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- Title
The DEAD-box helicase DDX3 supports the assembly of functional 80S ribosomes.
- Authors
Geissler, Rene; Golbik, Ralph P; Behrens, Sven-Erik
- Abstract
The DEAD-box helicase DDX3 has suggested functions in innate immunity, mRNA translocation and translation, and it participates in the propagation of assorted viruses. Exploring initially the role of DDX3 in the life cycle of hepatitis C virus, we observed the protein to be involved in translation directed by different viral internal ribosomal entry sites. Extension of these studies revealed a general supportive role of DDX3 in translation initiation. DDX3 was found to interact in an RNA-independent manner with defined components of the translational pre-initiation complex and to specifically associate with newly assembling 80S ribosomes. DDX3 knock down and in vitro reconstitution experiments revealed a significant function of the protein in the formation of 80S translation initiation complexes. Our study implies that DDX3 assists the 60S subunit joining process to assemble functional 80S ribosomes.
- Publication
Nucleic acids research, 2012, Vol 40, Issue 11, p4998
- ISSN
1362-4962
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/nar/gks070