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Gayen A, Alone P. eIF2β zinc-binding domain interacts with the eIF2γ subunit through the guanine nucleotide binding interface to promote Met-tRNAiMet binding. Biosci Rep 2024; 44:BSR20240438. [PMID: 38873976 PMCID: PMC11230868 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20240438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2024] [Revised: 06/09/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024] Open
Abstract
The heterotrimeric eIF2 complex consists of a core eIF2γ subunit to which binds eIF2α and eIF2β subunits and plays an important role in delivering the Met-tRNAiMet to the 40S ribosome and start codon selection. The intricacies of eIF2β-γ interaction in promoting Met-tRNAiMet binding are not clearly understood. Previously, the zinc-binding domain (ZBD) eIF2βS264Y mutation was reported to cause Met-tRNAiMet binding defect due to the intrinsic GTPase activity. We showed that the eIF2βS264Y mutation has eIF2β-γ interaction defect. Consistently, the eIF2βT238A intragenic suppressor mutation restored the eIF2β-γ and Met-tRNAiMet binding. The eIF2β-ZBD residues Asn252Asp and Arg253Ala mutation caused Met-tRNAiMet binding defect that was partially rescued by the eIF2βT238A mutation, suggesting the eIF2β-ZBD modulates Met-tRNAiMet binding. The suppressor mutation rescued the translation initiation fidelity defect of the eIF2γN135D SW-I mutation and eIF2βF217A/Q221A double mutation in the HTH domain. The eIF2βT238A suppressor mutation could not rescue the eIF2β binding defect of the eIF2γV281K mutation; however, combining the eIF2βS264Y mutation with the eIF2γV281K mutation was lethal. In addition to the previously known interaction of eIF2β with the eIF2γ subunit via its α1-helix, the eIF2β-ZBD also interacts with the eIF2γ subunit via guanine nucleotide-binding interface; thus, the eIF2β-γ interacts via two distinct binding sites.
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- Aranyadip Gayen
- School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research Bhubaneswar, P.O Jatni, Khurda 752050, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research Bhubaneswar, P.O Jatni, Khurda 752050, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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Wagner PA, Song M, Ficner R, Kuhle B, Marintchev A. Molecular basis for the interactions of eIF2β with eIF5, eIF2B, and 5MP1 and their regulation by CK2. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.25.591181. [PMID: 38712236 PMCID: PMC11071521 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.25.591181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
Abstract
The heterotrimeric GTPase eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2) delivers the initiator Met-tRNAi to the ribosomal translation preinitiation complex. eIF2β has three lysine-rich repeats (K-boxes) in its N-terminal tail, which are important for binding to the GTPase-activating protein (GAP) eIF5, the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) eIF2B, and the regulator eIF5-mimic protein (5MP). Here, we combine X-ray crystallography with NMR to understand the molecular basis and dynamics of these interactions. The crystal structure of yeast eIF5-CTD in complex with K-box 3 of eIF2β reveals an extended binding site on eIF2β, far beyond the K-box. We show that human eIF5, eIF2Bε, and 5MP1 can all bind to each of the three K-boxes, while reducing each other's affinities. Moreover, all these affinities are increased by CK2 phosphomimetic mutations. Our results reveal how eIF5, eIF2B, and 5MP displace each other from eIF2, and elucidate the role of CK2 in remodeling the translation apparatus.
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Meril S, Bahlsen M, Eisenstein M, Savidor A, Levin Y, Bialik S, Pietrokovski S, Kimchi A. Loss-of-function cancer-linked mutations in the EIF4G2 non-canonical translation initiation factor. Life Sci Alliance 2024; 7:e202302338. [PMID: 38129098 PMCID: PMC10746786 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Tumor cells often exploit the protein translation machinery, resulting in enhanced protein expression essential for tumor growth. Since canonical translation initiation is often suppressed because of cell stress in the tumor microenvironment, non-canonical translation initiation mechanisms become particularly important for shaping the tumor proteome. EIF4G2 is a non-canonical translation initiation factor that mediates internal ribosome entry site (IRES)- and uORF-dependent initiation mechanisms, which can be used to modulate protein expression in cancer. Here, we explored the contribution of EIF4G2 to cancer by screening the COSMIC database for EIF4G2 somatic mutations in cancer patients. Functional examination of missense mutations revealed deleterious effects on EIF4G2 protein-protein interactions and, importantly, on its ability to mediate non-canonical translation initiation. Specifically, one mutation, R178Q, led to reductions in protein expression and near-complete loss of function. Two other mutations within the MIF4G domain specifically affected EIF4G2's ability to mediate IRES-dependent translation initiation but not that of target mRNAs with uORFs. These results shed light on both the structure-function of EIF4G2 and its potential tumor suppressor effects.
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- Sara Meril
- https://ror.org/0316ej306 Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- https://ror.org/0316ej306 Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- https://ror.org/0316ej306 Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- https://ror.org/0316ej306 The de Botton Institute for Protein Profiling of the Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine (G-INCPM), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- https://ror.org/0316ej306 The de Botton Institute for Protein Profiling of the Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine (G-INCPM), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- https://ror.org/0316ej306 Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- https://ror.org/0316ej306 Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- https://ror.org/0316ej306 Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Ito T, Wuerth JD, Weber F. Protection of eIF2B from inhibitory phosphorylated eIF2: A viral strategy to maintain mRNA translation during the PKR-triggered integrated stress response. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:105287. [PMID: 37742919 PMCID: PMC10616414 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105287] [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: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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The integrated stress response (ISR) protects cells from a variety of insults. Once elicited (e.g., by virus infections), it eventually leads to the block of mRNA translation. Central to the ISR are the interactions between translation initiation factors eIF2 and eIF2B. Under normal conditions, eIF2 drives the initiation of protein synthesis through hydrolysis of GTP, which becomes replenished by the guanine nucleotide exchange factor eIF2B. The antiviral branch of the ISR is activated by the RNA-activated kinase PKR which phosphorylates eIF2, thereby converting it into an eIF2B inhibitor. Here, we describe the recently solved structures of eIF2B in complex with eIF2 and a novel escape strategy used by viruses. While unphosphorylated eIF2 interacts with eIF2B in its "productive" conformation, phosphorylated eIF2 [eIF2(αP)] engages a different binding cavity on eIF2B and forces it into the "nonproductive" conformation that prohibits guanine nucleotide exchange factor activity. It is well established that viruses express so-called PKR antagonists that interfere with double-strand RNA, PKR itself, or eIF2. However recently, three taxonomically unrelated viruses were reported to encode antagonists targeting eIF2B instead. For one antagonist, the S segment nonstructural protein of Sandfly fever Sicilian virus, atomic structures showed that it occupies the eIF2(αP)-binding cavity on eIF2B without imposing a switch to the nonproductive conformation. S segment nonstructural protein thus antagonizes the activity of PKR by protecting eIF2B from inhibition by eIF2(αP). As the ISR and specifically eIF2B are central to neuroprotection and a wide range of genetic and age-related diseases, these developments may open new possibilities for treatments.
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- Takuhiro Ito
- Laboratory for Translation Structural Biology, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Yokohama, Japan
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- Institute for Virology, FB10-Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
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Paul EE, Marintchev A. The PCI domains are “winged” HEAT domains. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0268664. [PMID: 36094910 PMCID: PMC9467303 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The HEAT domains are a family of helical hairpin repeat domains, composed of four or more hairpins. HEAT is derived from the names of four family members: huntingtin, eukaryotic translation elongation factor 3 (eEF3), protein phosphatase 2 regulatory A subunit (PP2A), and mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR). HEAT domain-containing proteins play roles in a wide range of cellular processes, such as protein synthesis, nuclear transport and metabolism, and cell signaling. The PCI domains are a related group of helical hairpin domains, with a “winged-helix” (WH) subdomain at their C-terminus, which is responsible for multi-subunit complex formation with other PCI domains. The name is derived from the complexes, where these domains are found: the 26S Proteasome “lid” regulatory subcomplex, the COP9 signalosome (CSN), and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3). We noted that in structure similarity searches using HEAT domains, sometimes PCI domains appeared in the search results ahead of other HEAT domains, which indicated that the PCI domains could be members of the HEAT domain family, and not a related but separate group, as currently thought. Here, we report extensive structure similarity analysis of HEAT and PCI domains, both within and between the two groups of proteins. We present evidence that the PCI domains as a group have greater structural similarity with individual groups of HEAT domains than some of the HEAT domain groups have among each other. Therefore, our results indicate that the PCI domains have evolved from a HEAT domain that acquired a WH subdomain. The WH subdomain in turn mediated self-association into a multi-subunit complex, which eventually evolved into the common ancestor of the Proteasome lid/CSN/eIF3.
