HOT3/eIF5B1 confers Kozak motif-dependent translational control of photosynthesis-associated nuclear genes for chloroplast biogenesis

Runlai Hang (), Hao Li, Wenjing Liu, Runyu Wang, Hao Hu, Meng Chen, Chenjiang You () and Xuemei Chen ()
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Runlai Hang: Peking University
Hao Li: Peking University
Wenjing Liu: Peking University
Runyu Wang: Peking University
Hao Hu: Peking University
Meng Chen: Riverside
Chenjiang You: Guangzhou
Xuemei Chen: Peking University

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract Photosynthesis requires chloroplasts, in which most proteins are nucleus-encoded and produced via cytoplasmic translation. The translation initiation factor eIF5B gates the transition from initiation (I) to elongation (E), and the Kozak motif is associated with translation efficiency, but their relationship is previously unknown. Here, with ribosome profiling, we determined the genome-wide I-E transition efficiencies. We discovered that the most prevalent Kozak motif is associated with high I-E transition efficiency in Arabidopsis, rice, and wheat, thus implicating the potential of the Kozak motif in facilitating the I-E transition. Indeed, the effects of Kozak motifs in promoting translation depend on HOT3/eIF5B1 in Arabidopsis. HOT3 preferentially promotes the translation of photosynthesis-associated nuclear genes in a Kozak motif-dependent manner, which explains the chloroplast defects and reduced photosynthesis activity of hot3 mutants. Our study linked the Kozak motif to eIF5B-mediated I-E transition during translation and uncovered the function of HOT3 in the cytoplasmic translational control of chloroplast biogenesis and photosynthesis.

Date: 2024
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