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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 428, 期 10, 页码 2217-2227出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.04.019
关键词
ribosome; arrest peptides; nascent chain-mediated translational arrest; translational control; metabolite sensing
资金
- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
- European Union [PCIG14-GA-2013-631479]
- IdEx program of the University of Bordeaux [2015-0008]
- Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale [AJE201133]
- Conseil Regional d'Aquitaine [2012 13 01 009 POST-DOCTORAT]
In order to colonize a niche and compete for scarce resources, microorganisms have evolved means to adjust the expression levels of their biosynthetic enzymes in response to the changing levels of metabolites available to them. To do so, they often rely on transcription factors or structured RNAs that directly sense the concentration of metabolites and turn genes on or off accordingly. In some instances, however, a metabolite can be sensed by an actively translating ribosome bearing a nascent polypeptide whose specific amino acid sequence interferes with translation. These arrest peptides lead to the formation of stalled ribosome nascent chain complexes on the mRNA that can regulate the expression of downstream genes through transcriptional or translational mechanisms. Although this process was discovered over three and a half decades ago, the extent to which arrest peptides regulate gene expression in response to cell metabolites is unknown. Here, we examine the physical constraints imposed by the ribosome on peptide-mediated ligand sensing and review attempts to assess the diversity of arrest peptides to date. In addition, we outline a possible way forward to establish how pervasive metabolite sensing by arrest peptides is in nature. (c) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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