Regulation of translation via mRNA structure in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

M Kozak - Gene, 2005 - Elsevier
The mechanism of initiation of translation differs between prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and
the strategies used for regulation differ accordingly. Translation in prokaryotes is usually …

The A–Z of bacterial translation inhibitors

DN Wilson - Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Protein synthesis is one of the major targets in the cell for antibiotics. This review endeavors
to provide a comprehensive “post-ribosome structure” A–Z of the huge diversity of antibiotics …

Translation initiation of leaderless and polycistronic transcripts in mammalian mitochondria

C Remes, A Khawaja, SF Pearce… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The synthesis of mitochondrial OXPHOS complexes is central to cellular metabolism, yet
many molecular details of mitochondrial translation remain elusive. It has been commonly …

Leaderless transcripts and small proteins are common features of the mycobacterial translational landscape

SS Shell, J Wang, P Lapierre, M Mir, MR Chase… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
RNA-seq technologies have provided significant insight into the transcription networks of
mycobacteria. However, such studies provide no definitive information on the translational …

Genome-wide mapping of transcriptional start sites defines an extensive leaderless transcriptome in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

T Cortes, OT Schubert, G Rose, KB Arnvig, I Comas… - Cell reports, 2013 - cell.com
Deciphering physiological changes that mediate transition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
between replicating and nonreplicating states is essential to understanding how the …

Protein synthesis by ribosomes with tethered subunits

C Orelle, ED Carlson, T Szal, T Florin, MC Jewett… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The ribosome is a ribonucleoprotein machine responsible for protein synthesis. In all
kingdoms of life it is composed of two subunits, each built on its own ribosomal RNA (rRNA) …

Selective translation of leaderless mRNAs by specialized ribosomes generated by MazF in Escherichia coli

O Vesper, S Amitai, M Belitsky, K Byrgazov… - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
Escherichia coli (E. coli) mazEF is a stress-induced toxin-antitoxin (TA) module. The toxin
MazF is an endoribonuclease that cleaves single-stranded mRNAs at ACA sequences …

Initiation of mRNA translation in bacteria: structural and dynamic aspects

CO Gualerzi, CL Pon - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2015 - Springer
Initiation of mRNA translation is a major checkpoint for regulating level and fidelity of protein
synthesis. Being rate limiting in protein synthesis, translation initiation also represents the …

How hibernation factors RMF, HPF, and YfiA turn off protein synthesis

YS Polikanov, GM Blaha, TA Steitz - Science, 2012 - science.org
Eubacteria inactivate their ribosomes as 100 S dimers or 70 S monomers upon entry into
stationary phase. In Escherichia coli, 100 S dimer formation is mediated by ribosome …

Comprehensive analysis of the Corynebacterium glutamicum transcriptome using an improved RNAseq technique

K Pfeifer-Sancar, A Mentz, C Rückert, J Kalinowski - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background The use of RNAseq to resolve the transcriptional organization of an
organism was established in recent years and also showed the complexity and dynamics of …