RAN-Translation
Repeat Associated Non-AUG translation, or RAN translation, is an irregular mode of mRNA translation initiation that can occur in eukaryotic cells.[1][2]
Mechanism
For the majority of eukaryotic messenger RNAs (mRNAs), translation initiates from a methionine-encoding AUG start codon following the molecular processes of 'cap-binding' and 'scanning' by ribosomal pre-initiation complexes (PICs). In rare exceptions, such as translation by viral IRES-containing mRNAs, 'cap-binding' and/or 'scanning' are not required for initiation, although AUG is still typically used as the first codon. RAN translation is an exception to the canonical rules as it uses variable start site selection and initiates from a non-AUG codon, but may still depend on 'cap-binding' and 'scanning'.[3]
Disease
RAN translation produces a variety of dipeptide repeat proteins by translation of expanded trinucleotide repeats present in an intron of the C9orf72 gene. The expansion of the trinucleotide repeats and thus accumulation of dipeptide repeat proteins are thought to cause cellular toxicity that leads to neurodegeneration in ALS disease.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
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- ↑ Gregory P. Copenhaver, Christopher E. Pearson: Repeat Associated Non-ATG Translation Initiation: One DNA, Two Transcripts, Seven Reading Frames, Potentially Nine Toxic Entities! In: PLoS Genetics. 7. Jahrgang, Nr. 3, 2011, ISSN 1553-7404, S. e1002018, doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002018.
- ↑ Diana C. Cox, Thomas A. Cooper: Non-canonical RAN Translation of CGG Repeats Has Canonical Requirements. In: Molecular Cell. 62. Jahrgang, Nr. 2, 2016, ISSN 1097-2765, S. 155–156, doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2016.04.004.
- ↑ Abigail J. Renoux, Peter K. Todd: Neurodegeneration the RNA way. In: Progress in Neurobiology. 97. Jahrgang, Nr. 2, 2012, ISSN 0301-0082, S. 173–189, doi:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2011.10.006.
- ↑ Paulina Strzyz: Translation: The features of pathologic RAN translation. In: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 17. Jahrgang, Nr. 5, 2016, ISSN 1471-0072, S. 264–264, doi:10.1038/nrm.2016.52.
- ↑ Monica Bañez-Coronel, Fatma Ayhan, Alex D. Tarabochia, Tao Zu, Barbara A. Perez, Solaleh Khoramian Tusi, Olga Pletnikova, David R. Borchelt, Christopher A. Ross, Russell L. Margolis, Anthony T. Yachnis, Juan C. Troncoso, Laura P.W. Ranum: RAN Translation in Huntington Disease. In: Neuron. 88. Jahrgang, Nr. 4, 2015, ISSN 0896-6273, S. 667–677, doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2015.10.038.
- ↑ Michael G. Kearse, Katelyn M. Green, Amy Krans, Caitlin M. Rodriguez, Alexander E. Linsalata, Aaron C. Goldstrohm, Peter K. Todd: CGG Repeat-Associated Non-AUG Translation Utilizes a Cap-Dependent Scanning Mechanism of Initiation to Produce Toxic Proteins. In: Molecular Cell. 62. Jahrgang, Nr. 2, 2016, ISSN 1097-2765, S. 314–322, doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2016.02.034.
- ↑ Katelyn M. Green, Alexander E. Linsalata, Peter K. Todd: RAN translation—What makes it run? In: Brain Research. 1647. Jahrgang, 2016, ISSN 0006-8993, S. 30–42, doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2016.04.003.
- ↑ K. Mori, S.-M. Weng, T. Arzberger, S. May, K. Rentzsch, E. Kremmer, B. Schmid, H. A. Kretzschmar, M. Cruts, C. Van Broeckhoven, C. Haass, D. Edbauer: The C9orf72 GGGGCC Repeat Is Translated into Aggregating Dipeptide-Repeat Proteins in FTLD/ALS. In: Science. 339. Jahrgang, Nr. 6125, 2013, ISSN 0036-8075, S. 1335–1338, doi:10.1126/science.1232927.