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- Eleanor Elise Paul
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Friedrich D, Marintchev A, Arthanari H. The metaphorical swiss army knife: The multitude and diverse roles of HEAT domains in eukaryotic translation initiation. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:5424-5442. [PMID: 35552740 PMCID: PMC9177959 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Biomolecular associations forged by specific interaction among structural scaffolds are fundamental to the control and regulation of cell processes. One such structural architecture, characterized by HEAT repeats, is involved in a multitude of cellular processes, including intracellular transport, signaling, and protein synthesis. Here, we review the multitude and versatility of HEAT domains in the regulation of mRNA translation initiation. Structural and cellular biology approaches, as well as several biophysical studies, have revealed that a number of HEAT domain-mediated interactions with a host of protein factors and RNAs coordinate translation initiation. We describe the basic structural architecture of HEAT domains and briefly introduce examples of the cellular processes they dictate, including nuclear transport by importin and RNA degradation. We then focus on proteins in the translation initiation system featuring HEAT domains, specifically the HEAT domains of eIF4G, DAP5, eIF5, and eIF2Bϵ. Comparative analysis of their remarkably versatile interactions, including protein-protein and protein-RNA recognition, reveal the functional importance of flexible regions within these HEAT domains. Here we outline how HEAT domains orchestrate fundamental aspects of translation initiation and highlight open mechanistic questions in the area.
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- Daniel Friedrich
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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The role of eIF2 phosphorylation in cell and organismal physiology: new roles for well-known actors. Biochem J 2022; 479:1059-1082. [PMID: 35604373 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20220068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Control of protein synthesis (mRNA translation) plays key roles in shaping the proteome and in many physiological, including homeostatic, responses. One long-known translational control mechanism involves phosphorylation of initiation factor, eIF2, which is catalysed by any one of four protein kinases, which are generally activated in response to stresses. They form a key arm of the integrated stress response (ISR). Phosphorylated eIF2 inhibits eIF2B (the protein that promotes exchange of eIF2-bound GDP for GTP) and thus impairs general protein synthesis. However, this mechanism actually promotes translation of certain mRNAs by virtue of specific features they possess. Recent work has uncovered many previously unknown features of this regulatory system. Several studies have yielded crucial insights into the structure and control of eIF2, including that eIF2B is regulated by several metabolites. Recent studies also reveal that control of eIF2 and the ISR helps determine organismal lifespan and surprising roles in sensing mitochondrial stresses and in controlling the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). The latter effect involves an unexpected role for one of the eIF2 kinases, HRI. Phosphoproteomic analysis identified new substrates for another eIF2 kinase, Gcn2, which senses the availability of amino acids. Several genetic disorders arise from mutations in genes for eIF2α kinases or eIF2B (i.e. vanishing white matter disease, VWM and microcephaly, epileptic seizures, microcephaly, hypogenitalism, diabetes and obesity, MEHMO). Furthermore, the eIF2-mediated ISR plays roles in cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease. New findings suggest potential therapeutic value in interfering with the ISR in certain settings, including VWM, for example by using compounds that promote eIF2B activity.
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Paul EE, Lin KY, Gamble N, Tsai AWL, Swan SHK, Yang Y, Doran M, Marintchev A. Dynamic interaction network involving the conserved intrinsically disordered regions in human eIF5. Biophys Chem 2022; 281:106740. [PMID: 34923394 PMCID: PMC8741751 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2021.106740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 12/05/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Translation initiation in eukaryotes requires multiple eukaryotic translation initiation factors (eIFs) and involves continuous remodeling of the ribosomal preinitiation complex (PIC). The GTPase eIF2 brings the initiator Met-tRNAi to the PIC. Upon start codon selection and GTP hydrolysis, promoted by eIF5, eIF2-GDP is released in complex with eIF5. Here, we report that two intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) in eIF5, the DWEAR motif and the C-terminal tail (CTT) dynamically contact the folded C-terminal domain (CTD) and compete with each other. The eIF5-CTD•CTT interaction favors eIF2β binding to eIF5-CTD, whereas the eIF5-CTD•DWEAR interaction favors eIF1A binding, which suggests how intramolecular contact rearrangement could play a role in PIC remodeling. We show that eIF5 phosphorylation by CK2, which is known to stimulate translation and cell proliferation, significantly increases the eIF5 affinity for eIF2. Our results also indicate that the eIF2β subunit has at least two, and likely three eIF5-binding sites.
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- Eleanor Elise Paul
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany St. W336, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany St. W336, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany St. W336, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany St. W336, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany St. W336, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany St. W336, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany St. W336, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany St. W336, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Stepwise assembly of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2) complex. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:101583. [PMID: 35031321 PMCID: PMC8844851 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 01/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2) has key functions in the initiation step of protein synthesis. eIF2 guides the initiator tRNA to the ribosome, participates in scanning of the mRNA molecule, supports selection of the start codon, and modulates the translation of mRNAs in response to stress. eIF2 comprises a heterotrimeric complex whose assembly depends on the ATP-grasp protein Cdc123. Mutations of the eIF2γ subunit that compromise eIF2 complex formation cause severe neurological disease in humans. To this date, however, details about the assembly mechanism, step order, and the individual functions of eIF2 subunits remain unclear. Here, we quantified assembly intermediates and studied the behavior of various binding site mutants in budding yeast. Based on these data, we present a model in which a Cdc123-mediated conformational change in eIF2γ exposes binding sites for eIF2α and -β subunits. Contrary to an earlier hypothesis, we found that the associations of eIF2α and -β with the γ-subunit are independent of each other, but the resulting heterodimers are non-functional and fail to bind the guanosine exchange factor eIF2B. In addition, levels of eIF2α influence the rate of eIF2 assembly. By binding to eIF2γ, eIF2α displaces Cdc123 and thereby completes the assembly process. Experiments in human cell culture indicate that the mechanism of eIF2 assembly is conserved between yeast and humans. This study sheds light on an essential step in eukaryotic translation initiation, the dysfunction of which is linked to human disease.
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Gamble N, Paul EE, Anand B, Marintchev A. Regulation of the interactions between human eIF5 and eIF1A by the CK2 kinase. Curr Res Struct Biol 2022; 4:308-319. [PMID: 36164648 PMCID: PMC9508154 DOI: 10.1016/j.crstbi.2022.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Translation initiation in eukaryotes relies on a complex network of interactions that are continuously reorganized throughout the process. As more information becomes available about the structure of the ribosomal preinitiation complex (PIC) at various points in translation initiation, new questions arise about which interactions occur when, their roles, and regulation. The eukaryotic translation factor (eIF) 5 is the GTPase-activating protein (GAP) for the GTPase eIF2, which brings the initiator Met-tRNAi to the PIC. eIF5 also plays a central role in PIC assembly and remodeling through interactions with other proteins, including eIFs 1, 1A, and 3c. Phosphorylation by casein kinase 2 (CK2) significantly increases the eIF5 affinity for eIF2. The interaction between eIF5 and eIF1A was reported to be mediated by the eIF5 C-terminal domain (CTD) and the eIF1A N-terminal tail. Here, we report a new contact interface, between eIF5-CTD and the oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding fold (OB) domain of eIF1A, which contributes to the overall affinity between the two proteins. We also show that the interaction is modulated by dynamic intramolecular interactions within both eIF5 and eIF1A. CK2 phosphorylation of eIF5 increases its affinity for eIF1A, offering new insights into the mechanisms by which CK2 stimulates protein synthesis and cell proliferation. eIF5-CTD interacts with both the N-terminal tail and the OB domain of eIF1A. The OB domain contacts stabilize the overall interaction. The eIF1A C-terminal tail and the eIF5 DWEAR motif interfere with OB domain binding. CK2 phosphorylation of eIF5 increases its affinity for eIF1A.
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Liu W, Li N, Zhang M, Arisha AH, Hua J. The role of Eif2s3y in mouse spermatogenesis. Curr Stem Cell Res Ther 2021; 17:750-755. [PMID: 34727865 DOI: 10.2174/1574888x16666211102091513] [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: 05/08/2021] [Revised: 08/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 subunit 3 and structural gene Y-linked (Eif2s3y) gene, the gene encoding eIF2γ protein, is located on the mouse Y chromosome short arm. The Eif2s3y gene is globally expressed in all tissues and plays an important role in regulating global and gene-specific mRNA translation initiation. During the process of protein translation initiation, Eif2s3x(its homolog) and Eif2s3y encoded eIF2γ perform similar functions. However, it has been noticed that Eif2s3y plays a crucial role in spermatogenesis, including spermatogonia mitosis, meiosis, and spermiogenesis of spermatids, which may account for infertility. In the period of spermatogenesis, the role of Eif2s3x and Eif2s3y are not equivalent. Importance of Eif2s3y has been observed in ESC and implicated in several aspects, including the pluripotency state and the proliferation rate. Here, we discuss the functional significance of Eif2s3y in mouse spermatogenesis and self-renewal of ESCs.
