reinitiation, has been described in a number of both negative- and positive-strand RNA viruses. Dicistronic RNAs which exhibit termination-reinitiation typically have a start codon of the 3'-ORF (open reading frame) proximal to the stop codon of the upstream ORF. For example, the segment 7 RNA of influenza B is dicistronic, and the stop codon of the M1 ORF and the start codon of the BM2 ORF overlap in the pentanucleotide UAAUG (the stop codon of M1 is shown in bold and the start codon of BM2 is underlined). Recent evidence has highlighted the potential importance of mRNA-rRNA interactions in reinitiation on caliciviral and influenza B viral RNAs, probably used to tether 40S ribosomal subunits to the RNA after termination in time for initiation factors to be recruited to the AUG of the downstream ORF. The present review summarizes how such interactions regulate reinitiation in an array of RNA viruses, and discusses what is known about reinitiation in viruses that do not rely on apparent mRNA-rRNA interactions.
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Takacs JE, Neary TB, Ingolia NT, Saini AK, Martin-Marcos P, Pelletier J, Hinnebusch AG, Lorsch JR. Identification of compounds that decrease the fidelity of start codon recognition by the eukaryotic translational machinery. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2011; 17:439-452. [PMID: 21220547 PMCID: PMC3039144 DOI: 10.1261/rna.2475211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2010] [Accepted: 11/19/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Translation initiation in eukaryotes involves more than a dozen protein factors. Alterations in six factors have been found to reduce the fidelity of start codon recognition by the ribosomal preinitiation complex in yeast, a phenotype referred to as Sui(-). No small molecules are known that affect the fidelity of start codon recognition. Such compounds would be useful tools for probing the molecular mechanics of translation initiation and its regulation. To find compounds with this effect, we set up a high-throughput screen using a dual luciferase assay in S. cerevisiae. Screening of over 55,000 compounds revealed two structurally related molecules that decrease the fidelity of start codon selection by approximately twofold in the dual luciferase assay. This effect was confirmed using additional in vivo assays that monitor translation from non-AUG start codons. Both compounds increase translation of a natural upstream open reading frame previously shown to initiate translation at a UUG. The compounds were also found to exacerbate increased use of UUG as a start codon (Sui(-) phenotype) conferred by haploinsufficiency of wild-type eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 1, or by mutation in eIF1. Furthermore, the effects of the compounds are suppressed by overexpressing eIF1, which is known to restore the fidelity of start codon selection in strains harboring Sui(-) mutations in various other initiation factors. Together, these data strongly suggest that the compounds affect the translational machinery itself to reduce the accuracy of selecting AUG as the start codon.
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- Julie E Takacs
- Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Ivanov IP, Firth AE, Michel AM, Atkins JF, Baranov PV. Identification of evolutionarily conserved non-AUG-initiated N-terminal extensions in human coding sequences. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:4220-34. [PMID: 21266472 PMCID: PMC3105428 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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In eukaryotes, it is generally assumed that translation initiation occurs at the AUG codon closest to the messenger RNA 5' cap. However, in certain cases, initiation can occur at codons differing from AUG by a single nucleotide, especially the codons CUG, UUG, GUG, ACG, AUA and AUU. While non-AUG initiation has been experimentally verified for a handful of human genes, the full extent to which this phenomenon is utilized--both for increased coding capacity and potentially also for novel regulatory mechanisms--remains unclear. To address this issue, and hence to improve the quality of existing coding sequence annotations, we developed a methodology based on phylogenetic analysis of predicted 5' untranslated regions from orthologous genes. We use evolutionary signatures of protein-coding sequences as an indicator of translation initiation upstream of annotated coding sequences. Our search identified novel conserved potential non-AUG-initiated N-terminal extensions in 42 human genes including VANGL2, FGFR1, KCNN4, TRPV6, HDGF, CITED2, EIF4G3 and NTF3, and also affirmed the conservation of known non-AUG-initiated extensions in 17 other genes. In several instances, we have been able to obtain independent experimental evidence of the expression of non-AUG-initiated products from the previously published literature and ribosome profiling data.
