title: Characterization of a novel RNA-binding region of eIF4GI critical for ribosomal scanning.
abstract: The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4GI binds several proteins and acts as a scaffold to promote preinitiation complex formation on the mRNA molecule (48S). Following mRNA attachment this complex scans along the messenger in a 5' to 3' direction until it locates and recognizes the initiation start codon. By using a combination of retroviral and picornaviral proteases (HIV-2 and L respectively) in the reticulocyte lysate system, we have characterized a 40 amino acid (aa) region of eIF4GI (aa 642-681) that exhibits general RNA-binding properties. Removal of this domain by proteolytic processing followed by translational assays showed virtually no inhibition of internal ribosome entry on the encephalomyocarditis virus, but resulted in drastic impairment of ribosome scanning as demonstrated by studying poliovirus and foot-and-mouth disease virus translation. Based on these findings, we propose that this 40 aa motif of eIF4GI is critical for ribosome scanning.
authors.affiliation: LaboRétro, Inserm Unité de Virologie Humaine (U 412), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, France.
authors.forename: Déborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prévôt
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Décimo
authors.forename: Cécile H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Herbreteau
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garin
authors.forename: Jean-Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Darlix
authors.forename: Théophile
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohlmann
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D039603:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4G; D016333:HIV Protease; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C113920:EIF4G1 protein, human; D039603:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4G; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors; D012313:RNA; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D016333:HIV Protease; C065184:p16 protease, Human immunodeficiency virus 2