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Oberegger S, Misslinger M, Faserl K, Sarg B, Farhan H, Haas H. The cytosolic form of dual localized BolA family protein Bol3 is important for adaptation to iron starvation in Aspergillus fumigatus. Open Biol 2024; 14:240033. [PMID: 38919062 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.240033] [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: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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Aspergillus fumigatus is the predominant mould pathogen for humans. Adaption to host-imposed iron limitation has previously been demonstrated to be essential for its virulence. [2Fe-2S] clusters are crucial as cofactors of several metabolic pathways and mediate cytosolic/nuclear iron sensing in fungi including A. fumigatus. [2Fe-2S] cluster trafficking has been shown to involve BolA family proteins in both mitochondria and the cytosol/nucleus. Interestingly, both A. fumigatus homologues, termed Bol1 and Bol3, possess mitochondrial targeting sequences, suggesting the lack of cytosolic/nuclear versions. Here, we show by the combination of mutational, proteomic and fluorescence microscopic analyses that expression of the Bol3 encoding gene leads to dual localization of gene products to mitochondria and the cytosol/nucleus via alternative translation initiation downstream of the mitochondrial targeting sequence, which appears to be highly conserved in various Aspergillus species. Lack of either mitochondrial Bol1 or Bol3 was phenotypically inconspicuous while lack of cytosolic/nuclear Bol3 impaired growth during iron limitation but not iron sensing which indicates a particular importance of [2Fe-2S] cluster trafficking during iron limitation. Remarkably, cytosolic/nuclear Bol3 differs from the mitochondrial version only by N-terminal acetylation, a finding that was only possible by mutational hypothesis testing.
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- Simon Oberegger
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Pathophysiology, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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González-Sánchez AM, Castellanos-Silva EA, Díaz-Figueroa G, Cate JHD. JUN mRNA translation regulation is mediated by multiple 5' UTR and start codon features. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0299779. [PMID: 38483896 PMCID: PMC10939236 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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Regulation of mRNA translation by eukaryotic initiation factors (eIFs) is crucial for cell survival. In humans, eIF3 stimulates translation of the JUN mRNA which encodes the transcription factor JUN, an oncogenic transcription factor involved in cell cycle progression, apoptosis, and cell proliferation. Previous studies revealed that eIF3 activates translation of the JUN mRNA by interacting with a stem loop in the 5' untranslated region (5' UTR) and with the 5' -7-methylguanosine cap structure. In addition to its interaction site with eIF3, the JUN 5' UTR is nearly one kilobase in length, and has a high degree of secondary structure, high GC content, and an upstream start codon (uAUG). This motivated us to explore the complexity of JUN mRNA translation regulation in human cells. Here we find that JUN translation is regulated in a sequence and structure-dependent manner in regions adjacent to the eIF3-interacting site in the JUN 5' UTR. Furthermore, we identify contributions of an additional initiation factor, eIF4A, in JUN regulation. We show that enhancing the interaction of eIF4A with JUN by using the compound Rocaglamide A (RocA) represses JUN translation. We also find that both the upstream AUG (uAUG) and the main AUG (mAUG) contribute to JUN translation and that they are conserved throughout vertebrates. Our results reveal additional layers of regulation for JUN translation and show the potential of JUN as a model transcript for understanding multiple interacting modes of translation regulation.
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- Angélica M. González-Sánchez
- Comparative Biochemistry Graduate Program, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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González-Sánchez AM, Castellanos-Silva EA, Díaz-Figueroa G, Cate JHD. JUN mRNA Translation Regulation is Mediated by Multiple 5' UTR and Start Codon Features. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.17.567602. [PMID: 38014201 PMCID: PMC10680820 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.17.567602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Regulation of mRNA translation by eukaryotic initiation factors (eIFs) is crucial for cell survival. In humans, eIF3 stimulates translation of the JUN mRNA which encodes the transcription factor JUN, an oncogenic transcription factor involved in cell cycle progression, apoptosis, and cell proliferation. Previous studies revealed that eIF3 activates translation of the JUN mRNA by interacting with a stem loop in the 5' untranslated region (5' UTR) and with the 5'-7-methylguanosine cap structure. In addition to its interaction site with eIF3, the JUN 5' UTR is nearly one kilobase in length, and has a high degree of secondary structure, high GC content, and an upstream start codon (uAUG). This motivated us to explore the complexity of JUN mRNA translation regulation in human cells. Here we find that JUN translation is regulated in a sequence and structure-dependent manner in regions adjacent to the eIF3-interacting site in the JUN 5' UTR. Furthermore, we identify contributions of an additional initiation factor, eIF4A, in JUN regulation. We show that enhancing the interaction of eIF4A with JUN by using the compound Rocaglamide A (RocA) represses JUN translation. We also find that both the upstream AUG (uAUG) and the main AUG (mAUG) contribute to JUN translation and that they are conserved throughout vertebrates. Our results reveal additional layers of regulation for JUN translation and show the potential of JUN as a model transcript for understanding multiple interacting modes of translation regulation.
