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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
mRNA translation in crude extracts from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is stimulated by the cap structure and the poly(A) tail through the binding of the cap-binding protein eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) and the poly(A) tail-binding protein Pab1p. These proteins also bind to the translation initiation factor eIF4G and thereby link the mRNA to the general translational apparatus. In contrast, uncapped, poly(A)-deficient mRNA is translated poorly in yeast extracts, in part because of the absence of eIF4E and Pab1p binding sites on the mRNA. Here, we report that uncapped-mRNA translation is also repressed in yeast extracts due to the binding of eIF4E to eIF4G. Specifically, we find that mutations which weaken the eIF4E binding site on the yeast eIF4G proteins Tif4631p and Tif4632p lead to temperature-sensitive growth in vivo and the stimulation of uncapped-mRNA translation in vitro. A mutation in eIF4E which disturbs its ability to interact with eIF4G also leads to a stimulation of uncapped-mRNA translation in vitro. Finally, overexpression of eIF4E in vivo or the addition of excess eIF4E in vitro reverses these effects of the mutations. These data support the hypothesis that the eIF4G protein can efficiently stimulate translation of exogenous uncapped mRNA in extracts but is prevented from doing so as a result of its association with eIF4E. They also suggest that some mRNAs may be translationally regulated in vivo in response to the amount of free eIF4G in the cell.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0270-7306
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6876-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9372919-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4G, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-Peptide Initiation Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-RNA, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-RNA Cap Analogs, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-RNA Caps, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pubmed-meshheading:9372919-Temperature
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Binding of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) to eIF4G represses translation of uncapped mRNA.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 94720, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't