Evolution of the Protein Synthesis Machinery and Its Regulation (eBook)

Greco Hernández, PhD.Division of Basic ResearchNational Institute for Cancer (INCan)22 San Fernando Ave.Tlalpan. 14080 Mexico City, MexicoPhone: +52/55/56 28 04 33Fax: +52/55/51 71 05 30Email: greco.hernandez@gmail.comRosemary JagusInstitute of Marine and Environmental TechnologyUniversity of Maryland Center for Environmental Science701 E. Pratt StreetBaltimore MD 21202, U.S.Email: jagus@umces.edu

Table of Contents A review on the origin of the different codes for translation: Marco V. José, National University of México, México. Evolution of ribosomes: Williams and Anton Petrov. Origins and early evolution of ribosomes: George Fox, University of Houston. Evolution of ribosomes and ribosomal proteins: Gustavo Caetano-Anolles. Evolution of Class II aminoacyl synthetases from the antisense of the genes for Class I: Charles W. Carter, UNC. The translation process during the evolutionary transition from prokaryotes to eukaryotes: Greco Hernández, Vincent G. Osnaya, Alejandra García and Miguel L. García-León, National Institute of Cancer, México. Evolution of translational control: from archaea to eukarya: Dario Benelli, Anna La Teana and Paola Londei, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Distribution of elongation family GTPases EF1A and EFL in basal alveolate lineages: P. J. Keeling. Evolution of mRNA structure; the eukaryotic mRNA 5´- and 3´- untranslated regions and their role in translational regulation: Graziano Pesole. How lower eukaryotes contribute on our understanding of eIF4E-dependent translation: Daniela Ross and Michael Altmann, University of Bern, Switzerland. Evolution of functionally divergent eIF4Es and their roles in the regulation of mRNA recruitment and developmental processes: Gritta Tettweiler, Nahum Sonenberg, Paul Lasko and Greco Hernández, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and National Institute of Cancer, Mexico. Evolution of eIF4E and eIF4G interactions in trypanosomes: O. P. de-Melo-Neto Evolution of the functionally divergent eIF4E family members in deuterostomes: Rosemary Jagus, Kate Gillespie, Tsetso Bachvaroff, University of Maryland. Evolution of the eIF2alpha kinases and translational control: Stephan Rosenberg Evolution and use of eIF2alpha kinases in the apicomplexans and their role in life history of the parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii: Ronald Wek and Sullivan. Evolution of the TOR pathway and translational regulation: M. E. Cardenas. Origin and diversification of eIF4E-binding proteins. Rosemary Jagus and Greco Hernández. University of Maryland and National Institute of cáncer, Mexico. Evolution of the protein synthesis machinery in mitochondria: Yolanda Camacho-Villasana, Angélica Zamudio-Ochoa, Rodolfo García-Villegas Aldo E. García-Guerrero and Xochitl Pérez-Martínez, National University of Mexico, Mexico. Relationship between plant translation initiation factors and RNA viruses: An evolutionary perspective. Tzvetanka Dinkova and León Martínez, National University of Mexico, Mexico. Evolution of miRNAs and RNA binding proteins in eukaryotes: Luiz O. Penalva, Marcia Santos and Erzsebet Kokovay, University of Texas. Evolution of silencing foci across eukaryotes: Rolando Rivera-Pomar, Carla Layana and Paola Ferrero, National University of La Plata, Argentina. Evolutionary conservation of the machineries coupling RNA transport with translation in eukaryotes: Paula Vazquez-Pianzola, Greco Hernández and Beat Suter, University of Bern, Switzerland, and National Institute of Cancer, Mexico.