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| Journal Article | DKFZ-2025-01409 |
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2025
eLife Sciences Publications
Cambridge
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.7554/eLife.105311
Abstract: Translation initiation in eukaryotes requires a 40 S ribosome loaded with initiator tRNA which scans for an initiation codon. The initiator tRNA is usually recruited to the ribosome as part of a ternary complex composed of initiator tRNA, eIF2, and GTP. Although initiator tRNA recruitment was originally ascribed to another factor, eIF2A, it was later disproven and shown to occur via eIF2. Nonetheless, eIF2A is still considered a translation initiation factor because it binds the ribosome and shows genetic interactions with other initiation factors such as eIF4E. The exact function of eIF2A during translation initiation, however, remains unclear. Here, we use ribosome profiling and luciferase reporter assays to systematically test in HeLa cells the role of eIF2A in translation initiation, including translation of upstream ORFs. Since eIF2A is thought to take over the function of eIF2 when eIF2 is inhibited, we also test conditions where the integrated stress response is activated. In none of our assays, however, could we detect a role of eIF2A in translation initiation. It is possible that eIF2A plays a role in translation regulation in specific conditions that we have not tested here, or that it plays a role in a different aspect of RNA biology.
Keyword(s): Humans (MeSH) ; HeLa Cells (MeSH) ; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2: metabolism (MeSH) ; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2: genetics (MeSH) ; Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational (MeSH) ; Open Reading Frames (MeSH) ; Protein Biosynthesis (MeSH) ; Ribosomes: metabolism (MeSH) ; biochemistry ; chemical biology ; developmental biology ; eIF2 ; eIF2A ; human ; translation ; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2
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