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- University of California, Davis, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Davis, CA, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Shen S, Zhang C, Meng Y, Cui G, Wang Y, Liu X, He Q. Sensing of H2O2-induced oxidative stress by the UPF factor complex is crucial for activation of catalase-3 expression in Neurospora. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010985. [PMID: 37844074 PMCID: PMC10578600 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023] Open
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UPF-1-UPF-2-UPF-3 complex-orchestrated nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a well-characterized eukaryotic cellular surveillance mechanism that not only degrades aberrant transcripts to protect the integrity of the transcriptome but also eliminates normal transcripts to facilitate appropriate cellular responses to physiological and environmental changes. Here, we describe the multifaceted regulatory roles of the Neurospora crassa UPF complex in catalase-3 (cat-3) gene expression, which is essential for scavenging H2O2-induced oxidative stress. First, losing UPF proteins markedly slowed down the decay rate of cat-3 mRNA. Second, UPF proteins indirectly attenuated the transcriptional activity of cat-3 gene by boosting the decay of cpc-1 and ngf-1 mRNAs, which encode a well-studied transcription factor and a histone acetyltransferase, respectively. Further study showed that under oxidative stress condition, UPF proteins were degraded, followed by increased CPC-1 and NGF-1 activity, finally activating cat-3 expression to resist oxidative stress. Together, our data illustrate a sophisticated regulatory network of the cat-3 gene mediated by the UPF complex under physiological and H2O2-induced oxidative stress conditions.
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- Shuangjie Shen
- MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Chloroplasts evolved an additional layer of translational regulation based on non-AUG start codons for proteins with different turnover rates. Sci Rep 2023; 13:896. [PMID: 36650197 PMCID: PMC9845219 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-27347-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Chloroplasts have evolved from photosynthetic cyanobacteria-like progenitors through endosymbiosis. The chloroplasts of present-day land plants have their own transcription and translation systems that show several similarities with prokaryotic organisms. A remarkable feature of the chloroplast translation system is the use of non-AUG start codons in the protein synthesis of certain genes that are evolutionarily conserved from Algae to angiosperms. However, the biological significance of such use of non-AUG codons is not fully understood. The present study was undertaken to unravel the significance of non-AUG start codons in vivo using the chloroplast genetic engineering approach. For this purpose, stable transplastomic tobacco plants expressing a reporter gene i.e. uidA (GUS) under four different start codons (AUG/UUG/GUG/CUG) were generated and β-glucuronidase (GUS) expression was compared. To investigate further the role of promoter sequences proximal to the start codon, uidA was expressed under two different chloroplast gene promoters psbA and psbC that use AUG and a non-AUG (GUG) start codons, respectively, and also showed significant differences in the DNA sequence surrounding the start codon. Further, to delineate the role of RNA editing that creates AUG start codon by editing non-AUG codons, if any, which is another important feature of the chloroplast transcription and translation system, transcripts were sequenced. In addition, a proteomic approach was used to identify the translation initiation site(s) of GUS and the N-terminal amino acid encoded when expressed under different non-AUG start codons. The results showed that chloroplasts use non-AUG start codons in combination with the translation initiation site as an additional layer of gene regulation to over-express proteins that are required at high levels due to their high rates of turnover.
