Comprehensive quantitative modeling of translation efficiency in a genome‐reduced bacterium

Abstract Translation efficiency has been mainly studied by ribosome profiling, which only provides an incomplete picture of translation kinetics. Here, we integrated the absolute quantifications of tRNAs, mRNAs, RNA half‐lives, proteins, and protein half‐lives with ribosome densities and derived the...

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Main Authors: Marc Weber, Adrià Sogues, Eva Yus, Raul Burgos, Carolina Gallo, Sira Martínez, Maria Lluch‐Senar, Luis Serrano
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Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2023-10-01
Series:Molecular Systems Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/msb.202211301
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author Marc Weber
Adrià Sogues
Eva Yus
Raul Burgos
Carolina Gallo
Sira Martínez
Maria Lluch‐Senar
Luis Serrano
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description Abstract Translation efficiency has been mainly studied by ribosome profiling, which only provides an incomplete picture of translation kinetics. Here, we integrated the absolute quantifications of tRNAs, mRNAs, RNA half‐lives, proteins, and protein half‐lives with ribosome densities and derived the initiation and elongation rates for 475 genes (67% of all genes), 73 with high precision, in the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mpn). We found that, although the initiation rate varied over 160‐fold among genes, most of the known factors had little impact on translation efficiency. Local codon elongation rates could not be fully explained by the adaptation to tRNA abundances, which varied over 100‐fold among tRNA isoacceptors. We provide a comprehensive quantitative view of translation efficiency, which suggests the existence of unidentified mechanisms of translational regulation in Mpn.
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spelling doaj.art-164836aea25b4702bde2577501844e102024-03-03T10:16:04ZengSpringer NatureMolecular Systems Biology1744-42922023-10-011910n/an/a10.15252/msb.202211301Comprehensive quantitative modeling of translation efficiency in a genome‐reduced bacteriumMarc Weber0Adrià Sogues1Eva Yus2Raul Burgos3Carolina Gallo4Sira Martínez5Maria Lluch‐Senar6Luis Serrano7Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Barcelona SpainCentre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Barcelona SpainCentre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Barcelona SpainCentre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Barcelona SpainCentre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Barcelona SpainCentre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Barcelona SpainCentre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Barcelona SpainCentre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Barcelona SpainAbstract Translation efficiency has been mainly studied by ribosome profiling, which only provides an incomplete picture of translation kinetics. Here, we integrated the absolute quantifications of tRNAs, mRNAs, RNA half‐lives, proteins, and protein half‐lives with ribosome densities and derived the initiation and elongation rates for 475 genes (67% of all genes), 73 with high precision, in the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mpn). We found that, although the initiation rate varied over 160‐fold among genes, most of the known factors had little impact on translation efficiency. Local codon elongation rates could not be fully explained by the adaptation to tRNA abundances, which varied over 100‐fold among tRNA isoacceptors. We provide a comprehensive quantitative view of translation efficiency, which suggests the existence of unidentified mechanisms of translational regulation in Mpn.https://doi.org/10.15252/msb.202211301data integrationMycoplasma pneumoniaeprotein synthesisribosome profilingtranslation efficiency
spellingShingle Marc Weber
Adrià Sogues
Eva Yus
Raul Burgos
Carolina Gallo
Sira Martínez
Maria Lluch‐Senar
Luis Serrano
Comprehensive quantitative modeling of translation efficiency in a genome‐reduced bacterium
Molecular Systems Biology
data integration
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
protein synthesis
ribosome profiling
translation efficiency
title Comprehensive quantitative modeling of translation efficiency in a genome‐reduced bacterium
title_full Comprehensive quantitative modeling of translation efficiency in a genome‐reduced bacterium
title_fullStr Comprehensive quantitative modeling of translation efficiency in a genome‐reduced bacterium
title_full_unstemmed Comprehensive quantitative modeling of translation efficiency in a genome‐reduced bacterium
title_short Comprehensive quantitative modeling of translation efficiency in a genome‐reduced bacterium
title_sort comprehensive quantitative modeling of translation efficiency in a genome reduced bacterium
topic data integration
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
protein synthesis
ribosome profiling
translation efficiency
url https://doi.org/10.15252/msb.202211301
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