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- Wenqing Liu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Centre of Stem Cells Engineering & Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100 . China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Centre of Stem Cells Engineering & Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100 . China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Centre of Stem Cells Engineering & Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100 . China
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- Department of physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig El_Sharkia 44519 . Egypt
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Centre of Stem Cells Engineering & Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100 . China
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Singh CR, Glineburg MR, Moore C, Tani N, Jaiswal R, Zou Y, Aube E, Gillaspie S, Thornton M, Cecil A, Hilgers M, Takasu A, Asano I, Asano M, Escalante CR, Nakamura A, Todd PK, Asano K. Human oncoprotein 5MP suppresses general and repeat-associated non-AUG translation via eIF3 by a common mechanism. Cell Rep 2021; 36:109376. [PMID: 34260931 PMCID: PMC8363759 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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eIF5-mimic protein (5MP) is a translational regulatory protein that binds the small ribosomal subunit and modulates its activity. 5MP is proposed to reprogram non-AUG translation rates for oncogenes in cancer, but its role in controlling non-AUG initiated synthesis of deleterious repeat-peptide products, such as FMRpolyG observed in fragile-X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome (FXTAS), is unknown. Here, we show that 5MP can suppress both general and repeat-associated non-AUG (RAN) translation by a common mechanism in a manner dependent on its interaction with eIF3. Essentially, 5MP displaces eIF5 through the eIF3c subunit within the preinitiation complex (PIC), thereby increasing the accuracy of initiation. In Drosophila, 5MP/Kra represses neuronal toxicity and enhances the lifespan in an FXTAS disease model. These results implicate 5MP in protecting cells from unwanted byproducts of non-AUG translation in neurodegeneration.
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- Chingakham Ranjit Singh
- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA; Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan; Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan.
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Global phosphoproteomics pinpoints uncharted Gcn2-mediated mechanisms of translational control. Mol Cell 2021; 81:1879-1889.e6. [PMID: 33743194 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The conserved Gcn2 protein kinase mediates cellular adaptations to amino acid limitation through translational control of gene expression that is exclusively executed by phosphorylation of the α-subunit of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2α). Using quantitative phosphoproteomics, however, we discovered that Gcn2 targets auxiliary effectors to modulate translation. Accordingly, Gcn2 also phosphorylates the β-subunit of the trimeric eIF2 G protein complex to promote its association with eIF5, which prevents spontaneous nucleotide exchange on eIF2 and thereby restricts the recycling of the initiator methionyl-tRNA-bound eIF2-GDP ternary complex in amino-acid-starved cells. This mechanism contributes to the inhibition of translation initiation in parallel to the sequestration of the nucleotide exchange factor eIF2B by phosphorylated eIF2α. Gcn2 further phosphorylates Gcn20 to antagonize, in an inhibitory feedback loop, the formation of the Gcn2-stimulatory Gcn1-Gcn20 complex. Thus, Gcn2 plays a substantially more intricate role in controlling translation initiation than hitherto appreciated.
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Khan MF, Spurgeon SK, Yan XG, Nofal MM, Al-Hmouz R. Inbuilt Tendency of the eIF2 Regulatory System to Counteract Uncertainties. IEEE Trans Nanobioscience 2020; 20:35-41. [PMID: 32894719 DOI: 10.1109/tnb.2020.3022415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2) plays a fundamental role in the regulation of protein synthesis. Investigations have revealed that the regulation of eIF2 is robust against intrinsic uncertainties and is able to efficiently counteract them. The robustness properties of the eIF2 pathway against intrinsic disturbances is also well known. However the reasons for this ability to counteract stresses is less well understood. In this article, the robustness conferring properties of the eIF2 dependent regulatory system is explored with the help of a mathematical model. The novelty of the work presented in this article lies in articulating the possible reason behind the inbuilt robustness of the highly engineered eIF2 system against intrinsic perturbations. Our investigations reveal that the robust nature of the eIF2 pathway may originate from the existence of an attractive natural sliding surface within the system satisfying reaching and sliding conditions that are well established in the domain of control engineering.
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Structural Differences in Translation Initiation between Pathogenic Trypanosomatids and Their Mammalian Hosts. Cell Rep 2020; 33:108534. [PMID: 33357443 PMCID: PMC7773551 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Canonical mRNA translation in eukaryotes begins with the formation of the 43S pre-initiation complex (PIC). Its assembly requires binding of initiator Met-tRNAiMet and several eukaryotic initiation factors (eIFs) to the small ribosomal subunit (40S). Compared to their mammalian hosts, trypanosomatids present significant structural differences in their 40S, suggesting substantial variability in translation initiation. Here, we determine the structure of the 43S PIC from Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite causing Chagas disease. Our structure shows numerous specific features, such as the variant eIF3 structure and its unique interactions with the large rRNA expansion segments (ESs) 9S, 7S, and 6S, and the association of a kinetoplastid-specific DDX60-like helicase. It also reveals the 40S-binding site of the eIF5 C-terminal domain and structures of key terminal tails of several conserved eIFs underlying their activities within the PIC. Our results are corroborated by glutathione S-transferase (GST) pull-down assays in both human and T. cruzi and mass spectrometry data. Structure of the 43S pre-initiation complex from Trypanosoma cruzi is solved at 3.33 Å The kinetoplastids’ eIF3 core is a septamer that binds mainly the unique, extended ES7s A kinetoplastid-specific DDX60-like helicase binds to the 43S PIC entry pore The 40S positions of eIF5-CTD and key tails of several eIFs are determined
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Gorbatyuk MS, Starr CR, Gorbatyuk OS. Endoplasmic reticulum stress: New insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of retinal degenerative diseases. Prog Retin Eye Res 2020; 79:100860. [PMID: 32272207 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2020.100860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2019] [Revised: 03/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Physiological equilibrium in the retina depends on coordinated work between rod and cone photoreceptors and can be compromised by the expression of mutant proteins leading to inherited retinal degeneration (IRD). IRD is a diverse group of retinal dystrophies with multifaceted molecular mechanisms that are not fully understood. In this review, we focus on the contribution of chronically activated unfolded protein response (UPR) to inherited retinal pathogenesis, placing special emphasis on studies employing genetically modified animal models. As constitutively active UPR in degenerating retinas may activate pro-apoptotic programs associated with oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory signaling, dysfunctional autophagy, free cytosolic Ca2+ overload, and altered protein synthesis rate in the retina, we focus on the regulatory mechanisms of translational attenuation and approaches to overcoming translational attenuation in degenerating retinas. We also discuss current research on the role of the UPR mediator PERK and its downstream targets in degenerating retinas and highlight the therapeutic benefits of reprogramming PERK signaling in preclinical animal models of IRD. Finally, we describe pharmacological approaches targeting UPR in ocular diseases and consider their potential applications to IRD.
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- Marina S Gorbatyuk
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Optometry, USA.
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- The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Optometry, USA
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- The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Optometry, USA
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Marintchev A, Ito T. eIF2B and the Integrated Stress Response: A Structural and Mechanistic View. Biochemistry 2020; 59:1299-1308. [PMID: 32200625 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF2 is a GTPase, which brings the initiator Met-tRNAi to the ribosome as the eIF2-GTP·Met-tRNAi ternary complex (TC). TC regeneration is catalyzed by the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) eIF2B. eIF2 phosphorylation by several stress-induced kinases converts it into a competitive inhibitor of eIF2B. Inhibition of eIF2B activity lowers cellular TC concentrations, which in turn triggers the integrated stress response (ISR). Depending on its degree of activation and duration, the ISR protects the cell from the stress or can itself induce apoptosis. ISR dysregulation is a causative factor in the pathology of multiple neurodegenerative disorders, while ISR inhibitors are neuroprotective. The realization that eIF2B is a promising therapeutic target has triggered significant interest in its structure and its mechanisms of action and regulation. Recently, four groups published the cryo-electron microscopy structures of eIF2B with its substrate eIF2 and/or its inhibitor, phosphorylated eIF2 [eIF2(α-P)]. While all three structures of the nonproductive eIF2B·eIF2(α-P) complex are similar to each other, there is a sharp disagreement between the published structures of the productive eIF2B·eIF2 complex. One group reports a structure similar to that of the nonproductive complex, whereas two others observe a vastly different eIF2B·eIF2 complex. Here, we discuss the recent reports on the structure, function, and regulation of eIF2B; the preclinical data on the use of ISR inhibitors for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders; and how the new structural and biochemical information can inform and influence the use of eIF2B as a therapeutic target.
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- Assen Marintchev
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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Gordiyenko Y, Llácer JL, Ramakrishnan V. Structural basis for the inhibition of translation through eIF2α phosphorylation. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2640. [PMID: 31201334 PMCID: PMC6572841 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10606-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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One of the responses to stress by eukaryotic cells is the down-regulation of protein synthesis by phosphorylation of translation initiation factor eIF2. Phosphorylation results in low availability of the eIF2 ternary complex (eIF2-GTP-tRNAi) by affecting the interaction of eIF2 with its GTP-GDP exchange factor eIF2B. We have determined the cryo-EM structure of yeast eIF2B in complex with phosphorylated eIF2 at an overall resolution of 4.2 Å. Two eIF2 molecules bind opposite sides of an eIF2B hetero-decamer through eIF2α-D1, which contains the phosphorylated Ser51. eIF2α-D1 is mainly inserted between the N-terminal helix bundle domains of δ and α subunits of eIF2B. Phosphorylation of Ser51 enhances binding to eIF2B through direct interactions of phosphate groups with residues in eIF2Bα and indirectly by inducing contacts of eIF2α helix 58–63 with eIF2Bδ leading to a competition with Met-tRNAi. During stress, protein synthesis is inhibited through phosphorylation of the initiation factor eIF2 on its alpha subunit and its interaction with eIF2B. Here the authors describe a structure of the yeast eIF2B in complex with its substrate - the GDP-bound phosphorylated eIF2, providing insights into how phosphorylation results in a tighter interaction with eIF2B.
