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ArticleeLife2020

Ribosome collisions trigger cis-acting feedback inhibition of translation initiation.

Szymon Juszkiewicz, Greg Slodkowicz, Zhewang Lin, Paula Freire-Pritchett, Sew-Yeu Peak-Chew, Ramanujan S Hegde

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Article in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers.

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112citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

112 citing papers in PubMed, 183 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Szymon JuszkiewiczMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3361-7264
Greg Slodkowicz *MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6918-0386
Zhewang Lin *MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Paula Freire-PritchettMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Sew-Yeu Peak-ChewMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Ramanujan S HegdeMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8338-852X
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UP_A022_1007
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Translation of aberrant mRNAs can cause ribosomes to stall, leading to collisions with trailing ribosomes. Collided ribosomes are specifically recognised by ZNF598 to initiate protein and mRNA quality control pathways. Here we found using quantitative proteomics of collided ribosomes that EDF1 is a ZNF598-independent sensor of ribosome collisions. EDF1 stabilises GIGYF2 at collisions to inhibit translation initiation in cis via 4EHP. The GIGYF2 axis acts independently of the ZNF598 axis, but each pathway's output is more pronounced without the other. We propose that the widely conserved and highly abundant EDF1 monitors the transcriptome for excessive ribosome density, then triggers a GIGYF2-mediated response to locally and temporarily reduce ribosome loading. Only when collisions persist is translation abandoned to initiate ZNF598-dependent quality control. This tiered response to ribosome collisions would allow cells to dynamically tune translation rates while ensuring fidelity of the resulting protein products.

Indexed as

Protein Processing, Post-TranslationalCarrier ProteinsFeedback, PhysiologicalHEK293 CellsHumansProteomicsRibosomesRNA, MessengerCarrier ProteinsRNA, MessengerZNF598 protein, humancell biologynonequality controlribosometranslation

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PMID32657267
PMCPMC7381030
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