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Hiragori Y, Takahashi H, Karino T, Kaido A, Hayashi N, Sasaki S, Nakao K, Motomura T, Yamashita Y, Naito S, Onouchi H. Genome-wide identification of Arabidopsis non-AUG-initiated upstream ORFs with evolutionarily conserved regulatory sequences that control protein expression levels. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 111:37-55. [PMID: 36044152 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-022-01309-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This study identified four novel regulatory non-AUG-initiated upstream ORFs (uORFs) with evolutionarily conserved sequences in Arabidopsis and elucidated the mechanism by which a non-AUG-initiated uORF promotes main ORF translation. Upstream open reading frames (uORFs) are short ORFs found in the 5'-untranslated regions (5'-UTRs) of eukaryotic transcripts and can influence the translation of protein-coding main ORFs (mORFs). Recent genome-wide ribosome profiling studies have revealed that hundreds or thousands of uORFs initiate translation at non-AUG start codons. However, the physiological significance of these non-AUG uORFs has so far been demonstrated for only a few of them. In this study, to identify physiologically important regulatory non-AUG uORFs in Arabidopsis, we took an approach that combined bioinformatics and experimental analysis. Since physiologically important non-AUG uORFs are likely to be conserved across species, we first searched the Arabidopsis genome for non-AUG-initiated uORFs with evolutionarily conserved sequences. Then, we examined the effects of the conserved non-AUG uORFs on the expression of the downstream mORFs using transient expression assays. As a result, three inhibitory and one promotive non-AUG uORFs were identified. Among the inhibitory non-AUG uORFs, two exerted repressive effects on mORF expression in an amino acid sequence-dependent manner. These two non-AUG uORFs are likely to encode regulatory peptides that cause ribosome stalling, thereby enhancing their repressive effects. In contrast, one of the identified regulatory non-AUG uORFs promoted mORF expression by alleviating the inhibitory effect of a downstream AUG-initiated uORF. These findings provide insights into the mechanisms that enable non-AUG uORFs to play regulatory roles despite their low translation initiation efficiencies.
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- Yuta Hiragori
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
- Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo, 271-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan.
- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan.
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Castillo KD, Wu C, Ding Z, Lopez-Garcia OK, Rowlinson E, Sachs MS, Bell-Pedersen D. A circadian clock translational control mechanism targets specific mRNAs to cytoplasmic messenger ribonucleoprotein granules. Cell Rep 2022; 41:111879. [PMID: 36577368 PMCID: PMC10241597 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Phosphorylation of Neurospora crassa eukaryotic initiation factor 2 α (eIF2α), a conserved translation initiation factor, is clock controlled. To determine the impact of rhythmic eIF2α phosphorylation on translation, we performed temporal ribosome profiling and RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) in wild-type (WT), clock mutant Δfrq, eIF2α kinase mutant Δcpc-3, and constitutively active cpc-3c cells. About 14% of mRNAs are rhythmically translated in WT cells, and translation rhythms for ∼30% of these mRNAs, which we named circadian translation-initiation-controlled genes (cTICs), are dependent on the clock and CPC-3. Most cTICs are expressed from arrhythmic mRNAs and contain a P-body (PB) localization motif in their 5' leader sequence. Deletion of SNR-1, a component of cytoplasmic messenger ribonucleoprotein granules (cmRNPgs) that include PBs and stress granules (SGs), and the PB motif on one of the cTIC mRNAs, zip-1, significantly alters zip-1 rhythmic translation. These results reveal that the clock regulates rhythmic translation of specific mRNAs through rhythmic eIF2α activity and cmRNPg metabolism.
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- Kathrina D Castillo
- Center for Biological Clocks Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Center for Biological Clocks Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Center for Biological Clocks Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
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Basu I, Gorai B, Chandran T, Maiti PK, Hussain T. Selection of start codon during mRNA scanning in eukaryotic translation initiation. Commun Biol 2022; 5:587. [PMID: 35705698 PMCID: PMC9200866 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03534-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Accurate and high-speed scanning and subsequent selection of the correct start codon are important events in protein synthesis. Eukaryotic mRNAs have long 5′ UTRs that are inspected for the presence of a start codon by the ribosomal 48S pre-initiation complex (PIC). However, the conformational state of the 48S PIC required for inspecting every codon is not clearly understood. Here, atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and energy calculations suggest that the scanning conformation of 48S PIC may reject all but 4 (GUG, CUG, UUG and ACG) of the 63 non-AUG codons, and initiation factor eIF1 is crucial for this discrimination. We provide insights into the possible role of initiation factors eIF1, eIF1A, eIF2α and eIF2β in scanning. Overall, the study highlights how the scanning conformation of ribosomal 48S PIC acts as a coarse selectivity checkpoint for start codon selection and scans long 5′ UTRs in eukaryotic mRNAs with accuracy and high speed. Molecular simulations of start codon selection by the eukaryotic ribosome during mRNA scanning provide further insight into high speed of scanning and how initiation factors contribute toward codon-anticodon-ribosome network stability.
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- Ipsita Basu
- Center for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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- Center for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.,Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH-03824, USA
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- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Division of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.,Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology-Warangal, Telangana, 506004, India
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- Center for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.
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- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Division of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.