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- Yuliya Gordiyenko
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK. .,Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and CIBERER-ISCIII, Valencia, 46010, Spain.
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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The structural basis of translational control by eIF2 phosphorylation. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2136. [PMID: 31086188 PMCID: PMC6513899 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10167-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Protein synthesis in eukaryotes is controlled by signals and stresses via a common pathway, called the integrated stress response (ISR). Phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor eIF2 alpha at a conserved serine residue mediates translational control at the ISR core. To provide insight into the mechanism of translational control we have determined the structures of eIF2 both in phosphorylated and unphosphorylated forms bound with its nucleotide exchange factor eIF2B by electron cryomicroscopy. The structures reveal that eIF2 undergoes large rearrangements to promote binding of eIF2α to the regulatory core of eIF2B comprised of the eIF2B alpha, beta and delta subunits. Only minor differences are observed between eIF2 and eIF2αP binding to eIF2B, suggesting that the higher affinity of eIF2αP for eIF2B drives translational control. We present a model for controlled nucleotide exchange and initiator tRNA binding to the eIF2/eIF2B complex. During the integrated stress response, translation is modulated through the phosphorylation of translation initiation factor eIF2 and the formation of a complex with eIF2B. Here the authors present structures of the eIF2:eIF2B complex with and without phosphorylation, shedding light on how eIF2 phosphorylation regulates translation.
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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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Khan MF, Spurgeon SK, Yan XG. Modeling and Dynamic Behavior of eIF2 Dependent Regulatory System With Disturbances. IEEE Trans Nanobioscience 2018; 17:518-524. [PMID: 30281470 DOI: 10.1109/tnb.2018.2873027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2) is a central controller of the eukaryotic translational machinery. To sustain the on-going translation activity, eIF2 cycles between its GTP and GDP bound states. However, in response to cellular stresses, the phosphorylation of eIF2 takes place, which acts as an inhibitor of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor eIF2B and switches the translation activity on physiological timescales. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the stability of the regulatory system under nominal conditions, parametric fluctuations, and structural damages. In this paper, a mathematical model of eIF2-dependent regulatory system is used to identify the stability-conferring features within the system with the help of direct and indirect methods of Lyapunov stability theory. To investigate the impact of intrinsic fluctuations and structural damages on the stability of regulatory system, the mathematical model has been linearized around feasible equilibrium point and the variation of system poles has been observed. The investigations have revealed that the regulatory model is stable and able to tolerate the intrinsic stressors but becomes unstable when particular complex is targeted to override the undesirable interaction. Our analyses indicate that, the stability is a collective property and damage in the structure of the system changes the stability of the system.
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Pavitt GD. Regulation of translation initiation factor eIF2B at the hub of the integrated stress response. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2018; 9:e1491. [PMID: 29989343 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor eIF2 is one of the most widely used and well-studied mechanisms cells use to respond to diverse cellular stresses. Known as the integrated stress response (ISR), the control pathway uses modulation of protein synthesis to reprogram gene expression and restore homeostasis. Here the current knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of eIF2 activation and its control by phosphorylation at a single-conserved phosphorylation site, serine 51 are discussed with a major focus on the regulatory roles of eIF2B and eIF5 where a current molecular view of ISR control of eIF2B activity is presented. How genetic disorders affect eIF2 or eIF2B is discussed, as are syndromes where excess signaling through the ISR is a component. Finally, studies into the action of recently identified compounds that modulate the ISR in experimental systems are discussed; these suggest that eIF2B is a potential therapeutic target for a wide range of conditions. This article is categorized under: Translation > Translation Regulation.
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- Graham D Pavitt
- Division Molecular and Cellular Function, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Regulation of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1α during Hypoxia by DAP5-Induced Translation of PHD2. Mol Cell Biol 2018. [PMID: 29530922 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00647-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Death-associated protein 5 (DAP5) is an atypical isoform of the translation initiation scaffolds eukaryotic initiation factor 4GI (eIF4GI) and eIF4GII (eIF4GI/II), which recruit mRNAs to ribosomes in mammals. Unlike eIF4GI/II, DAP5 binds eIF2β, a subunit of the eIF2 complex that delivers methionyl-tRNA to ribosomes. We discovered that DAP5:eIF2β binding depends on specific stimuli, e.g., protein kinase C (PKC)-Raf-extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) signals, and determines DAP5's influence on global and template-specific translation. DAP5 depletion caused an unanticipated surge of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α), the transcription factor and master switch of the hypoxia response. Physiologically, the hypoxia response is tempered through HIF-1α hydroxylation by the oxygen-sensing prolyl hydroxylase-domain protein 2 (PHD2) and subsequent ubiquitination and degradation. We found that DAP5 regulates HIF-1α abundance through DAP5:eIF2β-dependent translation of PHD2. DAP5:eIF2-induced PHD2 translation occurred during hypoxia-associated protein synthesis repression, indicating a role as a safeguard to reverse HIF-1α accumulation and curb the hypoxic response.
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Khan MF, Spurgeon S, von der Haar T. Origins of robustness in translational control via eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF) 2. J Theor Biol 2018; 445:92-102. [PMID: 29476830 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2) is one of the best studied and most widely used means for regulating protein synthesis activity in eukaryotic cells. This pathway regulates protein synthesis in response to stresses, viral infections, and nutrient depletion, among others. We present analyses of an ordinary differential equation-based model of this pathway, which aim to identify its principal robustness-conferring features. Our analyses indicate that robustness is a distributed property, rather than arising from the properties of any one individual pathway species. However, robustness-conferring properties are unevenly distributed between the different species, and we identify a guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor (GDI) complex as a species that likely contributes strongly to the robustness of the pathway. Our analyses make further predictions on the dynamic response to different types of kinases that impinge on eIF2.
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- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
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Salton GD, Laurino CCFC, Mega NO, Delgado-Cañedo A, Setterblad N, Carmagnat M, Xavier RM, Cirne-Lima E, Lenz G, Henriques JAP, Laurino JP. Deletion of eIF2β lysine stretches creates a dominant negative that affects the translation and proliferation in human cell line: A tool for arresting the cell growth. Cancer Biol Ther 2017; 18:560-570. [PMID: 28692326 DOI: 10.1080/15384047.2017.1345383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Eukaryote initiation factor 2 subunit β (eIF2β) plays a crucial role in regulation protein synthesis, which mediates the interaction of eIF2 with mRNA. eIF2β contains evolutionarily conserved polylysine stretches in amino-terminal region and a zinc finger motif in the carboxy-terminus. METHODS The gene eIF2β was cloned under tetracycline transcription control and the polylysine stretches were deleted by site-directed mutagenesis (eIF2βΔ3K). The plasmid was transfected into HEK 293 TetR cells. These cells were analyzed for their proliferative and translation capacities as well as cell death rate. Experiments were performed using gene reporter assays, western blotting, flow cytometry, cell sorting, cell proliferation assays and confocal immunofluorescence. RESULTS eIF2βΔ3K affected negatively the protein synthesis, cell proliferation and cell survival causing G2 cell cycle arrest and increased cell death, acting in a negative dominant manner against the native protein. Polylysine stretches are also essential for eIF2β translocated from the cytoplasm to the nucleus, accumulating in the nucleolus and eIF2βΔ3K did not make this translocation. DISCUSSION eIF2β is involved in the protein synthesis process and should act in nuclear processes as well. eIF2βΔ3K reduces cell proliferation and causes cell death. Since translation control is essential for normal cell function and survival, the development of drugs or molecules that inhibit translation has become of great interest in the scenario of proliferative disorders. In conclusion, our results suggest the dominant negative eIF2βΔ3K as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of proliferative disorders and that eIF2β polylysine stretch domains are promising targets for this.
