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    Regulation of the mRNA life cycle is central to gene expression control and determination of cell fate. miRNAs represent a critical mRNA regulatory mechanism, but despite decades of research, their mode of action is still not fully understood. Here, we show that eIF4A2 is a major effector of the repressive miRNA pathway functioning via the Ccr4-Not complex. We demonstrate that while DDX6 interacts with Ccr4-Not, its effects in the mechanism are not as pronounced. Through its interaction with the Ccr4-Not complex, eIF4A2 represses mRNAs at translation initiation. We show evidence that native eIF4A2 has similar RNA selectivity to chemically inhibited eIF4A1. eIF4A2 exerts its repressive effect by binding purine-rich motifs which are enriched in the 5'UTR of target mRNAs directly upstream of the AUG start codon. Our data support a model whereby purine motifs towards the 3' end of the 5'UTR are associated with increased ribosome occupancy and possible uORF activation upon eIF4A2 binding.

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    Ania Wilczynska, Sarah L Gillen, Tobias Schmidt, Hedda A Meijer, Rebekah Jukes-Jones, Claudia Langlais, Kari Kopra, Wei-Ting Lu, Jack D Godfrey, Benjamin R Hawley, Kelly Hodge, Sara Zanivan, Kelvin Cain, John Le Quesne, Martin Bushell. eIF4A2 drives repression of translation at initiation by Ccr4-Not through purine-rich motifs in the 5'UTR. Genome biology. 2019 Dec 02;20(1):262

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    PMID: 31791371

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