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ArticleNucleic acids research2023

The structure and mechanism of action of a distinct class of dicistrovirus intergenic region IRESs.

Irina S Abaeva, Christina Young, Reid Warsaba, Nadiyah Khan, Lan Vy Tran, Eric Jan, Tatyana V Pestova, Christopher U T Hellen

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. RNAViruses · 2026
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  8. Ins and outs of IRES elements: function and significance.Biochemical Society transactions · 2025
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  11. ITAFProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Irina S AbaevaDepartment of Cell Biology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
Christina YoungDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Reid WarsabaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Nadiyah KhanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Lan Vy TranDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Eric JanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Tatyana V PestovaDepartment of Cell Biology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3543-256X
Christopher U T HellenDepartment of Cell Biology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3982-2090
University of British Columbia · CASUNY Downstate Health Sciences University · US

Funding

Mechanisms of eukaryotic translation and ribosome-associated mRNA surveillance and protein quality controlR35GM122602 · NIGMS · SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER · PI TATYANA V PESTOVA · 2017 to 2026
$4.8M
Non-canonical mechanisms of translation of viral mRNAsR01AI123406 · NIAID · SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER · PI HELLEN, CHRISTOPHER ULRICH TRISTRAM · 2016 to 2020
$3.1M
Alternative mechanisms of different stages in eukaryotic translationR01GM097014 · NIGMS · SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER · PI HELLEN, CHRISTOPHER ULRICH TRISTRAM · 2012 to 2022
$2.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI123406NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM097014NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122602NIH HHS R01 AI123406
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Internal ribosomal entry sites (IRESs) engage with the eukaryotic translation apparatus to promote end-independent initiation. We identified a conserved class of ∼150 nt long intergenic region (IGR) IRESs in dicistrovirus genomes derived from members of the phyla Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Entoprocta, Mollusca and Porifera. These IRESs, exemplified by Wenling picorna-like virus 2, resemble the canonical cricket paralysis virus (CrPV) IGR IRES in comprising two nested pseudoknots (PKII/PKIII) and a 3'-terminal pseudoknot (PKI) that mimics a tRNA anticodon stem-loop base-paired to mRNA. However, they are ∼50 nt shorter than CrPV-like IRESs, and PKIII is an H-type pseudoknot that lacks the SLIV and SLV stem-loops that are primarily responsible for the affinity of CrPV-like IRESs for the 40S ribosomal subunit and that restrict initial binding of PKI to its aminoacyl (A) site. Wenling-class IRESs bound strongly to 80S ribosomes but only weakly to 40S subunits. Whereas CrPV-like IRESs must be translocated from the A site to the peptidyl (P) site by elongation factor 2 for elongation to commence, Wenling-class IRESs bound directly to the P site of 80S ribosomes, and decoding begins without a prior translocation step. A chimeric CrPV clone containing a Wenling-class IRES was infectious, confirming that the IRES functioned in cells.

Indexed as

Internal Ribosome Entry SitesRNA VirusesBase SequenceDNA, IntergenicProtein BiosynthesisRibosomesRNA, ViralDNA, IntergenicInternal Ribosome Entry SitesRNA, Viral

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PMID37427788
PMCPMC10516663
OpenAlexW4383709536

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