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- Gabrielle Dias Salton
- a Post-Graduation Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Molecular Radiobiology Laboratory, Biotechnology Center , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre (RS) , Brazil , Cryobiology Unit and Umbilical Cord Blood Bank, Hemotherapy Service , Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre , Porto Alegre (RS) , Brazil
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- b Molecular Biology for Auto-immune and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Experimental Research Center, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre (RS) , Brazil . Embriology and Cellular Differentiation Laboratory, Experimental Research Center, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre; Faculdade de Veterinária , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre (RS) , Brazil . Faculdade Nossa Senhora de Fátima , Caxias do Sul (RS) , Brazil . Instituto Brasileiro de Saúde , Porto Alegre (RS) , Brazil
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- c Animal Biology Post-Graduation Program , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre (RS) , Brazil
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- d Biotechnology Research Center for Interdisciplinary Research , Universidade Federal do Pampa , São Gabriel (RS) , Brazil
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- e Imaging, Cell Selection and Genomics Platform , Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis , Paris , France
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- f Immunology and Histocompatibility Laboratory AP-HP , INSERM UMRS 940, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie , Paris , France
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- g Molecular Biology for Auto-immune and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Experimental Research Center, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre (RS) , Brazil
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- h Embriology and Cellular Differentiation Laboratory, Experimental Research Center, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre; Faculdade de Veterinária , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre (RS) , Brazil
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- i Cell Signaling Laboratory, Biophysics Department, Biotechnology Center and Post-Graduation Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre (RS) , Brazil
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- j Molecular Radiobiology Laboratory, Biotechnology Center and Post-Graduation Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre (RS) ; Biotechnology Institute , Universidade de Caxias do Sul , Caxias do Sul (RS) , Brazil
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- k Biotechnology Institute , Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul (RS) and Instituto Brasileiro de Saúde , Porto Alegre (RS) , Brazil
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Jennings MD, Kershaw CJ, Adomavicius T, Pavitt GD. Fail-safe control of translation initiation by dissociation of eIF2α phosphorylated ternary complexes. eLife 2017; 6:e24542. [PMID: 28315520 PMCID: PMC5404910 DOI: 10.7554/elife.24542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Phosphorylation of eIF2α controls translation initiation by restricting the levels of active eIF2-GTP/Met-tRNAi ternary complexes (TC). This modulates the expression of all eukaryotic mRNAs and contributes to the cellular integrated stress response. Key to controlling the activity of eIF2 are translation factors eIF2B and eIF5, thought to primarily function with eIF2-GDP and TC respectively. Using a steady-state kinetics approach with purified proteins we demonstrate that eIF2B binds to eIF2 with equal affinity irrespective of the presence or absence of competing guanine nucleotides. We show that eIF2B can compete with Met-tRNAi for eIF2-GTP and can destabilize TC. When TC is formed with unphosphorylated eIF2, eIF5 can out-compete eIF2B to stabilize TC/eIF5 complexes. However when TC/eIF5 is formed with phosphorylated eIF2, eIF2B outcompetes eIF5 and destabilizes TC. These data uncover competition between eIF2B and eIF5 for TC and identify that phosphorylated eIF2-GTP translation initiation intermediate complexes can be inhibited by eIF2B.
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- Martin D Jennings
- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Mechanism and Regulation of Protein Synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2017; 203:65-107. [PMID: 27183566 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.186221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In this review, we provide an overview of protein synthesis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae The mechanism of protein synthesis is well conserved between yeast and other eukaryotes, and molecular genetic studies in budding yeast have provided critical insights into the fundamental process of translation as well as its regulation. The review focuses on the initiation and elongation phases of protein synthesis with descriptions of the roles of translation initiation and elongation factors that assist the ribosome in binding the messenger RNA (mRNA), selecting the start codon, and synthesizing the polypeptide. We also examine mechanisms of translational control highlighting the mRNA cap-binding proteins and the regulation of GCN4 and CPA1 mRNAs.
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Kozel C, Thompson B, Hustak S, Moore C, Nakashima A, Singh CR, Reid M, Cox C, Papadopoulos E, Luna RE, Anderson A, Tagami H, Hiraishi H, Slone EA, Yoshino KI, Asano M, Gillaspie S, Nietfeld J, Perchellet JP, Rothenburg S, Masai H, Wagner G, Beeser A, Kikkawa U, Fleming SD, Asano K. Overexpression of eIF5 or its protein mimic 5MP perturbs eIF2 function and induces ATF4 translation through delayed re-initiation. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:8704-8713. [PMID: 27325740 PMCID: PMC5062967 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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ATF4 is a pro-oncogenic transcription factor whose translation is activated by eIF2 phosphorylation through delayed re-initiation involving two uORFs in the mRNA leader. However, in yeast, the effect of eIF2 phosphorylation can be mimicked by eIF5 overexpression, which turns eIF5 into translational inhibitor, thereby promoting translation of GCN4, the yeast ATF4 equivalent. Furthermore, regulatory protein termed eIF5-mimic protein (5MP) can bind eIF2 and inhibit general translation. Here, we show that 5MP1 overexpression in human cells leads to strong formation of 5MP1:eIF2 complex, nearly comparable to that of eIF5:eIF2 complex produced by eIF5 overexpression. Overexpression of eIF5, 5MP1 and 5MP2, the second human paralog, promotes ATF4 expression in certain types of human cells including fibrosarcoma. 5MP overexpression also induces ATF4 expression in Drosophila The knockdown of 5MP1 in fibrosarcoma attenuates ATF4 expression and its tumor formation on nude mice. Since 5MP2 is overproduced in salivary mucoepidermoid carcinoma, we propose that overexpression of eIF5 and 5MP induces translation of ATF4 and potentially other genes with uORFs in their mRNA leaders through delayed re-initiation, thereby enhancing the survival of normal and cancer cells under stress conditions.
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- Caitlin Kozel
- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya 467-8501, Japan
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Genome Dynamics Project, Department of Genome Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Jennings MD, Kershaw CJ, White C, Hoyle D, Richardson JP, Costello JL, Donaldson IJ, Zhou Y, Pavitt GD. eIF2β is critical for eIF5-mediated GDP-dissociation inhibitor activity and translational control. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:9698-9709. [PMID: 27458202 PMCID: PMC5175340 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Revised: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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In protein synthesis translation factor eIF2 binds initiator tRNA to ribosomes and facilitates start codon selection. eIF2 GDP/GTP status is regulated by eIF5 (GAP and GDI functions) and eIF2B (GEF and GDF activities), while eIF2α phosphorylation in response to diverse signals is a major point of translational control. Here we characterize a growth suppressor mutation in eIF2β that prevents eIF5 GDI and alters cellular responses to reduced eIF2B activity, including control of GCN4 translation. By monitoring the binding of fluorescent nucleotides and initiator tRNA to purified eIF2 we show that the eIF2β mutation does not affect intrinsic eIF2 affinities for these ligands, neither does it interfere with eIF2 binding to 43S pre-initiation complex components. Instead we show that the eIF2β mutation prevents eIF5 GDI stabilizing nucleotide binding to eIF2, thereby altering the off-rate of GDP from eIF2•GDP/eIF5 complexes. This enables cells to grow with reduced eIF2B GEF activity but impairs activation of GCN4 targets in response to amino acid starvation. These findings provide support for the importance of eIF5 GDI activity in vivo and demonstrate that eIF2β acts in concert with eIF5 to prevent premature release of GDP from eIF2γ and thereby ensure tight control of protein synthesis initiation.
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- Martin D Jennings
- Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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Tellier G, Lenne A, Cailliau-Maggio K, Cabezas-Cruz A, Valdés JJ, Martoriati A, Aliouat EM, Gosset P, Delaire B, Fréville A, Pierrot C, Khalife J. Identification of Plasmodium falciparum Translation Initiation eIF2β Subunit: Direct Interaction with Protein Phosphatase Type 1. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:777. [PMID: 27303372 PMCID: PMC4881399 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00777] [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: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Protein phosphatase 1 (PP1c) is one of the main phosphatases whose function is shaped by many regulators to confer a specific location and a selective function for this enzyme. Here, we report that eukaryotic initiation factor 2β of Plasmodium falciparum (PfeIF2β) is an interactor of PfPP1c. Sequence analysis of PfeIF2β revealed a deletion of 111 amino acids when compared to its human counterpart and the presence of two potential binding motifs to PfPP1 (29FGEKKK34, 103KVAW106). As expected, we showed that PfeIF2β binds PfeIF2γ and PfeIF5, confirming its canonical interaction with partners of the translation complex. Studies of the PfeIF2β-PfPP1 interaction using wild-type, single and double mutated versions of PfeIF2β revealed that both binding motifs are critical. We next showed that PfeIF2β is able to induce Germinal Vesicle Break Down (GVBD) when expressed in Xenopus oocytes, an indicator of its capacity to regulate PP1. Only combined mutations of both binding motifs abolished the interaction with PP1 and the induction of GVBD. In P. falciparum, although the locus is accessible for genetic manipulation, PfeIF2β seems to play an essential role in intraerythrocytic cycle as no viable knockout parasites were detectable. Interestingly, as for PfPP1, the subcellular fractionation of P. falciparum localized PfeIF2β in cytoplasm and nuclear extracts, suggesting a potential effect on PfPP1 in both compartments and raising the question of a non-canonical function of PfeIf2β in the nucleus. Hence, the role played by PfeIF2β in blood stage parasites could occur at multiple levels involving the binding to proteins of the translational complex and to PfPP1.
