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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 179-189Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.03.013
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- Medical Research Council [MC_U127584479] Funding Source: Medline
- MRC [MC_U127584479] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MC_U127584479] Funding Source: researchfish
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The SIR protein SF2/ASF has been initially characterized as a splicing factor but has also been shown to mediate postsplicing activities such as mRNA export and translation. Here we demonstrate that SF2/ASF promotes translation initiation of bound mRNAs and that this activity requires the presence of the cytoplasmic cap-binding protein elF4E. SF2/ASF promotes translation initiation by suppressing the activity of 4E-BP, acompetitive inhibitor of cap-dependent translation. This activity is mediated by interactions of SF2/ASF with both mTOR and the phosphatase PP2A, two key regulators of 4E-BP phosphorylation. These findings suggest the model whereby SF2/ ASF functions as an adaptor protein to recruit the signaling molecules responsible for regulation of cap-dependent translation of specific mRNAs. Taken together, these data suggest a novel mechanism for the activation of translation initiation of a subset of mRNAs bound by the shuttling protein SF2/ASF.
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