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- Ivaylo P Ivanov
- BioSciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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Bordner KA, George ED, Carlyle BC, Duque A, Kitchen RR, Lam TT, Colangelo CM, Stone KL, Abbott TB, Mane SM, Nairn AC, Simen AA. Functional genomic and proteomic analysis reveals disruption of myelin-related genes and translation in a mouse model of early life neglect. Front Psychiatry 2011; 2:18. [PMID: 21629843 PMCID: PMC3098717 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2011.00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2011] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Early life neglect is an important public health problem which can lead to lasting psychological dysfunction. Good animal models are necessary to understand the mechanisms responsible for the behavioral and anatomical pathology that results. We recently described a novel model of early life neglect, maternal separation with early weaning (MSEW), that produces behavioral changes in the mouse that persist into adulthood. To begin to understand the mechanism by which MSEW leads to these changes we applied cDNA microarray, next-generation RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq), label-free proteomics, multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) proteomics, and methylation analysis to tissue samples obtained from medial prefrontal cortex to determine the molecular changes induced by MSEW that persist into adulthood. The results show that MSEW leads to dysregulation of markers of mature oligodendrocytes and genes involved in protein translation and other categories, an apparent downward biasing of translation, and methylation changes in the promoter regions of selected dysregulated genes. These findings are likely to prove useful in understanding the mechanism by which early life neglect affects brain structure, cognition, and behavior.
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- Kelly A Bordner
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT, USA
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Capes MD, Coker JA, Gessler R, Grinblat-Huse V, DasSarma SL, Jacob CG, Kim JM, DasSarma P, DasSarma S. The information transfer system of halophilic archaea. Plasmid 2010; 65:77-101. [PMID: 21094181 DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2010.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2010] [Revised: 11/08/2010] [Accepted: 11/15/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Information transfer is fundamental to all life forms. In the third domain of life, the archaea, many of the genes functioning in these processes are similar to their eukaryotic counterparts, including DNA replication and repair, basal transcription, and translation genes, while many transcriptional regulators and the overall genome structure are more bacterial-like. Among halophilic (salt-loving) archaea, the genomes commonly include extrachromosomal elements, many of which are large megaplasmids or minichromosomes. With the sequencing of genomes representing ten different genera of halophilic archaea and the availability of genetic systems in two diverse models, Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 and Haloferax volcanii, a large number of genes have now been annotated, classified, and studied. Here, we review the comparative genomic, genetic, and biochemical work primarily aimed at the information transfer system of halophilic archaea, highlighting gene conservation and differences in the chromosomes and the large extrachromosomal elements among these organisms.
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- Melinda D Capes
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Initiation context modulates autoregulation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1 (eIF1). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:18056-60. [PMID: 20921384 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009269107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The central feature of standard eukaryotic translation initiation is small ribosome subunit loading at the 5' cap followed by its 5' to 3' scanning for a start codon. The preferred start is an AUG codon in an optimal context. Elaborate cellular machinery exists to ensure the fidelity of start codon selection. Eukaryotic initiation factor 1 (eIF1) plays a central role in this process. Here we show that the translation of eIF1 homologs in eukaryotes from diverse taxa involves initiation from an AUG codon in a poor context. Using human eIF1 as a model, we show that this poor context is necessary for an autoregulatory negative feedback loop in which a high level of eIF1 inhibits its own translation, establishing that variability in the stringency of start codon selection is used for gene regulation in eukaryotes. We show that the stringency of start codon selection (preferential utilization of optimal start sites) is increased to a surprising degree by overexpressing eIF1. The capacity for the cellular level of eIF1 to impact initiation through the variable stringency of initiation codon selection likely has significant consequences for the proteome in eukaryotes.
