DDX3X acts as a selective dual switch regulator of mRNA translation in acute ER stress.

ABSTRACT: In eukaryotes, regulation of mRNA translation initiation greatly impacts gene expression, and is critical for cellular stress responses. DDX3X is a ubiquitous DEAD-box RNA helicase whose precise role in 5' UTR scanning and start codon decoding in non-stressed and stressed cells is still elusive. Here we show that DDX3X engages with thousands of mRNAs as part of the eIF4F-mediated 48S scanning complex, simultaneously acting to promote or suppress translation of select mRNAs in non-stressed conditions, and switches this regulation in opposite directions in acute ER stress. We find distinct DDX3X binding patterns of differentially regulated mRNAs, which lead us to identify N4-acetylation of cytidines surrounding the start codon as an accompanying feature of mRNAs subject to DDX3X-mediated sel

SUBMITTER: Shawky AMA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12259039 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature