Karlsborn Tony, Tükenmez Hasan, Mahmud A K M Firoj, Xu Fu, Xu Hao, Byström Anders S
a Department of Molecular Biology ; Umeå University; Umeå , Sweden.
RNA Biol. 2014;11(12):1519-28. doi: 10.4161/15476286.2014.992276.
Elongator is a 6 subunit protein complex highly conserved in eukaryotes. The role of this complex has been controversial as the pleiotropic phenotypes of Elongator mutants have implicated the complex in several cellular processes. However, in yeast there is convincing evidence that the primary and probably only role of this complex is in formation of the 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl (mcm(5)) and 5-carbamoylmethyl (ncm(5)) side chains on uridines at wobble position in tRNA. In this review we summarize the cellular processes that have been linked to the Elongator complex and discuss its role in tRNA modification and regulation of translation. We also describe additional gene products essential for formation of ncm(5) and mcm(5) side chains at U34 and their influence on Elongator activity.
延伸因子是一种在真核生物中高度保守的由6个亚基组成的蛋白质复合物。由于延伸因子突变体的多效性表型表明该复合物参与了多个细胞过程,其作用一直存在争议。然而,在酵母中有令人信服的证据表明,该复合物的主要(可能也是唯一)作用是在tRNA摆动位置的尿苷上形成5-甲氧羰基甲基(mcm(5))和5-氨甲酰甲基(ncm(5))侧链。在这篇综述中,我们总结了与延伸因子复合物相关的细胞过程,并讨论了其在tRNA修饰和翻译调控中的作用。我们还描述了在U34处形成ncm(5)和mcm(5)侧链所必需的其他基因产物及其对延伸因子活性的影响。