CReP mediates selective translation initiation at the endoplasmic reticulum.
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ABSTRACT: Eukaryotic protein synthesis control at multiple levels allows for dynamic, selective responses to diverse conditions, but spatial organization of translation initiation machinery as a regulatory principle has remained largely unexplored. Here we report on a role of constitutive repressor of eIF2? phosphorylation (CReP) in translation of poliovirus and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)–resident chaperone binding immunoglobulin protein (BiP) at the ER. Functional, proximity-dependent labeling and cell fractionation studies revealed that CReP, through binding eIF2?, anchors translation initiation machinery at the ER and enables local protein synthesis in this compartment. This ER site was protected from the suppression of cytoplasmic protein synthesis by acute stress responses, e.g., phosphorylation of eIF2?(S51) or mTOR blockade. We propose that partitioning of translation initiation machinery at the ER enables cells to maintain active translation during stress conditions associated with global protein synthesis suppression.
SUBMITTER: Kastan JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7269655 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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