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SUBMITTER: Lin Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6942541 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Zhewang Z Gasic Ivana I Chandrasekaran Viswanathan V Peters Niklas N Shao Sichen S Mitchison Timothy J TJ Hegde Ramanujan S RS
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20191114 6473
Tubulins play crucial roles in cell division, intracellular traffic, and cell shape. Tubulin concentration is autoregulated by feedback control of messenger RNA (mRNA) degradation via an unknown mechanism. We identified tetratricopeptide protein 5 (TTC5) as a tubulin-specific ribosome-associating factor that triggers cotranslational degradation of tubulin mRNAs in response to excess soluble tubulin. Structural analysis revealed that TTC5 binds near the ribosome exit tunnel and engages the amino ...[more]