Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

A translational program that suppresses metabolism to shield the genome

  • Nathan C. Balukoff,
  • J. J. David Ho,
  • Phaedra R. Theodoridis,
  • Miling Wang,
  • Michael Bokros,
  • Lis M. Llanio,
  • Jonathan R. Krieger,
  • Jonathan H. Schatz,
  • Stephen Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19602-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Translatome remodelling controls stress-adaptive protein output. Here the authors reveal that in response to stimuli, eIF5A functions as a pH-regulated translation factor that responds to fermentation-induced acidosis affecting cellular metabolism.