Ribosome Bound Nascent Chains
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Isolation of Ribosome Bound Nascent Polypeptides in vitro to Identify Translational Pause Sites Along mRNA
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2012
A technique to identify translational pause sites on mRNA is described. This procedure is based on isolation of nascent polypeptides accumulating on ribosomes during in vitro translation of a target mRNA, followed by the size analysis of the nascent chains using a denaturing gel electrophoresis.
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Using SecM Arrest Sequence as a Tool to Isolate Ribosome Bound Polypeptides
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2012
We describe here a technique that is now routinely used to isolate stably bound ribosome nascent chain complexes (RNCs). This technique takes advantage of the discovery that a 17 amino acid long SecM "arrest sequence" can halt translation elongation in a prokaryotic (E. coli) system, when inserted into (or fused to the C-terminus) of virtually any protein.
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Examination of Proteins Bound to Nascent DNA in Mammalian Cells Using BrdU-ChIP-Slot-Western Technique
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2016
In this protocol, we describe a novel BrdU-ChIP-Slot-Western technique to examine proteins and histone modifications associated with newly synthesized or nascent DNA.
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Isolation of Translating Ribosomes Containing Peptidyl-tRNAs for Functional and Structural Analyses
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2011
A major impediment to biochemical analyses of ribosomes containing nascent peptidyl-tRNAs has been the presence of other ribosomes in the same samples, ribosomes not involved in the translation of the specific mRNA sequence being analyzed. We developed a simple methodology to purify, exclusively, the ribosomes containing the nascent peptidyl-tRNA of interest.
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Metabolic Labeling of the Nascent Transcriptome in Xenopus Early Embryogenesis
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2026
We provide detailed methods to metabolically label and purify nascent transcripts for transcriptome analysis in Xenopus early embryos using 5-ethynyl-uridine (5-EU).
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As the chain advances through the exit tunnel, it can begin adopting structure before translation is complete. This makes the tunnel a stage where the emerging sequence and the ribosome remain physically connected while folding starts. Observing these intermediates helps researchers relate the timing of synthesis to the early organization of a protein.
Co-translational folding means that a protein starts to fold while its amino-acid chain is still being synthesized. Ribosome-bound nascent chains preserve this unfinished state, allowing researchers to focus on folding events that may be missed once a complete protein has left the ribosome. This is especially relevant to understanding protein biogenesis.
An unfinished polypeptide can engage targeting factors before synthesis ends, so its interactions can be studied while the protein is still being produced. In membrane-protein research, ribosome-bound nascent chains provide a way to examine targeting during production rather than only after release. The complexes therefore connect translation with membrane-protein biogenesis.
These complexes keep translation intermediates available for studying quality-control processes and the consequences of translation errors. Because the chain remains connected to the ribosome while it is being produced, researchers can investigate problems that arise before protein synthesis is complete. That perspective also supports work on diseases linked to translation errors.
Ribosome-bound nascent chains connect gene expression with protein biogenesis. They show how information carried by messenger RNA is associated with the sequential production of a polypeptide while the unfinished chain remains available for study. This helps researchers examine protein production as a process rather than focusing only on the final protein product.
Antibiotics that affect translation can be investigated in relation to the ribosome and the emerging polypeptide, rather than considered only as effects on a finished protein. These complexes provide a biological context for examining how translation is altered and how such alterations may affect protein production.
Ribosome-bound nascent chains capture protein production while the polypeptide is still attached to the translation machinery. Researchers can use that intermediate state to connect faulty translation with protein biogenesis and quality-control questions. This makes the complexes useful for linking molecular translation errors to disease-related biology without reducing the problem to the behavior of a completed protein.