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Guerra-Almeida D, Tschoeke DA, da-Fonseca RN. Understanding small ORF diversity through a comprehensive transcription feature classification. DNA Res 2021; 28:6317669. [PMID: 34240112 PMCID: PMC8435553 DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsab007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Small open reading frames (small ORFs/sORFs/smORFs) are potentially coding sequences smaller than 100 codons that have historically been considered junk DNA by gene prediction software and in annotation screening; however, the advent of next-generation sequencing has contributed to the deeper investigation of junk DNA regions and their transcription products, resulting in the emergence of smORFs as a new focus of interest in systems biology. Several smORF peptides were recently reported in noncanonical mRNAs as new players in numerous biological contexts; however, their relevance is still overlooked in coding potential analysis. Hence, this review proposes a smORF classification based on transcriptional features, discussing the most promising approaches to investigate smORFs based on their different characteristics. First, smORFs were divided into nonexpressed (intergenic) and expressed (genic) smORFs. Second, genic smORFs were classified as smORFs located in noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) or canonical mRNAs. Finally, smORFs in ncRNAs were further subdivided into sequences located in small or long RNAs, whereas smORFs located in canonical mRNAs were subdivided into several specific classes depending on their localization along the gene. We hope that this review provides new insights into large-scale annotations and reinforces the role of smORFs as essential components of a hidden coding DNA world.
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- Diego Guerra-Almeida
- Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute of Graduate Studies and Engineering Research (COPPE), Biomedical Engineering Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,National Institute of Science and Technology in Molecular Entomology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Atkins JF, O’Connor KM, Bhatt PR, Loughran G. From Recoding to Peptides for MHC Class I Immune Display: Enriching Viral Expression, Virus Vulnerability and Virus Evasion. Viruses 2021; 13:1251. [PMID: 34199077 PMCID: PMC8310308 DOI: 10.3390/v13071251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Many viruses, especially RNA viruses, utilize programmed ribosomal frameshifting and/or stop codon readthrough in their expression, and in the decoding of a few a UGA is dynamically redefined to specify selenocysteine. This recoding can effectively increase viral coding capacity and generate a set ratio of products with the same N-terminal domain(s) but different C-terminal domains. Recoding can also be regulatory or generate a product with the non-universal 21st directly encoded amino acid. Selection for translation speed in the expression of many viruses at the expense of fidelity creates host immune defensive opportunities. In contrast to host opportunism, certain viruses, including some persistent viruses, utilize recoding or adventitious frameshifting as part of their strategy to evade an immune response or specific drugs. Several instances of recoding in small intensively studied viruses escaped detection for many years and their identification resolved dilemmas. The fundamental importance of ribosome ratcheting is consistent with the initial strong view of invariant triplet decoding which however did not foresee the possibility of transitory anticodon:codon dissociation. Deep level dynamics and structural understanding of recoding is underway, and a high level structure relevant to the frameshifting required for expression of the SARS CoV-2 genome has just been determined.
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- John F. Atkins
- Schools of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University College Cork, T12 XF62 Cork, Ireland; (K.M.O.); (P.R.B.); (G.L.)
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- Schools of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University College Cork, T12 XF62 Cork, Ireland; (K.M.O.); (P.R.B.); (G.L.)
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- Schools of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University College Cork, T12 XF62 Cork, Ireland; (K.M.O.); (P.R.B.); (G.L.)
- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Schools of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University College Cork, T12 XF62 Cork, Ireland; (K.M.O.); (P.R.B.); (G.L.)
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Xu C, Zhang J. Mammalian Alternative Translation Initiation Is Mostly Nonadaptive. Mol Biol Evol 2021; 37:2015-2028. [PMID: 32145028 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Alternative translation initiation (ATLI) refers to the existence of multiple translation initiation sites per gene and is a widespread phenomenon in eukaryotes. ATLI is commonly assumed to be advantageous through creating proteome diversity or regulating protein synthesis. We here propose an alternative hypothesis that ATLI arises primarily from nonadaptive initiation errors presumably due to the limited ability of ribosomes to distinguish sequence motifs truly signaling translation initiation from similar sequences. Our hypothesis, but not the adaptive hypothesis, predicts a series of global patterns of ATLI, all of which are confirmed at the genomic scale by quantitative translation initiation sequencing in multiple human and mouse cell lines and tissues. Similarly, although many codons differing from AUG by one nucleotide can serve as start codons, our analysis suggests that using non-AUG start codons is mostly disadvantageous. These and other findings strongly suggest that ATLI predominantly results from molecular error, requiring a major revision of our understanding of the precision and regulation of translation initiation.
