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Loss of Ftsj1 perturbs codon-specific translation efficiency in the brain and is associated with X-linked intellectual disability
Nagayoshi Y, Chujo T, Hirata S, Nakatsuka H, Chen C, Takakura M, Miyauchi K, Ikeuchi Y, Carlyle B, Kitchen R, Suzuki T, Katsuoka F, Yamamoto M, Goto Y, Tanaka M, Natsume K, Nairn A, Suzuki T, Tomizawa K, Wei F. Loss of Ftsj1 perturbs codon-specific translation efficiency in the brain and is associated with X-linked intellectual disability. Science Advances 2021, 7: eabf3072. PMID: 33771871, PMCID: PMC7997516, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf3072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransfer RNAsTranslation efficiencyAberrant synaptic plasticityIntellectual disabilitySubset of genesPatient-derived cellsRibosome profilingKO miceSynaptic organizationSteady-state levelsKnockout miceMolecular pathogenesisSynaptic plasticityMemory deficitsSynaptic morphologyAnticodon regionPhe codonsBrainSlow decodingMechanistic insightsMiceFTSJ1GenesMethylationDisability
1999
Protein phosphatase 1 modulation of neostriatal AMPA channels: regulation by DARPP–32 and spinophilin
Yan Z, Hsieh–Wilson L, Feng J, Tomizawa K, Allen P, Fienberg A, Nairn A, Greengard P. Protein phosphatase 1 modulation of neostriatal AMPA channels: regulation by DARPP–32 and spinophilin. Nature Neuroscience 1999, 2: 13-17. PMID: 10195174, DOI: 10.1038/4516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPP-1Protein phosphatase 1DARPP-32Distinct molecular mechanismsPhosphatase 1Molecular mechanismsAMPA receptor-mediated synaptic transmissionPostsynaptic densityAMPA channelsRegulationSynaptic plasticitySpinophilinNeostriatal neuronsPlasticityPhysiological evidenceGlutamate channelsSynaptic transmissionAMPA receptorsPhosphoproteinProteinMechanismBindingActivityModulationCatalytic activity
1997
N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor activation and visual activity induce elongation factor-2 phosphorylation in amphibian tecta: A role for N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors in controlling protein synthesis
Scheetz A, Nairn A, Constantine-Paton M. N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor activation and visual activity induce elongation factor-2 phosphorylation in amphibian tecta: A role for N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors in controlling protein synthesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 14770-14775. PMID: 9405688, PMCID: PMC25112, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.26.14770.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEukaryotic translation elongation factor 2EEF2 phosphorylationProtein synthesisTranslation elongation factor 2Elongation factor 2 phosphorylationProtein synthetic machinerySubset of proteinsFactor 2 phosphorylationElongation factor 2Synaptic plasticityNMDAR activationNumerous transcriptsProtein translationReceptor activationNew proteinsTranscriptional alterationsSynthetic machineryPhosphorylationN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activationDendritic localizationN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsProtein expressionFactor 2Aspartate receptor activationProtein