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Prats, A.-C.; David, F.; Diallo, L.H.; Roussel, E.; Tatin, F.; Garmy-Susini, B.; Lacazette, E. Circular RNA, the Key for Translation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020, 21, 8591, doi:10.3390/ijms21228591.
Prats, A.-C.; David, F.; Diallo, L.H.; Roussel, E.; Tatin, F.; Garmy-Susini, B.; Lacazette, E. Circular RNA, the Key for Translation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020, 21, 8591, doi:10.3390/ijms21228591.
Prats, A.-C.; David, F.; Diallo, L.H.; Roussel, E.; Tatin, F.; Garmy-Susini, B.; Lacazette, E. Circular RNA, the Key for Translation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020, 21, 8591, doi:10.3390/ijms21228591.
Prats, A.-C.; David, F.; Diallo, L.H.; Roussel, E.; Tatin, F.; Garmy-Susini, B.; Lacazette, E. Circular RNA, the Key for Translation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020, 21, 8591, doi:10.3390/ijms21228591.
Abstract
It was thought until the 1990s that the eukaryotic translation machinery was unable to translate a circular RNA. However internal ribosome entry sites (IRESs) and m6A-induced ribosome engagement sites (MIRESs) were discovered, promoting 5’end-independent translation initiation. Today a new family of non-coding RNAs, circular RNAs (circRNAs), has emerged, revealing the pivotal role of 5’end-independent translation. CircRNAs have a strong impact on translational control via their sponge function, and form a new mRNA family as they are translated into proteins with pathophysiological roles. While there is no more doubt about translation of covalently closed circRNA, the linearity of canonical mRNA is only theoretical: it has been shown for more than thirty years that polysomes exhibit a circular form and mRNA functional circularization has been demonstrated in the 1990s by the interaction of initiation factor eIF4G with poly(A) binding protein. More recently, additional mechanisms of 3’-5’ interaction have been reported, including m6A modification. Functional circularization enhances translation via ribosome recycling and acceleration of the translation initiation rate. This update of covalently and non-covalently circular mRNA translation landscape shows that RNA circular shape is the rule for translation with an important impact on disease development.
Biology and Life Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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