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ReviewAnnual review of genetics2015

Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay: Degradation of Defective Transcripts Is Only Part of the Story.

Feng He, Allan Jacobson

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Review in Annual review of genetics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 199 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

199 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Feng HeDepartment of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655; email: feng.he@umassmed.edu , allan.jacobson@umassmed.edu.
Allan JacobsonDepartment of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655; email: feng.he@umassmed.edu , allan.jacobson@umassmed.edu.

Funding

Messenger RNA Metabolism in YeastR37GM027757 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI JACOBSON, ALLAN S · 2005 to 2014
$6.3M
MESSENGER RNA METABOLISM IN YEASTR01GM027757 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI JACOBSON, ALLAN S · 1985 to 2016
$3.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM027757NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM027757NIGMS NIH HHS R37GM27757
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a eukaryotic surveillance mechanism that monitors cytoplasmic mRNA translation and targets mRNAs undergoing premature translation termination for rapid degradation. From yeasts to humans, activation of NMD requires the function of the three conserved Upf factors: Upf1, Upf2, and Upf3. Here, we summarize the progress in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of NMD in several model systems and discuss recent experiments that address the roles of Upf1, the principal regulator of NMD, in the initial targeting and final degradation of NMD-susceptible mRNAs. We propose a unified model for NMD in which the Upf factors provide several functions during premature termination, including the stimulation of release factor activity and the dissociation and recycling of ribosomal subunits. In this model, the ultimate degradation of the mRNA is the last step in a complex premature termination process.

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AnimalsHumansMammalsNonsense Mediated mRNA DecayPeptide Chain Termination, TranslationalPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA HelicasesTrans-ActivatorsTranscription FactorsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA HelicasesSMG1 protein, humanTrans-ActivatorsTranscription FactorsUPF1 protein, humanUPF2 protein, humanUPF3A protein, humanquality controlribosome dissociationtranslation terminationUpf proteins

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PMID26436458
PMCPMC4837945

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