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- Géraldine Tellier
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 8204 - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Université de Lille Lille, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 8204 - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Université de Lille Lille, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 8576 - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Université de Lille Lille, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 8204 - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Université de Lille Lille, France
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- Institute of Parasitology, The Czech Academy of SciencesČeské Budějovice, Czech Republic; Department of Virology, Veterinary Research InstituteBrno, Czech Republic
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 8576 - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Université de Lille Lille, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 8204 - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Université de Lille Lille, France
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- Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Groupe Hospitalier de l'Université Catholique de Lille Lille, France
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- Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Groupe Hospitalier de l'Université Catholique de Lille Lille, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 8204 - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Université de Lille Lille, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 8204 - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Université de Lille Lille, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 8204 - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Université de Lille Lille, France
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Cleavage of DAP5 by coxsackievirus B3 2A protease facilitates viral replication and enhances apoptosis by altering translation of IRES-containing genes. Cell Death Differ 2015; 23:828-40. [PMID: 26586572 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2015.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2015] [Revised: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cleavage of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G (eIF4G) by enterovirus proteases during infection leads to the shutoff of cellular cap-dependent translation, but does not affect the initiation of cap-independent translation of mRNAs containing an internal ribosome entry site (IRES). Death-associated protein 5 (DAP5), a structural homolog of eIF4G, is a translation initiation factor specific for IRES-containing mRNAs. Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) is a positive single-stranded RNA virus and a primary causal agent of human myocarditis. Its RNA genome harbors an IRES within the 5'-untranslated region and is translated by a cap-independent, IRES-driven mechanism. Previously, we have shown that DAP5 is cleaved during CVB3 infection. However, the protease responsible for cleavage, cleavage site and effects on the translation of target genes during CVB3 infection have not been investigated. In the present study, we demonstrated that viral protease 2A but not 3C is responsible for DAP5 cleavage, generating 45- and 52-kDa N- (DAP5-N) and C-terminal (DAP5-C) fragments, respectively. By site-directed mutagenesis, we found that DAP5 is cleaved at amino acid G434. Upon cleavage, DAP5-N largely translocated to the nucleus at the later time points of infection, whereas the DAP5-C largely remained in the cytoplasm. Overexpression of these DAP5 truncates demonstrated that DAP5-N retained the capability of initiating IRES-driven translation of apoptosis-associated p53, but not the prosurvival Bcl-2 (B-cell lymphoma 2) when compared with the full-length DAP5. Similarly, DAP5-N expression promoted CVB3 replication and progeny release; on the other hand, DAP5-C exerted a dominant-negative effect on cap-dependent translation. Taken together, viral protease 2A-mediated cleavage of DAP5 results in the production of two truncates that exert differential effects on protein translation of the IRES-containing genes, leading to enhanced host cell death.
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Vernekar DV, Bhargava P. Yeast Bud27 modulates the biogenesis of Rpc128 and Rpc160 subunits and the assembly of RNA polymerase III. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2015; 1849:1340-53. [PMID: 26423792 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2015.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Revised: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Yeast Bud27, an unconventional prefoldin is reported to affect the expression of nutrient-responsive genes, translation initiation and assembly of the multi-subunit eukaryotic RNA polymerases (pols), at a late step. We found that Bud27 associates with pol III in active as well as repressed states. Pol III transcription and occupancy at the target genes reduce with the deletion of BUD27. It promotes the interaction of pol III with the chromatin remodeler RSC found on most of the pol III targets, and with the heat shock protein Ssa4, which helps in nuclear import of the assembled pol III. Under nutrient-starvation, Ssa4-pol III interaction increases, while pol III remains inside the nucleus. Bud27 but not Ssa4 is required for RSC-pol III interaction, which reduces under nutrient-starvation. In the bud27Δ cells, total protein level of the largest pol III subunit Rpc160 but not of Rpc128, Rpc34 and Rpc53 subunits is reduced. This is accompanied by lower transcription of RPC128 gene and lower RPC160 translation due to reduced association of mRNA with the ribosomes. The resultant alteration in the normal cellular ratio of the two largest subunits of pol III core leads to reduced association of other pol III subunits and hampers the normal assembly of pol III at an early step in the cytoplasm. Our results show that Bud27 is required in multiple activities responsible for pol III biogenesis and activity.
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- Dipti Vinayak Vernekar
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007, India.
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eIF2 interactions with initiator tRNA and eIF2B are regulated by post-translational modifications and conformational dynamics. Cell Discov 2015; 1:15020. [PMID: 27462419 PMCID: PMC4860841 DOI: 10.1038/celldisc.2015.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Translation of messenger RNA (mRNA) into proteins is key to eukaryotic gene expression and begins when initiation factor-2 (eIF2) delivers methionyl initiator tRNA (Met-tRNAiMet) to ribosomes. This first step is controlled by eIF2B mediating guanine nucleotide exchange on eIF2. We isolated eIF2 from yeast and used mass spectrometry to study the intact complex, and found that eIF2β is the most labile of the three subunits (eIF2α/β/γ). We then compared conformational dynamics of the ternary complex eIF2:GTP:Met-tRNAiMet with apo eIF2 using comparative chemical cross-linking. Results revealed high conformational dynamics for eIF2α in apo eIF2 while in the ternary complex all three subunits are constrained. Novel post-translational modifications identified here in both eIF2 and eIF2B were combined with established sites, and located within protein sequences and homology models. We found clustering at subunit interfaces and highly phosphorylated unstructured regions, at the N-terminus of eIF2β, and also between the eIF2Bε core and catalytic domains. We propose that modifications of these unstructured regions have a key role in regulating interactions between eIF2 and eIF2B, as well as other eIFs.
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Jennings MD, Pavitt GD. A new function and complexity for protein translation initiation factor eIF2B. Cell Cycle 2015; 13:2660-5. [PMID: 25486352 DOI: 10.4161/15384101.2014.948797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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eIF2B is a multisubunit protein that is critical for protein synthesis initiation and its control. It is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for its GTP-binding protein partner eIF2. eIF2 binds initiator tRNA to ribosomes and promotes mRNA AUG codon recognition. eIF2B is critical for regulation of protein synthesis via a conserved mechanism of phosphorylation of eIF2, which converts eIF2 from a substrate to an inhibitor of eIF2B GEF. In addition, inherited mutations affecting eIF2B subunits cause the fatal disorder leukoencephalopathy with Vanishing White Matter (VWM), also called Childhood Ataxia with Central nervous system Hypomyelination (CACH). Here we review findings which reveal that eIF2B is a decameric protein and also define a new function for the eIF2B. Our results demonstrate that the eIF2Bγ subunit is required for eIF2B to gain access to eIF2•GDP. Specifically it displaces a third translation factor eIF5 (a dual function GAP and GDI) from eIF2•GDP/eIF5 complexes. Thus eIF2B is a GDI displacement factor (or GDF) in addition to its role as a GEF, prompting the redrawing of the eIF2 cycling pathway to incorporate the new steps. In structural studies using mass spectrometry and cross-linking it is shown that eIF2B is a dimer of pentamers and so is twice as large as previously thought. A binding site for GTP on eIF2B was also found, raising further questions concerning the mechanism of nucleotide exchange. The implications of these findings for eIF2B function and for VWM/CACH disease are discussed.
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- Martin D Jennings
- a Faculty of Life Sciences ; The University of Manchester ; Manchester , UK
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Herpesviral mRNAs are produced and translated by cellular machinery, rendering them susceptible to the network of regulatory events that impact translation. In response, these viruses have evolved to infiltrate and hijack translational control pathways as well as to integrate specialized host translation strategies into their own repertoire. They are robust systems to dissect mechanisms of mammalian translational regulation and continue to offer insight into cis-acting mRNA features that impact assembly and activity of the translation apparatus. Here, I discuss recent advances revealing the extent to which the three herpesvirus subfamilies regulate both host and viral translation, thereby dramatically impacting the landscape of protein synthesis in infected cells.
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- Britt A Glaunsinger
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720;
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Bavli-Kertselli I, Melamed D, Bar-Ziv L, Volf H, Arava Y. Overexpression of eukaryotic initiation factor 5 rescues the translational defect of tpk1w in a manner that necessitates a novel phosphorylation site. FEBS J 2014; 282:504-20. [PMID: 25417541 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2014] [Revised: 11/11/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Cells respond to changes in their environment through mechanisms that often necessitate reprogramming of the translation machinery. The fastest and strongest of all tested responses is the translation inhibition observed following abrupt depletion of glucose from the media of yeast cells. The speed of the response suggests a post-translational modification of a key component of the translation machinery. This translation factor is as yet unknown. A cAMP-dependent protein kinase mutant yeast strain (tpk1(w)) that does not respond properly to glucose depletion and maintains translation was described previously. We hypothesized that the inability of tpk1(w) to arrest translation results from abnormal expression of key translation mediators. Genome-wide analysis of steady-state mRNA levels in tpk1(w) revealed underexpression of several candidates. Elevating the cellular levels of eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 5 by overexpression rescued the translational defect of tpk1(w). Restoring ribosomal dissociation by eIF5 necessitated an active GAP domain and multiple regions throughout this protein. Phosphoproteomics analysis of wild-type cells overexpressing eIF5 revealed increased phosphorylation in a novel site (Thr191) upon glucose depletion. Mutating this residue and introducing it into tpk1(w) abolished the ability of eIF5 to rescue the translational defect. Intriguingly, introducing this mutation into the wild-type strain did not hamper its translational response. We further show that Thr191 is phosphorylated in vitro by Casein Kinase II (CKII), and yeast cells with a mutated CKII have a reduced response to glucose depletion. These results implicate phosphorylation of eIF5 at Thr191 by CKII as one of the pathways for regulating translation upon glucose depletion.
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- Ira Bavli-Kertselli
- Faculty of Biology, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Jennings MD, Pavitt GD. eIF5 is a dual function GAP and GDI for eukaryotic translational control. Small GTPases 2014; 1:118-123. [PMID: 21686265 DOI: 10.4161/sgtp.1.2.13783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2010] [Revised: 09/27/2010] [Accepted: 09/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We recently showed in a publication in Nature that the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF5 has a second regulatory function and is a GDI (GDP dissociation inhibitor) in addition to its previously characterized role as a GAP (GTPase accelerating protein). These findings provide new insight into the mechanism of translation initiation in eukaryotic cells. Additional findings show that the GDI function is critical for the normal regulation of protein synthesis by phosphorylation of eIF2α at ser51. Because eIF2 phosphorylation is a ubiquitous mode of translational control these results are of broad interest. Here we review these and related studies and suggest they offer further evidence of parallels between the functions of regulators of the translation factor eIF 2 and both heterotrimeric and small GTPases.