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- Chuan Xu
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Nonoptimal Codon Usage Is Critical for Protein Structure and Function of the Master General Amino Acid Control Regulator CPC-1. mBio 2020; 11:mBio.02605-20. [PMID: 33051373 PMCID: PMC7554675 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02605-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Under amino acid starvation conditions, eukaryotic organisms activate a general amino acid control response. In Neurospora crassa, Cross Pathway Control Protein 1 (CPC-1), the ortholog of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae bZIP transcription factor GCN4, functions as the master regulator of the general amino acid control response. Codon usage biases are a universal feature of eukaryotic genomes and are critical for regulation of gene expression. Although codon usage has also been implicated in the regulation of protein structure and function, genetic evidence supporting this conclusion is very limited. Here, we show that Neurospora cpc-1 has a nonoptimal NNU-rich codon usage profile that contrasts with the strong NNC codon preference in the genome. Although substitution of the cpc-1 NNU codons with synonymous NNC codons elevated CPC-1 expression in Neurospora, it altered the CPC-1 degradation rate and abolished its amino acid starvation-induced protein stabilization. The codon-manipulated CPC-1 protein also exhibited different sensitivity to limited protease digestion. Furthermore, CPC-1 functions in rescuing the cell growth of the cpc-1 deletion mutant and activation of the expression of its target genes were impaired by the synonymous codon changes. Together, these results reveal the critical role of codon usage in regulation of CPC-1 expression and function and establish a genetic example of the importance of codon usage in protein folding.IMPORTANCE The general amino acid control response is critical for adaptation of organisms to amino acid starvation conditions. The preference to use certain synonymous codons is a universal feature of all genomes. Synonymous codon changes were previously thought to be silent mutations. In this study, we showed that the Neurospora cpc-1 gene has an unusual codon usage profile compared to other genes in the genome. We found that codon optimization of the cpc-1 gene without changing its amino acid sequence resulted in elevated CPC-1 expression, an altered protein degradation rate, and impaired protein functions due to changes in protein structure. Together, these results reveal the critical role of synonymous codon usage in regulation of CPC-1 expression and function and establish a genetic example of the importance of codon usage in protein structure.
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The emergence of genome-wide analyses to interrogate cellular DNA, RNA, and protein content has revolutionized the study of control networks that mediate cellular homeostasis. mRNA translation represents the last step of genetic flow and primarily defines the proteome. Translational regulation is thus critical for gene expression, in particular under nutrient excess or deficiency. Until recently, it was unclear how the global effects of translational control are orchestrated by nutrient signaling pathways. An emerging concept of translational reprogramming addresses how to maintain the expression of specific proteins during nutrient stress by translation of selective mRNAs. In this review, we describe recent advances in our understanding of translational control principles; nutrient-sensing mechanisms; and their dysregulation in human diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and aging. The mechanistic understanding of translational regulation in response to different nutrient conditions may help identify potential dietary and therapeutic targets to improve human health.
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- Xin Erica Shu
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Graduate Field of Biomedical and Biological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Graduate Field of Biomedical and Biological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Chikashige Y, Kato H, Thornton M, Pepper W, Hilgers M, Cecil A, Asano I, Yamada H, Mori C, Brunkow C, Moravek C, Urano T, Singh CR, Asano K. Gcn2 eIF2α kinase mediates combinatorial translational regulation through nucleotide motifs and uORFs in target mRNAs. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:8977-8992. [PMID: 32710633 PMCID: PMC7498311 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The protein kinase Gcn2 is a central transducer of nutritional stress signaling important for stress adaptation by normal cells and the survival of cancer cells. In response to nutrient deprivation, Gcn2 phosphorylates eIF2α, thereby repressing general translation while enhancing translation of specific mRNAs with upstream ORFs (uORFs) situated in their 5'-leader regions. Here we performed genome-wide measurements of mRNA translation during histidine starvation in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Polysome analyses were combined with microarray measurements to identify gene transcripts whose translation was up-regulated in response to the stress in a Gcn2-dependent manner. We determined that translation is reprogrammed to enhance RNA metabolism and chromatin regulation and repress ribosome synthesis. Interestingly, translation of intron-containing mRNAs was up-regulated. The products of the regulated genes include additional eIF2α kinase Hri2 amplifying the stress signaling and Gcn5 histone acetyl transferase and transcription factors, together altering genome-wide transcription. Unique dipeptide-coding uORFs and nucleotide motifs, such as '5'-UGA(C/G)GG-3', are found in 5' leader regions of regulated genes and shown to be responsible for translational control.
