Deconstructing the individual steps of vertebrate translation initiation
Giess, A.; Torres Cleuren, Y. N.; Tjeldnes, H.; Krause, M.; Bizuayehu, T. T.; Hiensch, S.; Okon, A.; Wagner, C. R.; Valen, E.
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Translation initiation is often attributed as the rate determining step of eukaryotic protein synthesis and key to gene expression control 1. Despite this centrality the series of steps involved in this process are poorly understood 2,3. Here we capture the transcriptome-wide occupancy of ribosomes across all stages of translation initiation, enabling us to characterize the transcriptome-wide dynamics of ribosome recruitment to mRNAs, scanning across 5 UTRs and stop codon recognition, in a higher eukaryote. We provide mechanistic evidence for ribosomes attaching to the mRNA by threading the mRNA through the small subunit. Moreover, we identify features regulating the recruitment and processivity of scanning ribosomes, redefine optimal initiation contexts and demonstrate endoplasmic reticulum specific regulation of initiation. Our approach enables deconvoluting translation initiation into separate stages and identifying the regulators at each step.
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