PUBLICATION

A molecular network of conserved factors keeps ribosomes dormant in the egg

Authors
Leesch, F., Lorenzo-Orts, L., Pribitzer, C., Grishkovskaya, I., Roehsner, J., Chugunova, A., Matzinger, M., Roitinger, E., Belačić, K., Kandolf, S., Lin, T.Y., Mechtler, K., Meinhart, A., Haselbach, D., Pauli, A.
ID
ZDB-PUB-230119-4
Date
2023
Source
Nature   613(7945): 712-720 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Chugunova, Anastasia, Leesch, Katrin Frienderike, Lorenzo-Orts, Laura, Pauli, Andrea, Pribitzer, Carina
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Conserved Sequence*
  • Cryoelectron Microscopy/methods
  • Embryonic Development
  • Embryonic Structures
  • Evolution, Molecular*
  • Female
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Ovum*/metabolism
  • Peptides/metabolism
  • Protein Biosynthesis*
  • Ribosomes*/metabolism
  • Xenopus Proteins*
  • Xenopus laevis/embryology
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Zebrafish/metabolism
  • Zebrafish Proteins*
PubMed
36653451 Full text @ Nature
Abstract
Ribosomes are produced in large quantities during oogenesis and are stored in the egg. However, the egg and early embryo are translationally repressed1-4. Here, using mass spectrometry and cryo-electron microscopy analyses of ribosomes isolated from zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Xenopus laevis eggs and embryos, we provide molecular evidence that ribosomes transition from a dormant state to an active state during the first hours of embryogenesis. Dormant ribosomes are associated with four conserved factors that form two modules, consisting of Habp4-eEF2 and death associated protein 1b (Dap1b) or Dap in complex with eIF5a. Both modules occupy functionally important sites and act together to stabilize ribosomes and repress translation. Dap1b (also known as Dapl1 in mammals) is a newly discovered translational inhibitor that stably inserts into the polypeptide exit tunnel. Addition of recombinant zebrafish Dap1b protein is sufficient to block translation and reconstitute the dormant egg ribosome state in a mammalian translation extract in vitro. Thus, a developmentally programmed, conserved ribosome state has a key role in ribosome storage and translational repression in the egg.
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