细胞质处理小体(P-小体)和mRNA的周期

Roy Parker (U. Colorado Boulder/HHMI) Part 2: P-bodies and the mRNA Cycle

In the second part of this lecture, I will provide an overview of why the regulation of translation and mRNA degradation is an important aspect of the control of gene expression in eukaryotic cells. In addition to the translating pool of mRNAs associated with polysomes, recent experiments have identified P-bodies and stress granules as specific cytoplasmic compartments wherein untranslated mRNAs accumulate. In addition to mRNAs, P-bodies tend to contain translation repressors and mRNA degradative enzymes, while stress granules reflect mRNAs in association with some translation initiation factors and RNA binding proteins. P-bodies and stress granules interact and suggest a dynamic process wherein eukaryotic mRNAs remodel their interacting proteins and enter and exit translation, thereby affecting the control of mRNAs in the cytoplasm. We are interested in defining the mechanisms by which P-bodies and stress granules assemble and how cells regulate the movement of mRNAs between these different biochemical and cell biological compartments. Several approaches will be described including biochemical and genetic analyses of known proteins modulating these events, as well as the identification of new factors affecting P-body and stress granule formation and function.

In 2012, Roy Parker joined the University of Colorado, Boulder after many years at the University of Arizona.