Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Excess ribosomal protein production unbalances translation in a model of Fragile X Syndrome

  • Sang S. Seo,
  • Susana R. Louros,
  • Natasha Anstey,
  • Miguel A. Gonzalez-Lozano,
  • Callista B. Harper,
  • Nicholas C. Verity,
  • Owen Dando,
  • Sophie R. Thomson,
  • Jennifer C. Darnell,
  • Peter C. Kind,
  • Ka Wan Li,
  • Emily K. Osterweil

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30979-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Dysregulated protein synthesis is key contributor to Fragile X syndrome. Here the authors identify a relationship between ribosome expression and the translation of long mRNAs that contributes to synaptic weakening in a model of Fragile X syndrome.