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- Yuji Chikashige
- Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe, Hyogo 651-2492, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan
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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
- Department of Advanced Transdisciplinary Sciences, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe, Hyogo 651-2492, Japan
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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 Biochemistry, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan
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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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Akirtava C, McManus CJ. Control of translation by eukaryotic mRNA transcript leaders-Insights from high-throughput assays and computational modeling. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2020; 12:e1623. [PMID: 32869519 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Eukaryotic gene expression is tightly regulated during translation of mRNA to protein. Mis-regulation of translation can lead to aberrant proteins which accumulate in cancers and cause neurodegenerative diseases. Foundational studies on model genes established fundamental roles for mRNA 5' transcript leader (TL) sequences in controlling ribosome recruitment, scanning, and initiation. TL cis-regulatory elements and their corresponding trans-acting factors control cap-dependent initiation under unstressed conditions. Under stress, cap-dependent initiation is suppressed, and specific mRNA structures and sequences promote translation of stress-responsive transcripts to remodel the proteome. In this review, we summarize current knowledge of TL functions in translation initiation. We focus on insights from high-throughput analyses of ribosome occupancy, mRNA structure, RNA Binding Protein occupancy, and massively parallel reporter assays. These data-driven approaches, coupled with computational analyses and modeling, have paved the way for a comprehensive understanding of TL functions. Finally, we will discuss areas of future research on the roles of mRNA sequences and structures in translation. This article is categorized under: Translation > Translation Mechanisms RNA Evolution and Genomics > Computational Analyses of RNA RNA Structure and Dynamics > Influence of RNA Structure in Biological Systems.
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- Christina Akirtava
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Computational Biology Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Lyu X, Yang Q, Li L, Dang Y, Zhou Z, Chen S, Liu Y. Adaptation of codon usage to tRNA I34 modification controls translation kinetics and proteome landscape. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008836. [PMID: 32479508 PMCID: PMC7289440 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Codon usage bias is a universal feature of all genomes and plays an important role in regulating protein expression levels. Modification of adenosine to inosine at the tRNA anticodon wobble position (I34) by adenosine deaminases (ADATs) is observed in all eukaryotes and has been proposed to explain the correlation between codon usage and tRNA pool. However, how the tRNA pool is affected by I34 modification to influence codon usage-dependent gene expression is unclear. Using Neurospora crassa as a model system, by combining molecular, biochemical and bioinformatics analyses, we show that silencing of adat2 expression severely impaired the I34 modification levels for the ADAT-related tRNAs, resulting in major ADAT-related tRNA profile changes and reprogramming of translation elongation kinetics on ADAT-related codons. adat2 silencing also caused genome-wide codon usage-biased ribosome pausing on mRNAs and proteome landscape changes, leading to selective translational repression or induction of different mRNAs. The induced expression of CPC-1, the Neurospora ortholog of yeast GCN4p, mediates the transcriptional response after adat2 silencing and amino acid starvation. Together, our results demonstrate that the tRNA I34 modification by ADAT plays a major role in driving codon usage-biased translation to shape proteome landscape. Modification of transfer RNA (tRNA) can have profound impacts on gene expression by shaping cellular tRNA pool. How codon usage bias and tRNA profiles synergistically regulate gene expression is unclear. By combining molecular, biochemical and bioinformatics analyses, we showed that the correlation between genome codon usage and tRNA I34 (inosine 34) modification modulates translation elongation kinetics and proteome landscape. Inhibition of tRNA I34 modification causes codon usage-dependent ribosome pausing on mRNAs during translation and changes cellular protein contents in a codon usage biased manner. Together, our results demonstrate that the tRNA I34 modification plays a major role in driving codon usage-dependent translation to determine proteome landscape in a eukaryotic organism.