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- Martin D Jennings
- Faculty of Life Sciences; The University of Manchester; Manchester UK
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Hiraishi H, Oatman J, Haller SL, Blunk L, McGivern B, Morris J, Papadopoulos E, Gutierrez W, Gordon M, Bokhari W, Ikeda Y, Miles D, Fellers J, Asano M, Wagner G, Tazi L, Rothenburg S, Brown SJ, Asano K. Essential role of eIF5-mimic protein in animal development is linked to control of ATF4 expression. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:10321-30. [PMID: 25147208 PMCID: PMC4176352 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Translational control of transcription factor ATF4 through paired upstream ORFs (uORFs) plays an important role in eukaryotic gene regulation. While it is typically induced by phosphorylation of eIF2α, ATF4 translation can be also induced by expression of a translational inhibitor protein, eIF5-mimic protein 1 (5MP1, also known as BZW2) in mammals. Here we show that the 5MP gene is maintained in eukaryotes under strong purifying selection, but is uniquely missing in two major phyla, nematoda and ascomycota. The common function of 5MP from protozoa, plants, fungi and insects is to control translation by inhibiting eIF2. The affinity of human 5MP1 to eIF2β was measured as being equivalent to the published value of human eIF5 to eIF2β, in agreement with effective competition of 5MP with eIF5 for the main substrate, eIF2. In the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, RNA interference studies indicate that 5MP facilitates expression of GADD34, a downstream target of ATF4. Furthermore, both 5MP and ATF4 are essential for larval development. Finally, 5MP and the paired uORFs allowing ATF4 control are conserved in the entire metazoa except nematoda. Based on these findings, we discuss the phylogenetic and functional linkage between ATF4 regulation and 5MP expression in this group of eukaryotes.
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- Hiroyuki Hiraishi
- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Arthropod Genomics Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Arthropod Genomics Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Arthropod Genomics Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Arthropod Genomics Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Hard WinterWheat Genetics Research Unit, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Arthropod Genomics Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Saini AK, Nanda JS, Martin-Marcos P, Dong J, Zhang F, Bhardwaj M, Lorsch JR, Hinnebusch AG. Eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF5 promotes the accuracy of start codon recognition by regulating Pi release and conformational transitions of the preinitiation complex. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:9623-40. [PMID: 25114053 PMCID: PMC4150770 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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eIF5 is the GTPase activating protein (GAP) for the eIF2 · GTP · Met-tRNAi (Met) ternary complex with a critical role in initiation codon selection. Previous work suggested that the eIF5 mutation G31R/SUI5 elevates initiation at UUG codons by increasing GAP function. Subsequent work implicated eIF5 in rearrangement of the preinitiation complex (PIC) from an open, scanning conformation to a closed state at AUG codons, from which Pi is released from eIF2 · GDP · Pi. To identify eIF5 functions crucial for accurate initiation, we investigated the consequences of G31R on GTP hydrolysis and Pi release, and the effects of intragenic G31R suppressors on these reactions, and on the partitioning of PICs between open and closed states. eIF5-G31R altered regulation of Pi release, accelerating it at UUG while decreasing it at AUG codons, consistent with its ability to stabilize the closed complex at UUG. Suppressor G62S mitigates both defects of G31R, accounting for its efficient suppression of UUG initiation in G31R,G62S cells; however suppressor M18V impairs GTP hydrolysis with little effect on PIC conformation. The strong defect in GTP hydrolysis conferred by M18V likely explains its broad suppression of Sui(-) mutations in numerous factors. We conclude that both of eIF5's functions, regulating Pi release and stabilizing the closed PIC conformation, contribute to stringent AUG selection in vivo.
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- Adesh K Saini
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice K. Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA Laboratory on the Mechanism and Regulation of Protein Synthesis, Eunice K. Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Bajhol, Solan, Himachal Pradesh 173229, India
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- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice K. Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice K. Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice K. Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Laboratory on the Mechanism and Regulation of Protein Synthesis, Eunice K. Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Bajhol, Solan, Himachal Pradesh 173229, India
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- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice K. Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Gordiyenko Y, Schmidt C, Jennings MD, Matak-Vinkovic D, Pavitt GD, Robinson CV. eIF2B is a decameric guanine nucleotide exchange factor with a γ2ε2 tetrameric core. Nat Commun 2014; 5:3902. [PMID: 24852487 PMCID: PMC4046112 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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eIF2B facilitates and controls protein synthesis in eukaryotes by mediating guanine nucleotide exchange on its partner eIF2. We combined mass spectrometry (MS) with chemical cross-linking, surface accessibility measurements and homology modelling to define subunit stoichiometry and interactions within eIF2B and eIF2. Although it is generally accepted that eIF2B is a pentamer of five non-identical subunits (α–ε), here we show that eIF2B is a decamer. MS and cross-linking of eIF2B complexes allows us to propose a model for the subunit arrangements within eIF2B where the subunit assembly occurs through catalytic γ- and ε-subunits, with regulatory subunits arranged in asymmetric trimers associated with the core. Cross-links between eIF2 and eIF2B allow modelling of interactions that contribute to nucleotide exchange and its control by eIF2 phosphorylation. Finally, we identify that GTP binds to eIF2Bγ, prompting us to propose a multi-step mechanism for nucleotide exchange. Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2 (eIF2) initiates protein synthesis aided by its partner eIF2B, which stimulates guanine nucleotide exchange on eIF2. Here, Gordiyenko et al. show that eIF2B exists as a decamer and propose a model for its subunit arrangement that provides new insight into its function.
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- Yuliya Gordiyenko
- 1] Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK [2] MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK [3]
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- 1] Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK [2]
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Michael Smith Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Michael Smith Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK
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Asano K. Why is start codon selection so precise in eukaryotes? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 2:e28387. [PMID: 26779403 PMCID: PMC4705826 DOI: 10.4161/trla.28387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2013] [Revised: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Translation generally initiates with the AUG codon. While initiation at GUG and UUG is permitted in prokaryotes (Archaea and Bacteria), cases of CUG initiation were recently reported in human cells. The varying stringency in translation initiation between eukaryotic and prokaryotic domains largely stems from a fundamental problem for the ribosome in recognizing a codon at the peptidyl-tRNA binding site. Initiation factors specific to each domain of life evolved to confer stringent initiation by the ribosome. The mechanistic basis for high accuracy in eukaryotic initiation is described based on recent findings concerning the role of the multifactor complex (MFC) in this process. Also discussed are whether non-AUG initiation plays any role in translational control and whether start codon accuracy is regulated in eukaryotes.
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- Katsura Asano
- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program; Division of Biology; Kansas State University; Manhattan, KS USA
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eIF2B promotes eIF5 dissociation from eIF2*GDP to facilitate guanine nucleotide exchange for translation initiation. Genes Dev 2014; 27:2696-707. [PMID: 24352424 PMCID: PMC3877758 DOI: 10.1101/gad.231514.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Protein synthesis factor eIF2 delivers initiator tRNA to the ribosome. Two proteins regulate its G-protein cycle: eIF5 has both GTPase-accelerating protein (GAP) and GDP dissociation inhibitor (GDI) functions, and eIF2B is the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF). In this study, we used protein-protein interaction and nucleotide exchange assays to monitor the kinetics of eIF2 release from the eIF2•GDP/eIF5 GDI complex and determine the effect of eIF2B on this release. We demonstrate that eIF2B has a second activity as a GDI displacement factor (GDF) that can recruit eIF2 from the eIF2•GDP/eIF5 GDI complex prior to GEF action. We found that GDF function is dependent on the eIF2Bε and eIF2Bγ subunits and identified a novel eIF2-eIF2Bγ interaction. Furthermore, GDF and GEF activities are shown to be independent. First, eIF2B GDF is insensitive to eIF2α phosphorylation, unlike GEF. Second, we found that eIF2Bγ mutations known to disrupt GCN4 translational control significantly impair GDF activity but not GEF function. Our data therefore define an additional step in the protein synthesis initiation pathway that is important for its proper control. We propose a new model to place eIF2B GDF function in the context of efficient eIF2 recycling and its regulation by eIF2 phosphorylation.
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In eukaryotes, the translation initiation codon is generally identified by the scanning mechanism, wherein every triplet in the messenger RNA leader is inspected for complementarity to the anticodon of methionyl initiator transfer RNA (Met-tRNAi). Binding of Met-tRNAi to the small (40S) ribosomal subunit, in a ternary complex (TC) with eIF2-GTP, is stimulated by eukaryotic initiation factor 1 (eIF1), eIF1A, eIF3, and eIF5, and the resulting preinitiation complex (PIC) joins the 5' end of mRNA preactivated by eIF4F and poly(A)-binding protein. RNA helicases remove secondary structures that impede ribosome attachment and subsequent scanning. Hydrolysis of eIF2-bound GTP is stimulated by eIF5 in the scanning PIC, but completion of the reaction is impeded at non-AUG triplets. Although eIF1 and eIF1A promote scanning, eIF1 and possibly the C-terminal tail of eIF1A must be displaced from the P decoding site to permit base-pairing between Met-tRNAi and the AUG codon, as well as to allow subsequent phosphate release from eIF2-GDP. A second GTPase, eIF5B, catalyzes the joining of the 60S subunit to produce an 80S initiation complex that is competent for elongation.
