Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31727855›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2020

TTC5 mediates autoregulation of tubulin via mRNA degradation.

Zhewang Lin, Ivana Gasic, Viswanathan Chandrasekaran, Niklas Peters, Sichen Shao, Timothy J Mitchison, Ramanujan S Hegde

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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80citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 135 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhewang LinMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1301-6661
Ivana GasicDepartment of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4824-8174
Viswanathan ChandrasekaranMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0871-4740
Niklas PetersMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5326-3566
Sichen ShaoDepartment of Cell Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2679-5537
Timothy J MitchisonDepartment of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Ramanujan S HegdeMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK. rhegde@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-8338-852X
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GBHarvard University · US

Funding

Cell and Chemical Biology of MicrotubulesR35GM131753 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI Timothy J Mitchison · 2019 to 2026
$6.4M
MIR : Microtubule Integrity ResponseR01GM122784 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MITCHISON, TIMOTHY J · 2018 to 2019
$803k
Medical Research Council MC_U105184332Medical Research Council MC_UP_A022_1007NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM122784NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131753Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tubulins play crucial roles in cell division, intracellular traffic, and cell shape. Tubulin concentration is autoregulated by feedback control of messenger RNA (mRNA) degradation via an unknown mechanism. We identified tetratricopeptide protein 5 (TTC5) as a tubulin-specific ribosome-associating factor that triggers cotranslational degradation of tubulin mRNAs in response to excess soluble tubulin. Structural analysis revealed that TTC5 binds near the ribosome exit tunnel and engages the amino terminus of nascent tubulins. TTC5 mutants incapable of ribosome or nascent tubulin interaction abolished tubulin autoregulation and showed chromosome segregation defects during mitosis. Our findings show how a subset of mRNAs can be targeted for coordinated degradation by a specificity factor that recognizes the nascent polypeptides they encode.

Indexed as

Feedback, PhysiologicalRNA StabilityHEK293 CellsHumansMutationProtein BiosynthesisRibosomesRNA, MessengerTranscription FactorsTubulinRNA, MessengerTranscription FactorsTTC5 protein, humanTubulin

Identifiers

PMID31727855
PMCPMC6942541
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