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- Xueliang Lyu
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Department of Physiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Changping District, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources and Center for Life Science, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- College of Life Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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Circadian clock control of eIF2α phosphorylation is necessary for rhythmic translation initiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:10935-10945. [PMID: 32355000 PMCID: PMC7245112 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1918459117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Circadian clock control of mRNA translation, which contributes to the daily cycling of at least 50% of the proteins synthesized in eukaryotic cells, is understudied. We show that the circadian clock in the model fungus Neurospora crassa regulates rhythms in phosphorylation and activity of the conserved translation initiation factor eIF2α, with a peak in phosphorylated eIF2α levels during the daytime. This leads to reduced mRNA translation of select messages during the day and increased translation at night. We demonstrate that rhythmic accumulation of phosphorylated eIF2α requires increased uncharged tRNA levels during the day to activate the eIF2α kinase, coordinating rhythmic translation initiation and protein production with nutrient and energy metabolism. The circadian clock in eukaryotes controls transcriptional and posttranscriptional events, including regulation of the levels and phosphorylation state of translation factors. However, the mechanisms underlying clock control of translation initiation, and the impact of this potential regulation on rhythmic protein synthesis, were not known. We show that inhibitory phosphorylation of eIF2α (P-eIF2α), a conserved translation initiation factor, is clock controlled in Neurospora crassa, peaking during the subjective day. Cycling P-eIF2α levels required rhythmic activation of the eIF2α kinase CPC-3 (the homolog of yeast and mammalian GCN2), and rhythmic activation of CPC-3 was abolished under conditions in which the levels of charged tRNAs were altered. Clock-controlled accumulation of P-eIF2α led to reduced translation during the day in vitro and was necessary for the rhythmic synthesis of select proteins in vivo. Finally, loss of rhythmic P-eIF2α levels led to reduced linear growth rates, supporting the idea that partitioning translation to specific times of day provides a growth advantage to the organism. Together, these results reveal a fundamental mechanism by which the clock regulates rhythmic protein production, and provide key insights into how rhythmic translation, cellular energy, stress, and nutrient metabolism are linked through the levels of charged versus uncharged tRNAs.
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Wallace EWJ, Maufrais C, Sales-Lee J, Tuck LR, de Oliveira L, Feuerbach F, Moyrand F, Natarajan P, Madhani HD, Janbon G. Quantitative global studies reveal differential translational control by start codon context across the fungal kingdom. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:2312-2331. [PMID: 32020195 PMCID: PMC7049704 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic protein synthesis generally initiates at a start codon defined by an AUG and its surrounding Kozak sequence context, but the quantitative importance of this context in different species is unclear. We tested this concept in two pathogenic Cryptococcus yeast species by genome-wide mapping of translation and of mRNA 5' and 3' ends. We observed thousands of AUG-initiated upstream open reading frames (uORFs) that are a major contributor to translation repression. uORF use depends on the Kozak sequence context of its start codon, and uORFs with strong contexts promote nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Transcript leaders in Cryptococcus and other fungi are substantially longer and more AUG-dense than in Saccharomyces. Numerous Cryptococcus mRNAs encode predicted dual-localized proteins, including many aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, in which a leaky AUG start codon is followed by a strong Kozak context in-frame AUG, separated by mitochondrial-targeting sequence. Analysis of other fungal species shows that such dual-localization is also predicted to be common in the ascomycete mould, Neurospora crassa. Kozak-controlled regulation is correlated with insertions in translational initiation factors in fidelity-determining regions that contact the initiator tRNA. Thus, start codon context is a signal that quantitatively programs both the expression and the structures of proteins in diverse fungi.
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- Edward W J Wallace
- Institute for Cell Biology and SynthSys, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie des ARN des Pathogènes Fongiques, Département de Mycologie, F-75015 Paris, France
- Institut Pasteur, HUB Bioinformatique et Biostatistique, C3BI, USR 3756 IP CNRS, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Institute for Cell Biology and SynthSys, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie des ARN des Pathogènes Fongiques, Département de Mycologie, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Génétique des Interactions Macromoléculaire, Département Génome et Génétique, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie des ARN des Pathogènes Fongiques, Département de Mycologie, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie des ARN des Pathogènes Fongiques, Département de Mycologie, F-75015 Paris, France
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Pan Y, Gao L, Zhang X, Qin Y, Liu G, Qu Y. The Role of Cross-Pathway Control Regulator CpcA in the Growth and Extracellular Enzyme Production of Penicillium oxalicum. Curr Microbiol 2019; 77:49-54. [PMID: 31701162 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-019-01803-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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CpcA is a conserved transcriptional activator for the cross-pathway control of amino acid biosynthetic genes in filamentous fungi. Previous studies of this regulator mainly revealed its function under amino acid starvation condition, where amino acid biosynthetic inhibitors were added in the culture. In this study, the biological function of CpcA in Penicillium oxalicum was investigated under different cultivation conditions. Disruption of cpcA led to decreased cell growth either in the presence or absence of histidine biosynthetic inhibitor, and the phenotype could be rescued by the addition of exogenous amino acid sources. In addition, CpcA was required for the rapid production of cellulase when cells were cultured on cellulose. Transcript abundance measurement showed that a set of amino acid biosynthetic genes as well as two major cellulase genes were significantly down-regulated in cpcA deletion mutant relative to wild type. Taken together, the results revealed the biological role of CpcA in supporting normal growth and extracellular enzyme production of P. oxalicum under amino acid non-starvation condition.