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Cuchalová L, Kouba T, Herrmannová A, Dányi I, Chiu WL, Valášek L. The RNA recognition motif of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3g (eIF3g) is required for resumption of scanning of posttermination ribosomes for reinitiation on GCN4 and together with eIF3i stimulates linear scanning. Mol Cell Biol 2010; 30:4671-86. [PMID: 20679478 PMCID: PMC2950517 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00430-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2010] [Revised: 05/25/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Recent reports have begun unraveling the details of various roles of individual eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3) subunits in translation initiation. Here we describe functional characterization of two essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae eIF3 subunits, g/Tif35 and i/Tif34, previously suggested to be dispensable for formation of the 48S preinitiation complexes (PICs) in vitro. A triple-Ala substitution of conserved residues in the RRM of g/Tif35 (g/tif35-KLF) or a single-point mutation in the WD40 repeat 6 of i/Tif34 (i/tif34-Q258R) produces severe growth defects and decreases the rate of translation initiation in vivo without affecting the integrity of eIF3 and formation of the 43S PICs in vivo. Both mutations also diminish induction of GCN4 expression, which occurs upon starvation via reinitiation. Whereas g/tif35-KLF impedes resumption of scanning for downstream reinitiation by 40S ribosomes terminating at upstream open reading frame 1 (uORF1) in the GCN4 mRNA leader, i/tif34-Q258R prevents full GCN4 derepression by impairing the rate of scanning of posttermination 40S ribosomes moving downstream from uORF1. In addition, g/tif35-KLF reduces processivity of scanning through stable secondary structures, and g/Tif35 specifically interacts with Rps3 and Rps20 located near the ribosomal mRNA entry channel. Together these results implicate g/Tif35 and i/Tif34 in stimulation of linear scanning and, specifically in the case of g/Tif35, also in proper regulation of the GCN4 reinitiation mechanism.
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- Lucie Cuchalová
- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology AVCR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology AVCR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology AVCR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology AVCR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology AVCR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology AVCR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Rakitina TV, Bogatova OV, Smirnova EV, Pozdeev VI, Kostanian IA, Lipkin VM. [Haponin (eIF1AD) interacts with glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase in the CHO-K1 cell line]. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2010; 36:312-8. [PMID: 20644585 DOI: 10.1134/s1068162010030027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Haponin (HLDF-alike protein) was previously identified from the human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cell line. For the functional study of this protein, we obtained recombinant haponin with an N-terminal hexahistidine tag using a baculovirus expression system. Antibodies against 6xHis-haponin were produced, and the expression of endogenous haponin was demonstrated in mammalian cell lines of different origin. Using affinity chromatography and immunoprecipitation methods, we have shown that in CHO-K1 cells haponin interacts with glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), which is one of the vital glycolytic enzymes with a diverse set of noncanonical functions.
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Lorsch JR, Dever TE. Molecular view of 43 S complex formation and start site selection in eukaryotic translation initiation. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:21203-7. [PMID: 20444698 PMCID: PMC2898419 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r110.119743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A central step to high fidelity protein synthesis is selection of the proper start codon. Recent structural, biochemical, and genetic analyses have provided molecular insights into the coordinated activities of the initiation factors in start codon selection. A molecular model is emerging in which start codon recognition is linked to dynamic reorganization of factors on the ribosome and structural changes in the ribosome itself.
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- Jon R. Lorsch
- From the Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 and
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- the Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Racine T, Duncan R. Facilitated leaky scanning and atypical ribosome shunting direct downstream translation initiation on the tricistronic S1 mRNA of avian reovirus. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:7260-72. [PMID: 20610435 PMCID: PMC2978376 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The S1 mRNA of avian reovirus is functionally tricistronic, encoding three unrelated proteins, p10, p17 and σC, from three sequential, partially overlapping open reading frames (ORFs). The mechanism of translation initiation at the 3'-proximal σC ORF is currently unknown. Transient RNA transfections using Renilla luciferase reporter constructs revealed only a modest reduction in reporter expression upon optimization of either the p10 or p17 start sites. Insertion of multiple upstream AUG (uAUG) codons in a preferred start codon sequence context resulted in a substantial retention of downstream translation initiation on the S1 mRNA, but not on a heterologous mRNA. The S1 mRNA therefore facilitates leaky scanning to promote ribosome access to the σC start codon. Evidence also indicates that σC translation is mediated by a second scanning-independent mechanism capable of bypassing upstream ORFs. This alternate mechanism is cap-dependent and requires a sequence-dependent translation enhancer element that is complementary to 18S rRNA. Downstream translation initiation of the tricistronic S1 mRNA is therefore made possible by two alternate mechanisms, facilitated leaky scanning and an atypical form of ribosome shunting. This dual mechanism of downstream translation initiation ensures sufficient expression of the σC cell attachment protein that is essential for infectious progeny virus production.
