Cytoplasmic mRNA recapping has limited impact on proteome complexity

The m7G cap marks the 5′ end of all eukaryotic mRNAs, but there are also capped ends that map downstream within spliced exons. A portion of the mRNA transcriptome undergoes a cyclical process of decapping and recapping, termed cap homeostasis, which impacts the translation and stability of these mRN...

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Main Authors: Bernice A. Agana, Vicki H. Wysocki, Daniel R. Schoenberg
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Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2020-11-01
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsob.200313
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author Bernice A. Agana
Vicki H. Wysocki
Daniel R. Schoenberg
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Vicki H. Wysocki
Daniel R. Schoenberg
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description The m7G cap marks the 5′ end of all eukaryotic mRNAs, but there are also capped ends that map downstream within spliced exons. A portion of the mRNA transcriptome undergoes a cyclical process of decapping and recapping, termed cap homeostasis, which impacts the translation and stability of these mRNAs. Blocking cytoplasmic capping results in the appearance of uncapped 5′ ends at native cap sites but also near downstream cap sites. If translation initiates at these sites the products would lack the expected N-terminal sequences, raising the possibility of a link between mRNA recapping and proteome complexity. We performed a shotgun proteomics analysis on cells carrying an inducible inhibitor of cytoplasmic capping. A total of 21 875 tryptic peptides corresponding to 3565 proteins were identified in induced and uninduced cells. Of these, only 29 proteins significantly increased, and 28 proteins significantly decreased, when cytoplasmic capping was inhibited, indicating mRNA recapping has little overall impact on protein expression. In addition, overall peptide coverage per protein did not change significantly when cytoplasmic capping was inhibited. Together with previous work, our findings indicate cap homeostasis functions primarily in gating mRNAs between translating and non-translating states, and not as a source of proteome complexity.
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spelling doaj.art-8847fd0d12b346f3be4ab8eb1a6c1b5a2022-12-21T22:56:54ZengThe Royal SocietyOpen Biology2046-24412020-11-01101110.1098/rsob.200313200313Cytoplasmic mRNA recapping has limited impact on proteome complexityBernice A. AganaVicki H. WysockiDaniel R. SchoenbergThe m7G cap marks the 5′ end of all eukaryotic mRNAs, but there are also capped ends that map downstream within spliced exons. A portion of the mRNA transcriptome undergoes a cyclical process of decapping and recapping, termed cap homeostasis, which impacts the translation and stability of these mRNAs. Blocking cytoplasmic capping results in the appearance of uncapped 5′ ends at native cap sites but also near downstream cap sites. If translation initiates at these sites the products would lack the expected N-terminal sequences, raising the possibility of a link between mRNA recapping and proteome complexity. We performed a shotgun proteomics analysis on cells carrying an inducible inhibitor of cytoplasmic capping. A total of 21 875 tryptic peptides corresponding to 3565 proteins were identified in induced and uninduced cells. Of these, only 29 proteins significantly increased, and 28 proteins significantly decreased, when cytoplasmic capping was inhibited, indicating mRNA recapping has little overall impact on protein expression. In addition, overall peptide coverage per protein did not change significantly when cytoplasmic capping was inhibited. Together with previous work, our findings indicate cap homeostasis functions primarily in gating mRNAs between translating and non-translating states, and not as a source of proteome complexity.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsob.200313rna processingproteomicstranslationprotein expressionmrna capcytoplasmic capping
spellingShingle Bernice A. Agana
Vicki H. Wysocki
Daniel R. Schoenberg
Cytoplasmic mRNA recapping has limited impact on proteome complexity
Open Biology
rna processing
proteomics
translation
protein expression
mrna cap
cytoplasmic capping
title Cytoplasmic mRNA recapping has limited impact on proteome complexity
title_full Cytoplasmic mRNA recapping has limited impact on proteome complexity
title_fullStr Cytoplasmic mRNA recapping has limited impact on proteome complexity
title_full_unstemmed Cytoplasmic mRNA recapping has limited impact on proteome complexity
title_short Cytoplasmic mRNA recapping has limited impact on proteome complexity
title_sort cytoplasmic mrna recapping has limited impact on proteome complexity
topic rna processing
proteomics
translation
protein expression
mrna cap
cytoplasmic capping
url https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsob.200313
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