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- Yunjun Pan
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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Nowrousian M. Genomics and transcriptomics to study fruiting body development: An update. FUNGAL BIOL REV 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2018.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Wu C, Dasgupta A, Shen L, Bell-Pedersen D, Sachs MS. The cell free protein synthesis system from the model filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa. Methods 2018; 137:11-19. [PMID: 29294368 PMCID: PMC6047757 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2017.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) can be used in many applications to produce polypeptides and to analyze mechanisms of mRNA translation. Here we describe how to make and use a CPFS system from the model filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa. The extensive genetic resources available in this system provide capacities to exploit robust CFPS for understanding translational control. Included are procedures for the growth and harvesting of cells, the preparation of cell-free extracts that serve as the source of the translational machinery in the CFPS and the preparation of synthetic mRNA to program the CFPS. Methods to accomplish cell-free translation and analyze protein synthesis, and to map positions of ribosomes on mRNAs by toeprinting, are described.
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- Cheng Wu
- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3258, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3258, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3258, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3258, USA.
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Gunišová S, Hronová V, Mohammad MP, Hinnebusch AG, Valášek LS. Please do not recycle! Translation reinitiation in microbes and higher eukaryotes. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2018; 42:165-192. [PMID: 29281028 PMCID: PMC5972666 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fux059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Protein production must be strictly controlled at its beginning and end to synthesize a polypeptide that faithfully copies genetic information carried in the encoding mRNA. In contrast to viruses and prokaryotes, the majority of mRNAs in eukaryotes contain only one coding sequence, resulting in production of a single protein. There are, however, many exceptional mRNAs that either carry short open reading frames upstream of the main coding sequence (uORFs) or even contain multiple long ORFs. A wide variety of mechanisms have evolved in microbes and higher eukaryotes to prevent recycling of some or all translational components upon termination of the first translated ORF in such mRNAs and thereby enable subsequent translation of the next uORF or downstream coding sequence. These specialized reinitiation mechanisms are often regulated to couple translation of the downstream ORF to various stimuli. Here we review all known instances of both short uORF-mediated and long ORF-mediated reinitiation and present our current understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms of these intriguing modes of translational control.
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- Stanislava Gunišová
- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, Videnska 1083, Prague, 142 20, the Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, Videnska 1083, Prague, 142 20, the Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, Videnska 1083, Prague, 142 20, the Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, Videnska 1083, Prague, 142 20, the Czech Republic
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This review by Kearse and Wilusz discusses the profound impact of non-AUG start codons in eukaryotic translation. It describes how misregulation of non-AUG initiation events contributes to multiple human diseases, including cancer and neurodegeneration, and how modulation of non-AUG usage may represent a novel therapeutic strategy. Although it was long thought that eukaryotic translation almost always initiates at an AUG start codon, recent advancements in ribosome footprint mapping have revealed that non-AUG start codons are used at an astonishing frequency. These non-AUG initiation events are not simply errors but instead are used to generate or regulate proteins with key cellular functions; for example, during development or stress. Misregulation of non-AUG initiation events contributes to multiple human diseases, including cancer and neurodegeneration, and modulation of non-AUG usage may represent a novel therapeutic strategy. It is thus becoming increasingly clear that start codon selection is regulated by many trans-acting initiation factors as well as sequence/structural elements within messenger RNAs and that non-AUG translation has a profound impact on cellular states.
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- Michael G Kearse
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104 USA
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Near-Cognate Codons Contribute Complexity to Translation Regulation. mBio 2017; 8:mBio.01820-17. [PMID: 29114030 PMCID: PMC5676045 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01820-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The interplay between translation initiation, modification of translation initiation factors, and selection of start sites on mRNA for protein synthesis can play a regulatory role in the cellular response to stress, development, and cell fate in eukaryotic species by shaping the proteome. As shown by Ivanov et al. (mBio 8:e00844-17, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00844-17), in the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa, both upstream open reading frames (uORFs) and near-cognate start codons negatively or positively regulate the translation of the transcription factor CPC1 and production of CPC1 isoforms, which mediate the cellular response to amino acid starvation. Dissecting the physiological roles that differentiate cellular choice of translation initiation is an important parameter to understanding mechanisms that determine cell fate via gene regulation and protein synthesis.
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