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mRNA length-sensing in eukaryotic translation: reconsidering the “closed loop” and its implications for translational control

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dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
dc.contributor Thompson, Mary Katherine
dc.contributor Gilbert, Wendy
dc.creator Thompson, Mary Katherine
dc.creator Gilbert, Wendy
dc.date 2017-07-11T12:40:28Z
dc.date 2017-10-01T05:00:06Z
dc.date 2016-12
dc.date 2016-12
dc.date 2017-07-11T04:03:10Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:09:51Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:09:51Z
dc.identifier 0172-8083
dc.identifier 1432-0983
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110612
dc.identifier Thompson, Mary K. and Gilbert, Wendy V. “mRNA Length-Sensing in Eukaryotic Translation: Reconsidering the ‘closed Loop’ and Its Implications for Translational Control.” Current Genetics 63, no. 4 (December 2016): 613–620 © 2016 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
dc.identifier https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-6916
dc.identifier https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2807-9657
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/278992
dc.description Most eukaryotic mRNAs are recruited to the ribosome by recognition of a 5ʹ m7GpppN cap. 30 years of genetic and biochemical evidence point to a role for interaction between the 5ʹ cap-interacting factors and the 3ʹ poly(A)-binding protein in bringing the ends of the mRNA into close proximity and promoting both translation and stability of the mRNA, in a form known as the “closed loop”. However, the results of recent RNA–protein interaction studies suggest that not all mRNAs have equal access to the closed loop factors. Furthermore, association with closed loop factors appears to be highly biased towards mRNAs with short open reading frames, echoing the trend for higher translation of short mRNAs that has been observed in many eukaryotes. We recently reported that the ribosomal signaling scaffold protein RACK1 promotes the efficient translation of short mRNAs that strongly associate with the closed loop factors. Here, we discuss the implications of these observations with respect to translational control and suggest avenues through which the universality of the closed loop in eukaryotic translation could be revisited.
dc.description National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (GM094303)
dc.description National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (T32GM007287)
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Springer-Verlag
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00294-016-0674-3
dc.relation Current Genetics
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.rights Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
dc.source Springer Berlin Heidelberg
dc.title mRNA length-sensing in eukaryotic translation: reconsidering the “closed loop” and its implications for translational control
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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