Evolution and implications of de novo genes in humans

LA Broeils, J Ruiz-Orera, B Snel, N Hubner… - Nature ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Genes and translated open reading frames (ORFs) that emerged de novo from previously
non-coding sequences provide species with opportunities for adaptation. When aberrantly …

The functional meaning of 5′ UTR in protein-coding genes

N Ryczek, A Łyś, I Makałowska - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
As it is well known, messenger RNA has many regulatory regions along its sequence length.
One of them is the 5′ untranslated region (5'UTR), which itself contains many regulatory …

Translation and natural selection of micropeptides from long non-canonical RNAs

P Patraquim, EG Magny, JI Pueyo, AI Platero… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides but lacking
canonical coding sequences. Apparently unable to produce peptides, lncRNA function …

What can ribo-seq, immunopeptidomics, and proteomics tell us about the noncanonical proteome?

JR Prensner, JG Abelin, LW Kok, KR Clauser… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2023 - ASBMB
Abstract Ribosome profiling (Ribo-Seq) has proven transformative for our understanding of
the human genome and proteome by illuminating thousands of noncanonical sites of …

The human DEAD-box helicase DDX3X as a regulator of mRNA translation

CS Ryan, M Schröder - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The human DEAD-box protein DDX3X is an RNA remodelling enzyme that has been
implicated in various aspects of RNA metabolism. In addition, like many DEAD-box proteins …

Surviving and adapting to stress: translational control and the integrated stress response

RC Wek, TG Anthony, KA Staschke - Antioxidants & Redox …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Organisms adapt to changing environments by engaging cellular stress
response pathways that serve to restore proteostasis and enhance survival. A primary …

Nuclear release of eIF1 restricts start-codon selection during mitosis

J Ly, K **ang, KC Su, GB Sissoko, DP Bartel… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Regulated start-codon selection has the potential to reshape the proteome through the
differential production of upstream open reading frames, canonical proteins, and alternative …

A small protein coded within the mitochondrial canonical gene nd4 regulates mitochondrial bioenergetics

L Kienzle, S Bettinazzi, T Choquette, M Brunet… - Bmc Biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Mitochondria have a central role in cellular functions, aging, and in certain
diseases. They possess their own genome, a vestige of their bacterial ancestor. Over the …

Non-canonical start codons confer context-dependent advantages in carbohydrate utilization for commensal E. coli in the murine gut

Y Cherrak, MA Salazar, N Näpflin, L Malfertheiner… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Resource competition is a driver of gut microbiota composition. Bacteria can outcompete
metabolically similar rivals through the limitation of shared growth-fuelling nutrients. The …

A Kuhnian revolution in molecular biology: Most genes in complex organisms express regulatory RNAs

JS Mattick - Bioessays, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thomas Kuhn described the progress of science as comprising occasional paradigm shifts
separated by interludes of 'normal science'. The paradigm that has held sway since the …