Reprogramming of tRNA modifications controls the oxidative stress response by codon-biased translation of proteins
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Chan, Tsz Yan Clement
Pang, Yan Ling Joy
Deng, Wenjun
Indrakanti, Ramesh Babu
Dyavaiah, Madhu
Begley, Thomas J.
Dedon, Peter C.
Date Issued
July 2012
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Nature Communications
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Nature Publishing Group
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Chan, Clement T.Y. et al. “Reprogramming of tRNA Modifications Controls the Oxidative Stress Response by Codon-biased Translation of Proteins.” Nature Communications 3 (2012): 937.
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Abstract
Selective translation of survival proteins is an important facet of the cellular stress response. We recently demonstrated that this translational control involves a stress-specific reprogramming of modified ribonucleosides in tRNA. Here we report the discovery of a step-wise translational control mechanism responsible for survival following oxidative stress. In yeast exposed to hydrogen peroxide, there is a Trm4 methyltransferase-dependent increase in the proportion of tRNA[superscript Leu(CAA)] containing m[superscript 5]C at the wobble position, which causes selective translation of mRNA from genes enriched in the TTG codon. Of these genes, oxidative stress increases protein expression from the TTG-enriched ribosomal protein gene RPL22A, but not its unenriched paralogue. Loss of either TRM4 or RPL22A confers hypersensitivity to oxidative stress. Proteomic analysis reveals that oxidative stress causes a significant translational bias towards proteins coded by TTG-enriched genes. These results point to stress-induced reprogramming of tRNA modifications and consequential reprogramming of ribosomes in translational control of cell survival.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
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https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1938
