Tettweiler Gritta, Lasko Paul
Department of Biology and DBRI, McGill University, 1205 Avenue Dr. Penfield, Montréal, Québec H3A 1B1, Canada.
Trends Biochem Sci. 2006 Nov;31(11):607-10. doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2006.09.008. Epub 2006 Oct 2.
Recently, RNA helicase A (RHA) has been shown to facilitate translation of specific mRNAs by recognizing and binding to a complex structure at their 5' end known as the post-transcriptional control element. This implicates RHA, a member of the DEXD/H-box protein superfamily, in linking transcription and translation of a specific class of retroviral and cellular mRNAs. This exciting finding suggests a new mechanism for the regulation of the translation of specific transcripts.