2005
A molecular switch for translational control in taste memory consolidation
Belelovsky K, Elkobi A, Kaphzan H, Nairn A, Rosenblum K. A molecular switch for translational control in taste memory consolidation. European Journal Of Neuroscience 2005, 22: 2560-2568. PMID: 16307598, DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04428.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEukaryotic elongation factor 2Protein synthesisEEF2 phosphorylationKinase 2 activationElongation factor 2Translational regulationTranslation initiationTranslational controlS6K1 phosphorylationMolecular switchSwitch-like effectNeuronal proteinsPhosphorylationElongation rateRate-limiting stepFactor 2Taste memory consolidationSynaptoneurosomal fractionsExpressionTemporal patternsInitiation rateProtein
2003
Adenylyl cyclase-dependent form of chemical long-term potentiation triggers translational regulation at the elongation step
Chotiner J, Khorasani H, Nairn A, O’Dell T, Watson J. Adenylyl cyclase-dependent form of chemical long-term potentiation triggers translational regulation at the elongation step. Neuroscience 2003, 116: 743-752. PMID: 12573716, DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00797-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEukaryotic elongation factor 2Elongation factor 2Elongation stepProtein synthesisTotal protein synthesisChemical long-term potentiationMessenger RNALong-term potentiationN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-dependent formInhibition of translationFactor 2Long-term potentiation inductionTranslational regulationProtein ArcAdenylyl cyclase signalingAdenylyl cyclase activationSynaptic activityCyclase signalingN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activationPersistent maintenanceReceptor-dependent formHippocampal long-term potentiationPhosphorylationRegulationRNA
1994
Rapamycin selectively inhibits translation of mRNAs encoding elongation factors and ribosomal proteins.
Terada N, Patel H, Takase K, Kohno K, Nairn A, Gelfand E. Rapamycin selectively inhibits translation of mRNAs encoding elongation factors and ribosomal proteins. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1994, 91: 11477-11481. PMID: 7972087, PMCID: PMC45254, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.24.11477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRibosomal proteinsElongation factorProtein synthesisRibosomal protein mRNAsRibosomal protein synthesisTranslation of mRNAsP70 S6 kinaseRibosomal S6 proteinElongation factor 2Higher eukaryotesNonribosomal proteinsPolysomal associationRate of biosynthesisTranslational regulationMammalian cellsMRNA translationS6 kinaseAddition of rapamycinS6 proteinSubsequent phosphorylationEEF-2Translational levelImmunosuppressant rapamycinQuiescent cellsSelective proteins