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ArticleRNA biology2017

The bent conformation of poly(A)-binding protein induced by RNA-binding is required for its translational activation function.

Ka Young Hong, Seung Hwan Lee, Sohyun Gu, Eunah Kim, Sihyeon An, Junyoung Kwon, Jong-Bong Lee, Sung Key Jang

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Article in RNA biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ka Young Honga Department of Life Sciences , Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang, Gyeongbuk , South Korea.
Seung Hwan Leeb School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience & Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang, Gyeongbuk , South Korea.
Sohyun Gua Department of Life Sciences , Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang, Gyeongbuk , South Korea.
Eunah Kima Department of Life Sciences , Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang, Gyeongbuk , South Korea.
Sihyeon Ana Department of Life Sciences , Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang, Gyeongbuk , South Korea.
Junyoung Kwona Department of Life Sciences , Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang, Gyeongbuk , South Korea.
Jong-Bong Leeb School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience & Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang, Gyeongbuk , South Korea.
Sung Key Janga Department of Life Sciences , Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang, Gyeongbuk , South Korea.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A recent study revealed that poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) bound to poly(A) RNA exhibits a sharply bent configuration at the linker region between RNA-recognition motif 2 (RRM2) and RRM3, whereas free PABP exhibits a highly flexible linear configuration. However, the physiological role of the bent structure of mRNA-bound PABP remains unknown. We investigated a role of the bent structure of PABP by constructing a PABP variant that fails to form the poly(A)-dependent bent structure but maintains its poly(A)-binding activity. We found that the bent structure of PABP/poly(A) complex is required for PABP's efficient interaction with eIF4G and eIF4G/eIF4E complex. Moreover, the mutant PABP had compromised translation activation function and failed to augment the formation of 80S translation initiation complex in an in vitro translation system. These results suggest that the bent conformation of PABP, which is induced by the interaction with 3' poly(A) tail, mediates poly(A)-dependent translation by facilitating the interaction with eIF4G and the eIF4G/eIF4E complex. The preferential binding of the eIF4G/eIF4E complex to the bent PABP/poly(A) complex seems to be a mechanism discriminating the mRNA-bound PABPs participating in translation from the idling mRNA-unbound PABPs.

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Protein BiosynthesisProtein ConformationEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4GHumansMultiprotein ComplexesMutationPoly(A)-Binding ProteinsProtein BindingRibosomesRNA, MessengerStructure-Activity RelationshipEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4GMultiprotein ComplexesPoly(A)-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerBent structurePABPPABP-eIF4G interactionpoly(A) tailtranslation

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PMID28095120
PMCPMC5367257
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