Translation control: bridging the gap between genomics and proteomics? - PubMed (original) (raw)

Translation control: bridging the gap between genomics and proteomics?

B Pradet-Balade et al. Trends Biochem Sci. 2001 Apr.

Abstract

mRNA profiling enables the expression levels of thousands of transcripts in a cell to be monitored simultaneously. Nevertheless, analyses in yeast and mammalian cells have demonstrated that mRNA levels alone are unreliable indicators of the corresponding protein abundances. This discrepancy between mRNA and protein levels argues for the relevance of additional control mechanisms besides transcription. As translational control is a major mechanism regulating gene expression, the use of translated mRNA in profiling experiments might depict the proteome more closely than does the use of total mRNA. This would combine the technical potential of genomics with the physiological relevance of proteomics.

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