Critical -parameters Influence STructure Assisted RNA Translation (START) Initiation on Non-AUG Codons in Eukaryotes

Overview

Journal NAR Genom Bioinform

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Biology

Date 2024 Jun 12

PMID 38863530

Authors

Antonin Tidu

Fatima Alghoul

Laurence Despons

Gilbert Eriani

Franck Martin

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Abstract

In eukaryotes, translation initiation is a highly regulated process, which combines regulatory sequences located on the messenger RNA along with acting factors like eukaryotic initiation factors (eIF). One critical step of translation initiation is the start codon recognition by the scanning 43S particle, which leads to ribosome assembly and protein synthesis. In this study, we investigated the involvement of secondary structures downstream the initiation codon in the so-called START (STructure-Assisted RNA translation) mechanism on AUG and non-AUG translation initiation. The results demonstrate that downstream secondary structures can efficiently promote non-AUG translation initiation if they are sufficiently stable to stall a scanning 43S particle and if they are located at an optimal distance from non-AUG codons to stabilize the codon-anticodon base pairing in the P site. The required stability of the downstream structure for efficient translation initiation varies in distinct cell types. We extended this study to genome-wide analysis of functionally characterized alternative translation initiation sites in . This analysis revealed that about 25% of these sites have an optimally located downstream secondary structure of adequate stability which could elicit START, regardless of the start codon. We validated the impact of these structures on translation initiation for several selected uORFs.

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