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Reinitiation and other unconventional posttermination events during eukaryotic translation

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Abstract

During ribosome recycling, posttermination complexes are dissociated by ABCE1 and eRF1 into 60Sand tRNA/mRNA-associated 40S subunits, after which tRNA and mRNA are released by eIF1/eIF1A, Ligatin, or MCT-1/DENR. Occasionally, 40S subunits remain associated with mRNA and reinitiate at nearby AUGs. We recapitulated reinitiation using a reconstituted mammalian translation system. The presence of eIF2, eIF3, eIF1, eIF1A, and Met-tRNAiMet was sufficient for recycled 40S subunits to remain on mRNA, scan bidirectionally, and reinitiate at upstream and downstream AUGs if mRNA regions flanking the stop codon were unstructured. Imposition of3' directionality additionally required eIF4F. Strikingly, posttermination ribosomes were not stably anchored on mRNA and migrated bidirectionally tocodons cognate to the P site tRNA. Migration depended onthe mode of peptide release (puromycin> eRF1{dot operator}eRF3) and nature of tRNA and was enhanced by eEF2. The mobility of postterminationribosomes suggests that some reinitiation eventscould involve 80S ribosomes rather than 40S subunits.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)249-264
Number of pages16
JournalMolecular Cell
Volume51
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 25 2013

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