Determinants of translation elongation speed and ribosomal profiling biases in mouse embryonic stem cells.
Determinants of translation elongation speed and ribosomal profiling biases in mouse embryonic stem cells.
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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002755
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2012
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4.3
通讯作者:
Tuller T
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Dana A;Tuller T
Ribosomal profiling is a promising approach with increasing popularity for studying translation. This approach enables monitoring the ribosomal density along genes at a resolution of single nucleotides. In this study, we focused on ribosomal density profiles of mouse embryonic stem cells. Our analysis suggests, for the first time, that even in mammals such as M. musculus the elongation speed is significantly and directly affected by determinants of the coding sequence such as: 1) the adaptation of codons to the tRNA pool; 2) the local mRNA folding of the coding sequence; 3) the local charge of amino acids encoded in the codon sequence. In addition, our analyses suggest that in general, the translation velocity of ribosomes is slower at the beginning of the coding sequence and tends to increase downstream. Finally, a comparison of these data to the expected biophysical behavior of translation suggests that it suffers from some unknown biases. Specifically, the ribosomal flux measured on the experimental data increases along the coding sequence; however, according to any biophysical model of ribosomal movement lacking internal initiation sites, the flux is expected to remain constant or decrease. Thus, developing experimental and/or statistical methods for understanding, detecting and dealing with such biases is of high importance. Gene translation is the process by which ribosomes translate mRNA molecules to proteins, a central process in all living organisms. Thus, understanding the biophysics of gene translation and the way its efficiency is encoded in the different features of the coding sequence has ramifications to every biomedical discipline. Recently, a new large-scale experimental approach named ‘ribosomal profiling’, has been developed for monitoring the ribosomal density at a resolution of single nucleotides. In this study, we analyzed ribosomal profiling data of mouse embryonic stem cells. These data enabled us to directly show that translation velocity is affected by the adaptation of codons to the tRNA pool, local mRNA folding of coding sequence, and local charge of the amino acids encoded in the coding sequence. In addition, our analyses suggest that ribosomal speed tends to be slower at the beginning of the coding sequence. Finally, we report possible biases in the ‘ribosomal profiling’ procedure that should be considered in future studies utilizing this method.
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