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ArticleNature chemical biology2024

Boric acid intercepts 80S ribosome migration from AUG-stop by stabilizing eRF1.

Mayuki Tanaka, Takeshi Yokoyama, Hironori Saito, Madoka Nishimoto, Kengo Tsuda, Naoyuki Sotta, Hideki Shigematsu, Mikako Shirouzu, Shintaro Iwasaki, Takuhiro Ito and 1 more

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Mayuki Tanaka *Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2069-8608
Takeshi Yokoyama *RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0299-9140
Hironori Saito *Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan.
Madoka NishimotoRIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0948-2504
Kengo TsudaRIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
Naoyuki SottaGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5558-5155
Hideki ShigematsuRIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3951-8651
Mikako ShirouzuRIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-2149
Shintaro IwasakiGraduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan. shintaro.iwasaki@riken.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7724-3754
Takuhiro ItoRIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. takuhiro.ito@riken.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3704-5205
Toru FujiwaraGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. atorufu@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5363-6040
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research · JPThe University of Tokyo · JPPioneer (United States) · USRIKEN · JPSPring-8 · JPTohoku University · JP

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP23gm1410001MEXT | Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) JPMJPR20EGMEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP18H05490MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP18K06278MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP19H02959MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP19H05637MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP20H05784
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In response to environmental changes, cells flexibly and rapidly alter gene expression through translational controls. In plants, the translation of NIP5;1, a boric acid diffusion facilitator, is downregulated in response to an excess amount of boric acid in the environment through upstream open reading frames (uORFs) that consist of only AUG and stop codons. However, the molecular details of how this minimum uORF controls translation of the downstream main ORF in a boric acid-dependent manner have remained unclear. Here, by combining ribosome profiling, translation complex profile sequencing, structural analysis with cryo-electron microscopy and biochemical assays, we show that the 80S ribosome assembled at AUG-stop migrates into the subsequent RNA segment, followed by downstream translation initiation, and that boric acid impedes this process by the stable confinement of eukaryotic release factor 1 on the 80S ribosome on AUG-stop. Our results provide molecular insight into translation regulation by a minimum and environment-responsive uORF.

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Boric AcidsProtein BiosynthesisRibosomesArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCodon, TerminatorCryoelectron MicroscopyOpen Reading FramesPeptide Termination FactorsArabidopsis Proteinsboric acidBoric AcidsCodon, TerminatorPeptide Termination Factors

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PMID38267667
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