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- Trina Racine
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H1X5
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Genetic dissection of the AZF regions of the human Y chromosome: thriller or filler for male (in)fertility? J Biomed Biotechnol 2010; 2010:936569. [PMID: 20671934 PMCID: PMC2910558 DOI: 10.1155/2010/936569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 04/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The azoospermia factor (AZF) regions consist of three genetic domains in the long arm of the human Y chromosome referred to as AZFa, AZFb and AZFc. These are of importance for male fertility since they are home to genes required for spermatogenesis. In this paper a comprehensive analysis of AZF structure and gene content will be undertaken. Particular care will be given to the molecular mechanisms underlying the spermatogenic impairment phenotypes associated to AZF deletions. Analysis of the 14 different AZF genes or gene families argues for the existence of functional asymmetries between the determinants; while some are prominent players in spermatogenesis, others seem to modulate more subtly the program. In this regard, evidence supporting the notion that DDX3Y, KDM5D, RBMY1A1, DAZ, and CDY represent key AZF spermatogenic determinants will be discussed.
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Dmitriev SE, Terenin IM, Andreev DE, Ivanov PA, Dunaevsky JE, Merrick WC, Shatsky IN. GTP-independent tRNA delivery to the ribosomal P-site by a novel eukaryotic translation factor. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:26779-26787. [PMID: 20566627 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.119693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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During translation, aminoacyl-tRNAs are delivered to the ribosome by specialized GTPases called translation factors. Here, we report the tRNA binding to the P-site of 40 S ribosomes by a novel GTP-independent factor eIF2D isolated from mammalian cells. The binding of tRNA(i)(Met) occurs after the AUG codon finds its position in the P-site of 40 S ribosomes, the situation that takes place during initiation complex formation on the hepatitis C virus internal ribosome entry site or on some other specific RNAs (leaderless mRNA and A-rich mRNAs with relaxed scanning dependence). Its activity in tRNA binding with 40 S subunits does not require the presence of the aminoacyl moiety. Moreover, the factor possesses the unique ability to deliver non-Met (elongator) tRNAs into the P-site of the 40 S subunit. The corresponding gene is found in all eukaryotes and includes an SUI1 domain present also in translation initiation factor eIF1. The versatility of translation initiation strategies in eukaryotes is discussed.
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- Sergey E Dmitriev
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia.
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Mihailovich M, Militti C, Gabaldón T, Gebauer F. Eukaryotic cold shock domain proteins: highly versatile regulators of gene expression. Bioessays 2010; 32:109-18. [PMID: 20091748 DOI: 10.1002/bies.200900122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Cold shock domain (CSD)-containing proteins have been found in all three domains of life and function in a variety of processes that are related, for the most part, to post-transcriptional gene regulation. The CSD is an ancient beta-barrel fold that serves to bind nucleic acids. The CSD is structurally and functionally similar to the S1 domain, a fold with otherwise unrelated primary sequence. The flexibility of the CSD/S1 domain for RNA recognition confers an enormous functional versatility to the proteins that contain them. This review summarizes the current knowledge on eukaryotic CSD/S1 domain-containing proteins with a special emphasis on UNR (upstream of N-ras), a member of this family with multiple copies of the CSD.
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- Marija Mihailovich
- Gene Regulation Programme, Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG-UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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Elantak L, Wagner S, Herrmannová A, Karásková M, Rutkai E, Lukavsky PJ, Valásek L. The indispensable N-terminal half of eIF3j/HCR1 cooperates with its structurally conserved binding partner eIF3b/PRT1-RRM and with eIF1A in stringent AUG selection. J Mol Biol 2010; 396:1097-116. [PMID: 20060839 PMCID: PMC2824034 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.12.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2009] [Revised: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Despite the recent progress in our understanding of the numerous
functions of individual subunits of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3
(eIF3), there is still only little known on the molecular level. Using NMR
spectroscopy, we determined the first solution structure of an interaction
between eIF3 subunits. We revealed that a conserved tryptophan residue in the
human eIF3j N-terminal acidic domain (NTA) is held in the helix α1
– loop L5 hydrophobic pocket of the human eIF3b-RRM. Mutating the
corresponding “pocket” residues in its yeast orthologue reduces
cellular growth rate, eliminates eIF3j/HCR1 association with eIF3b/PRT1
in vitro and in vivo, affects
40S-occupancy of eIF3, and produces a leaky scanning defect indicative of a
deregulation of the AUG selection process. Unexpectedly, we found that the
N-terminal half (NTD) of eIF3j/HCR1 containing the NTA motif is indispensable
and sufficient for wild-type growth of yeast cells. Furthermore, we demonstrate
that deletion of either j/HCR1 or its NTD only, or mutating the key tryptophan
residues results in the severe leaky scanning phenotype partially suppressible
by overexpressed eIF1A, which is thought to stabilize properly formed
pre-initiation complexes at the correct start codon. These findings indicate
that eIF3j/HCR1 remains associated with the scanning pre-initiation complexes
and does not dissociate from the small ribosomal subunit upon mRNA recruitment
as previously believed. Finally, we provide further support for earlier mapping
of the ribosomal binding site for human eIF3j by identifying specific
interactions of eIF3j/HCR1 with small ribosomal proteins RPS2 and RPS23 located
in the vicinity of the mRNA entry channel. Taken together we propose that
eIF3j/HCR1 closely co-operates with eIF3b/PRT1-RRM and eIF1A on the ribosome to
ensure proper formation of the scanning-arrested conformation required for
stringent AUG recognition.
