Phosphorylation of initiation factor eIF-2 alpha, binding of mRNA to 48 S complexes, and its reutilization in initiation of protein synthesis - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1983 Dec 10;258(23):14556-62.

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Phosphorylation of initiation factor eIF-2 alpha, binding of mRNA to 48 S complexes, and its reutilization in initiation of protein synthesis

A De Benedetti et al. J Biol Chem. 1983.

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Abstract

The formation of 80 S initiation complexes containing labeled viral mRNA was drastically inhibited when mRNA binding assays were carried out with reticulocyte lysate preincubated with double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). When the assays were analyzed by centrifugation on sucrose gradients, the mRNA incubated with lysate pretreated with dsRNA sedimented as a 48 S complex. Met-tRNA, GDP, and phosphorylated initiation factor eIF-2(alpha P) were shown to co-sediment with the 48 S complex. Therefore, the formation of this complex was attributed to the phosphorylation of eIF-2 alpha by a dsRNA-activated protein kinase. These observations suggested that mRNA could bind to a 40 S ribosomal subunit containing Met-tRNAf, GDP, and eIF-2(alpha P), but the joining of a 60 S ribosomal subunit was inhibited. When the 48 S complex was isolated and incubated with lysate without added dsRNA, the mRNA could form 80 S initiation complexes. The shift of mRNA from 48 S to 80 S complexes was also observed when the eIF-2 alpha kinase activity was inhibited by the addition of 2-aminopurine. This shift was quite slow, however, when compared to the rate of binding of free mRNA to 80 S initiation complexes. The 2-aminopurine was effective in reversing the inhibition of protein synthesis by dsRNA and in maintaining a linear rate of protein synthesis for 3 h in lysates. Without added 2-aminopurine, protein synthesis was inhibited after 90 min even in lysates supplemented with hemin and eIF-2(alpha P) was detected in these lysates. This finding indicated that eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation could be in part responsible for limiting the duration of protein synthesis in mammalian cell-free systems.

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Phosphorylation of initiation factor eIF-2 alpha, binding of mRNA to 48 S complexes, and its reutilization in initiation of protein synthesis - PubMed (original) (raw)