Trans-Acting Effectors Versus RNA Cis-Elements : A Tightly Knit Regulatory Mesh

Copyright © 2020 Carrier, Ng Kwan Lim, Jeannotte and Massé..

Prokaryotic organisms often react instantly to environmental variations to ensure their survival. They can achieve this by rapidly and specifically modulating translation, the critical step of protein synthesis. The translation machinery responds to an array of cis-acting elements, located on the RNA transcript, which dictate the fate of mRNAs. These cis-encoded elements, such as RNA structures or sequence motifs, interact with a variety of regulators, among them small regulatory RNAs. These small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) are especially effective at modulating translation initiation through their interaction with cis-encoded mRNA elements. Here, through selected examples of canonical and non-canonical regulatory events, we demonstrate the intimate connection between mRNA cis-encoded features and sRNA-dependent translation regulation. We also address how sRNA-based mechanistic studies can drive the discovery of new roles for cis-elements. Finally, we briefly overview the challenges of using translation regulation by synthetic regulators as a tool.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in microbiology - 11(2020) vom: 18., Seite 609237

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Carrier, Marie-Claude [VerfasserIn]
Ng Kwan Lim, Evelyne [VerfasserIn]
Jeannotte, Gabriel [VerfasserIn]
Massé, Eric [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cis regulatory elements
Journal Article
Regulatory mechanisms
Review
Small regulatory RNAs
Translational determinants
Translational enhancers
Translational regulation

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Date Revised 02.01.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fmicb.2020.609237

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319487180