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- Latifa Elantak
- Structural Studies Division, MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, England, UK
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Fabian MR, Sundermeier TR, Sonenberg N. Understanding How miRNAs Post-Transcriptionally Regulate Gene Expression. MIRNA REGULATION OF THE TRANSLATIONAL MACHINERY 2010; 50:1-20. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03103-8_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Miyasaka H, Endo S, Shimizu H. Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1 (eIF1), the inspector of good AUG context for translation initiation, has an extremely bad AUG context. J Biosci Bioeng 2009; 109:635-7. [PMID: 20471606 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2009.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2009] [Revised: 11/25/2009] [Accepted: 11/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The nucleotide sequence surrounding the translation initiation AUG codon (AUG context) is important for the effective translation initiation. A compilation analysis revealed that all the genes of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1, which plays a crucial role in the recognition of the optimal AUG context, ironically have extremely bad AUG contexts.
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- Hitoshi Miyasaka
- The Kansai Electric Power Co., Environmental Research Center, Keihanna-Plaza 12F, 1-7 Seikacho, Sourakugun, Kyoto 619-0237, Japan.
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Fraser CS. The molecular basis of translational control. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2009; 90:1-51. [PMID: 20374738 DOI: 10.1016/s1877-1173(09)90001-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Our current understanding of eukaryotic protein synthesis has emerged from many years of biochemical, genetic and biophysical approaches. Significant insight into the molecular details of the mechanism has been obtained, although there are clearly many aspects of the process that remain to be resolved. Importantly, our understanding of the mechanism has identified a number of key stages in the pathway that contribute to the regulation of general and gene-specific translation. Not surprisingly, translational control is now widely accepted to play a role in aspects of cell stress, growth, development, synaptic function, aging, and disease. This chapter reviews the mechanism of eukaryotic protein synthesis and its relevance to translational control.
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- Christopher S Fraser
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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eIF1 controls multiple steps in start codon recognition during eukaryotic translation initiation. J Mol Biol 2009; 394:268-85. [PMID: 19751744 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2009] [Revised: 09/04/2009] [Accepted: 09/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF) 1 is a central mediator of start codon recognition. Dissociation of eIF1 from the preinitiation complex (PIC) allows release of phosphate from the G-protein factor eIF2, triggering downstream events in initiation. Mutations that weaken binding of eIF1 to the PIC decrease the fidelity of start codon recognition (Sui(-) phenotype) by allowing increased eIF1 release at non-AUG codons. Consistent with this, overexpression of these mutant proteins suppresses their Sui(-) phenotypes. Here, we have examined mutations at the penultimate residue of eIF1, G107, that produce Sui(-) phenotypes without increasing the rate of eIF1 release. We provide evidence that, in addition to its role in gating phosphate release, dissociation of eIF1 triggers conversion from an open, scanning-competent state of the PIC to a stable, closed one. We also show that eIF5 antagonizes binding of eIF1 to the complex and that key interactions of eIF1 with its partners are modulated by the charge at and around G107. Our data indicate that eIF1 plays multiple roles in start codon recognition and suggest that prior to AUG recognition it prevents eIF5 from binding to a key site in the PIC required for triggering downstream events.
