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Analogue encoding of physicochemical properties of proteins in their cognate messenger RNAs

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  • Anton A. Polyansky

    (Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna)

  • Mario Hlevnjak

    (Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna)

  • Bojan Zagrovic

    (Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna)

Abstract

Being related by the genetic code, mRNAs and their cognate proteins exhibit mutually interdependent compositions, which implies the possibility of a direct connection between their general physicochemical properties. Here we probe the general potential of the cell to encode information about proteins in the average characteristics of their cognate mRNAs and decode it in a ribosome-independent manner. We show that average protein hydrophobicity, calculated from either sequences or 3D structures, can be encoded in an analogue fashion by many different average mRNA sequence properties with the only constraint being that pyrimidine and purine bases be clearly distinguishable on average. Moreover, average characteristics of mRNA sequences enable discrimination between cytosolic and membrane proteins even in the absence of topogenic signal-based mechanisms. Our results suggest that protein and mRNA localization may be partly determined by basic physicochemical rationales and interdependencies between the two biomolecules.

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  • Anton A. Polyansky & Mario Hlevnjak & Bojan Zagrovic, 2013. "Analogue encoding of physicochemical properties of proteins in their cognate messenger RNAs," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms3784
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3784
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    1. Lukas Bartonek & Bojan Zagrovic, 2017. "mRNA/protein sequence complementarity and its determinants: The impact of affinity scales," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(7), pages 1-16, July.
    2. Ulrike Zinnall & Miha Milek & Igor Minia & Carlos H. Vieira-Vieira & Simon Müller & Guido Mastrobuoni & Orsalia-Georgia Hazapis & Simone Giudice & David Schwefel & Nadine Bley & Franka Voigt & Jeffrey, 2022. "HDLBP binds ER-targeted mRNAs by multivalent interactions to promote protein synthesis of transmembrane and secreted proteins," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-21, December.

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