Amyloidogenic Oligomerization Transforms Drosophila Orb2 from a Translation Repressor to an Activator

Memories are thought to be formed in response to transient experiences, in part through changes in local protein synthesis at synapses. In Drosophila, the amyloidogenic (prion-like) state of the RNA binding protein Orb2 has been implicated in long-term memory, but how conformational conversion of Orb2 promotes memory formation is unclear. Combining in vitro and in vivo studies, we find that the monomeric form of Orb2 represses translation and removes mRNA poly(A) tails, while the oligomeric form enhances translation and elongates the poly(A) tails and imparts its translational state to the monomer. The CG13928 protein, which binds only to monomeric Orb2, promotes deadenylation, whereas the putative poly(A) binding protein CG4612 promotes oligomeric Orb2-dependent translation. Our data support a model in which monomeric Orb2 keeps target mRNA in a translationally dormant state and experience-dependent conversion to the amyloidogenic state activates translation, resulting in persistent alteration of synaptic activity and stabilization of memory..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:163

Enthalten in:

Cell - 163(2015), 6, Seite 1468-1483

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khan, Mohammed Repon [VerfasserIn]
Li, Liying [Sonstige Person]
Pérez-Sánchez, Consuelo [Sonstige Person]
Saraf, Anita [Sonstige Person]
Florens, Laurence [Sonstige Person]
Slaughter, Brian D [Sonstige Person]
Unruh, Jay R [Sonstige Person]
Si, Kausik [Sonstige Person]

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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Themen:

Amyloidogenic Proteins - chemistry
Amyloidogenic Proteins - metabolism
Analysis
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins - chemistry
Drosophila Proteins - genetics
Drosophila Proteins - metabolism
Drosophila melanogaster - metabolism
Genetic translation
MRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors - chemistry
MRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors - metabolism
Oligomers
Protein binding
Protein biosynthesis
RNA
RNA-Binding Proteins - metabolism
Serine Endopeptidases - genetics
Transcription Factors - chemistry
Transcription Factors - metabolism

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RVK Klassifikation

doi:

10.1016/j.cell.2015.11.020

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1964377803