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Hellen CUT. IRES-induced conformational changes in the ribosome and the mechanism of translation initiation by internal ribosomal entry. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2009; 1789:558-70. [PMID: 19539793 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2009.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2009] [Revised: 06/04/2009] [Accepted: 06/11/2009] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Translation of the genomes of several positive-sense RNA viruses follows end-independent initiation on an internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) in the viral mRNA. There are four major IRES groups, and despite major differences in the mechanisms that they use, one unifying characteristic is that each mechanism involves essential non-canonical interactions of the IRES with components of the canonical translational apparatus. Thus the approximately 200nt.-long Type 4 IRESs (epitomized by Cricket paralysis virus) bind directly to the intersubunit space on the ribosomal 40S subunit, followed by joining to a 60S subunit to form active ribosomes by a factor-independent mechanism. The approximately 300nt.-long type 3 IRESs (epitomized by Hepatitis C virus) binds independently to eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 3, and to the solvent-accessible surface and E-site of the 40S subunit: addition of eIF2-GTP/initiator tRNA is sufficient to form a 48S complex that can join a 60S subunit in an eIF5/eIF5B-mediated reaction to form an active ribosome. Recent cryo-electron microscopy and biochemical analyses have revealed a second general characteristic of the mechanisms of initiation on Type 3 and Type 4 IRESs. Both classes of IRES induce similar conformational changes in the ribosome that influence entry, positioning and fixation of mRNA in the ribosomal decoding channel. HCV-like IRESs also stabilize binding of initiator tRNA in the peptidyl (P) site of the 40S subunit, whereas Type 4 IRESs induce changes in the ribosome that likely promote subsequent steps in the translation process, including subunit joining and elongation.
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- Christopher U T Hellen
- Department of Cell Biology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 44, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
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Myasnikov AG, Simonetti A, Marzi S, Klaholz BP. Structure-function insights into prokaryotic and eukaryotic translation initiation. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2009; 19:300-9. [PMID: 19493673 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2009.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2009] [Accepted: 04/07/2009] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Translation initiation is the rate-limiting and most complexly regulated step of protein synthesis in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In the last few years, cryo-electron microscopy has provided several novel insights into the universal process of translation initiation. Structures of prokaryotic 30S and 70S ribosomal initiation complexes with initiator transfer RNA (tRNA), messenger RNA (mRNA), and initiation factors have recently revealed the mechanism of initiator tRNA recruitment to the assembling ribosomal machinery, involving molecular rearrangements of the ribosome and associated factors. First three-dimensional pictures of the particularly complex eukaryotic translation initiation machinery have been obtained, revealing how initiation factors tune the ribosome for recruiting the mRNA. A comparison of the available prokaryotic and eukaryotic structures shows that--besides significant differences--some key ribosomal features are universally conserved.
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- Alexander G Myasnikov
- IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Department of Structural Biology and Genomics, Illkirch F-67404, France
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Kolitz SE, Takacs JE, Lorsch JR. Kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of the role of start codon/anticodon base pairing during eukaryotic translation initiation. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2009; 15:138-52. [PMID: 19029312 PMCID: PMC2612769 DOI: 10.1261/rna.1318509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Start codon recognition is a crucial event in the initiation of protein synthesis. To gain insight into the mechanism of start codon recognition in eukaryotes, we used a yeast reconstituted initiation system to isolate the step of Met-tRNA(i)*eIF2*GTP ternary complex (TC) binding to the 40S subunit. We examined the kinetics and thermodynamics of this step in the presence of base changes in the mRNA start codon and initiator methionyl tRNA anticodon, in order to investigate the effects of base pairing and sequence on the stability of the resulting 43S*mRNA complex. We observed that the formation of three base pairs, rather than their identities, was the key determinant of stability of TC binding, indicating that nothing is inherently special about the sequence AUG for this step. Surprisingly, the rate constant for TC binding to the 40S subunit was strongly codon dependent, whereas the rate constant for TC dissociation from the 43S*mRNA complex was not. The data suggest a model in which, after the initial diffusion-limited encounter of TC with the 40S subunit, the formation of three matching start codon/anticodon base pairs triggers a conformational change that locks the complex into a stable state. This induced-fit mechanism supports the proposal that initiation codon recognition by the 43S complex induces a conformational change from an open state to a closed one that arrests movement along the mRNA.
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- Sarah E Kolitz
- Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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