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Journal Article
Sugar phosphate activation of the stress sensor eIF2B
2021
Overview
The multi-subunit translation initiation factor eIF2B is a control node for protein synthesis. eIF2B activity is canonically modulated through stress-responsive phosphorylation of its substrate eIF2. The eIF2B regulatory subcomplex is evolutionarily related to sugar-metabolizing enzymes, but the biological relevance of this relationship was unknown. To identify natural ligands that might regulate eIF2B, we conduct unbiased binding- and activity-based screens followed by structural studies. We find that sugar phosphates occupy the ancestral catalytic site in the eIF2Bα subunit, promote eIF2B holoenzyme formation and enhance enzymatic activity towards eIF2. A mutant in the eIF2Bα ligand pocket that causes Vanishing White Matter disease fails to engage and is not stimulated by sugar phosphates. These data underscore the importance of allosteric metabolite modulation for proper eIF2B function. We propose that eIF2B evolved to couple nutrient status via sugar phosphate sensing with the rate of protein synthesis, one of the most energetically costly cellular processes.
The activity of translation initiation factor eIF2B is known to be modulated through stress-responsive phosphorylation of its substrate eIF2. Here, the authors uncover the regulation of eIF2B by the binding of sugar phosphates, suggesting a link between nutrient status and the rate of protein synthesis.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group,Nature Portfolio
Subject
/ 101/47
/ 101/58
/ 13/1
/ 82/16
/ 82/80
/ Binding
/ Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2B - chemistry
/ Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2B - metabolism
/ Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2B - ultrastructure
/ Guanosine Diphosphate - metabolism
/ Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Humans
/ Leukoencephalopathies - pathology
/ Ligands
/ Protein Subunits - chemistry
/ Protein Subunits - metabolism
/ Proteins
/ Science
/ Sugar
/ Sugar Phosphates - chemistry
