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ArticleNature structural & molecular biology2017

Rps26 directs mRNA-specific translation by recognition of Kozak sequence elements.

Max B Ferretti, Homa Ghalei, Ethan A Ward, Elizabeth L Potts, Katrin Karbstein

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Article in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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104citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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104 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 171 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Max B FerrettiDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2961-6362
Homa GhaleiDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, USA.
Ethan A WardDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, USA.
Elizabeth L PottsDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, USA.
Katrin KarbsteinDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4034-1331
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

Quality Control in Ribosome Assembly - the Function of Regulatory ProteinsR01GM086451 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI KARBSTEIN, KATRIN · 2009 to 2019
$4.8M
Understanding the basis of mRNA selectivity using ribosomes lacking Rps26F31GM116406 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS FLORIDA · PI FERRETTI, MAX · 2016 to 2017
$62k
NIGMS NIH HHS F31 GM116406NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM086451
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe a novel approach to separate two ribosome populations from the same cells and use this method in combination with RNA-seq to identify mRNAs bound to Saccharomyces cerevisiae ribosomes with and without Rps26, a protein linked to the pathogenesis of Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA). These analyses reveal that Rps26 contributes to mRNA-specific translation by recognition of the Kozak sequence in well-translated mRNAs and that Rps26-deficient ribosomes preferentially translate mRNA from select stress-response pathways. Surprisingly, exposure of yeast to these stresses leads to the formation of Rps26-deficient ribosomes and to the increased translation of their target mRNAs. These results describe a novel paradigm: the production of specialized ribosomes, which play physiological roles in augmenting the well-characterized transcriptional stress response with a heretofore unknown translational response, thereby creating a feed-forward loop in gene expression. Moreover, the simultaneous gain-of-function and loss-of-function phenotypes from Rps26-deficient ribosomes can explain the pathogenesis of DBA.

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Protein BiosynthesisProtein BindingRibosomal ProteinsRibosomesRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsRibosomal ProteinsRNA, MessengerRPS26A protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID28759050
PMCPMC5777333
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