内部核糖体进入位点
翻译(生物学)
蛋白质二级结构
真核翻译
计算生物学
生物
核糖体
核糖核酸
核酸结构
信使核糖核酸
遗传学
基因
生物化学
作者
Alan Maloney,Simpson Joseph
出处
期刊:Biochemistry
[American Chemical Society]
日期:2023-12-11
卷期号:63 (1): 107-115
标识
DOI:10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00579
摘要
The encephalomyocarditis virus internal ribosome entry site (EMCV IRES) is a structured RNA sequence found in the 5' UTR of the genomic RNA of the encephalomyocarditis virus. The EMCV IRES structure facilitates efficient translation initiation without needing a 5' m7G cap or the cap-binding protein eIF4E. The secondary structure of IRES has been the subject of several previous studies, and a number of different structural models have been proposed. Though some domains of the IRES are conserved across the different secondary structure models, domain I of the IRES varies greatly across them. A literature comparison led to the identification of three regions of interest that display structural heterogeneity within past secondary structure models. To test the accuracy of the secondary structure models in these regions, we employed mutational analysis and SHAPE probing. Mutational analysis revealed that two helical regions within the identified regions of interest are important for IRES translation. These helical regions are consistent with only one of the structure predictions in the literature and do not form in EMCV IRES structures predicted using modern secondary structure prediction methods. The importance of these regions is further supported by multiple SHAPE protections when probing was performed after in vitro translation, indicating that these regions are involved in the IRES translation complex. This work validates a published structure and demonstrates the importance of domain I during EMCV IRES translation initiation.
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