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- Alan G Hinnebusch
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892;
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Luna RE, Arthanari H, Hiraishi H, Akabayov B, Tang L, Cox C, Markus MA, Luna LE, Ikeda Y, Watanabe R, Bedoya E, Yu C, Alikhan S, Wagner G, Asano K. The interaction between eukaryotic initiation factor 1A and eIF5 retains eIF1 within scanning preinitiation complexes. Biochemistry 2013; 52:9510-8. [PMID: 24319994 PMCID: PMC3917153 DOI: 10.1021/bi4009775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Scanning of the mRNA transcript by the preinitiation complex (PIC) requires a panel of eukaryotic initiation factors, which includes eIF1 and eIF1A, the main transducers of stringent AUG selection. eIF1A plays an important role in start codon recognition; however, its molecular contacts with eIF5 are unknown. Using nuclear magnetic resonance, we unveil eIF1A's binding surface on the carboxyl-terminal domain of eIF5 (eIF5-CTD). We validated this interaction by observing that eIF1A does not bind to an eIF5-CTD mutant, altering the revealed eIF1A interaction site. We also found that the interaction between eIF1A and eIF5-CTD is conserved between humans and yeast. Using glutathione S-transferase pull-down assays of purified proteins, we showed that the N-terminal tail (NTT) of eIF1A mediates the interaction with eIF5-CTD and eIF1. Genetic evidence indicates that overexpressing eIF1 or eIF5 suppresses the slow growth phenotype of eIF1A-NTT mutants. These results suggest that the eIF1A-eIF5-CTD interaction during scanning PICs contributes to the maintenance of eIF1 within the open PIC.
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- Rafael E. Luna
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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Hashem Y, des Georges A, Dhote V, Langlois R, Liao HY, Grassucci RA, Hellen CUT, Pestova TV, Frank J. Structure of the mammalian ribosomal 43S preinitiation complex bound to the scanning factor DHX29. Cell 2013; 153:1108-19. [PMID: 23706745 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Revised: 03/06/2013] [Accepted: 04/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Eukaryotic translation initiation begins with assembly of a 43S preinitiation complex. First, methionylated initiator methionine transfer RNA (Met-tRNAi(Met)), eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 2, and guanosine triphosphate form a ternary complex (TC). The TC, eIF3, eIF1, and eIF1A cooperatively bind to the 40S subunit, yielding the 43S preinitiation complex, which is ready to attach to messenger RNA (mRNA) and start scanning to the initiation codon. Scanning on structured mRNAs additionally requires DHX29, a DExH-box protein that also binds directly to the 40S subunit. Here, we present a cryo-electron microscopy structure of the mammalian DHX29-bound 43S complex at 11.6 Å resolution. It reveals that eIF2 interacts with the 40S subunit via its α subunit and supports Met-tRNAi(Met) in an unexpected P/I orientation (eP/I). The structural core of eIF3 resides on the back of the 40S subunit, establishing two principal points of contact, whereas DHX29 binds around helix 16. The structure provides insights into eukaryote-specific aspects of translation, including the mechanism of action of DHX29.
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- Yaser Hashem
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Hepat R, Kim Y. A viral factor, CpBV15α, interacts with a translation initiation factor, eIF2, to suppress host gene expression at a post-transcriptional level. J Invertebr Pathol 2013; 114:34-41. [PMID: 23711415 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2013.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2013] [Revised: 05/09/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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An endoparasitoid wasp, Cotesia plutellae, possesses its specific symbiotic virus called C. plutellae bracovirus (CpBV) and parasitizes young larvae of Plutella xylostella. CpBV encodes CpBV15α, which was previously shown to interfere with host protein translation. In vivo transient expression of CpBV15α induced a significant decrease in a storage protein level without its transcriptional level change. In vitro translation assay using rabbit reticulocyte lysate showed that CpBV15α suppressed translation efficiency of mRNAs extracted from fat body of P. xylostella. Transient expression of CpBV15α in nonparasitized P. xylostella suppressed humoral immunity and development to pupal and adult stages. Immunoprecipitation (IP) of CpBV15α co-precipitated eIF2 and eIF2B (a guanine nucleotide exchange factor of eIF2) in parasitized P. xylostella. Additionally, IP of eIF2 co-precipitated CpBV15α as well as eIF2B and eIF5 in parasitized larvae. IP with eIF5 antibody showed that relative amount of eIF2 bound to eIF5 was much decreased in parasitized larvae, while significant amount of eIF2 was bound to CpBV15α. These results suggest that CpBV15α inhibits some host mRNA translation by sequestering eIF2.
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- Rahul Hepat
- Department of Bioresource Sciences, Andong National University, Andong 760-749, Republic of Korea
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Valásek LS. 'Ribozoomin'--translation initiation from the perspective of the ribosome-bound eukaryotic initiation factors (eIFs). Curr Protein Pept Sci 2013; 13:305-30. [PMID: 22708493 PMCID: PMC3434475 DOI: 10.2174/138920312801619385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2011] [Revised: 01/16/2012] [Accepted: 02/16/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Protein synthesis is a fundamental biological mechanism bringing the DNA-encoded genetic information into
life by its translation into molecular effectors - proteins. The initiation phase of translation is one of the key points of gene
regulation in eukaryotes, playing a role in processes from neuronal function to development. Indeed, the importance of the
study of protein synthesis is increasing with the growing list of genetic diseases caused by mutations that affect mRNA
translation. To grasp how this regulation is achieved or altered in the latter case, we must first understand the molecular
details of all underlying processes of the translational cycle with the main focus put on its initiation. In this review I discuss
recent advances in our comprehension of the molecular basis of particular initiation reactions set into the context of
how and where individual eIFs bind to the small ribosomal subunit in the pre-initiation complex. I also summarize our
current knowledge on how eukaryotic initiation factor eIF3 controls gene expression in the gene-specific manner via reinitiation.
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- Leos Shivaya Valásek
- Laboratory of Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, Institute of Microbiology AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic.
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A yeast purification system for human translation initiation factors eIF2 and eIF2Bε and their use in the diagnosis of CACH/VWM disease. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53958. [PMID: 23335982 PMCID: PMC3545922 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Recessive inherited mutations in any of five subunits of the general protein synthesis factor eIF2B are responsible for a white mater neurodegenerative disease with a large clinical spectrum. The classical form is called Childhood Ataxia with CNS hypomyelination (CACH) or Vanishing White Matter Leukoencephalopathy (VWM). eIF2B-related disorders affect glial cells, despite the fact that eIF2B is a ubiquitous protein that functions as a guanine-nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for its partner protein eIF2 in the translation initiation process in all eukaryotic cells. Decreased eIF2B activity measured by a GEF assay in patients' immortalised lymphocytic cells provides a biochemical diagnostic assay but is limited by the availability of eIF2 protein, which is classically purified from a mammalian cell source by column chromatography. Here we describe the generation of a recombinant expression system to produce purified human eIF2 from yeast cells. We demonstrate that human eIF2 can function in yeast cells in place of the equivalent yeast factor. We purify human eIF2 and the C-terminal domain of human eIF2Bε using affinity chromatography from engineered yeast cells and find that both function in a GEF assay: the first demonstration that this human eIF2Bε domain has GEF function. We show that CACH/VWM mutations within this domain reduce its activity. Finally we demonstrate that the recombinant eIF2 functions similarly to eIF2 purified from rat liver in GEF assays with CACH/VWM eIF2B-mutated patient derived lymphocytic cells.
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Voigts-Hoffmann F, Klinge S, Ban N. Structural insights into eukaryotic ribosomes and the initiation of translation. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2012; 22:768-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2012.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Revised: 07/09/2012] [Accepted: 07/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Zhao H, Wang H, Liu H, Teng M, Li X. Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of the W2 domain of Drosophila melanogaster eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5C domain-containing protein. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2012; 68:1315-7. [PMID: 23143239 PMCID: PMC3515371 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309112036512] [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: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 08/21/2012] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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The Drosophila melanogaster eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5C domain-containing protein (ECP) is composed of two independently folded domains which belong to the basic leucine-zipper and W2 domain-containing protein (BZW) family. Based on the sequence similarity between the C-terminal W2 domain of ECP and some eukaryotic translation initiation factors (such as eIF2Bℇ, eIF4γ, eIF5 etc.), ECP has been speculated to participate in the translation initiation process. Structural information on the C-terminal W2 domain of ECP would be helpful in understanding the specific cellular function of this protein. Here, the W2 domain of ECP was expressed and crystallized. Crystals grown by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method diffracted to 2.70 Å resolution and belonged to space group I4, with unit-cell parameters a=b=81.05, c=57.44 Å. The Matthews coefficient suggested that there was one molecule per asymmetric unit in the crystal.
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- Hui Zhao
- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
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