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ArticleGenes & development2026

tRNA synthetase activity is required for stress granule and P-body assembly.

Max Baymiller, Noah S Helton, Benjamin Dodd, Stephanie L Moon

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Article in Genes & development, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors.

Max BaymillerDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2438-243X
Noah S HeltonDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1386-8832
Benjamin DoddDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
Stephanie L MoonDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA; smslmoon@umich.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4989-0150

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING IN GENETICST32GM007544 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MORAN, JOHN V. · 1985 to 2022
$11.3M
Michigan IRACDA: Training Future Professors of Engineering and PhysiologyK12GM111725 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BROOKS, SUSAN V, SEPT, DAVID · 2016 to 2025
$7.9M
Mechanisms of Translation Regulation During StressR35GM146711 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Stephanie Lynn Moon · 2022 to 2026
$2.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM111725NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM146711NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007544
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Translation elongation defects activate the integrated stress response (ISR), but whether and how ribosome stalls are cleared to enable mRNA release for ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granule assembly remain unclear. We show that blocking tRNA aminoacylation generates persistent uncollided ribosome stalls that inhibit stress granule and P-body assembly despite robust ISR activation. Collided ribosomes are rapidly cleared by ZNF598-dependent ribosome-associated quality control within 4 h, while uncollided stalls resist clearance and persist for >16 h. Puromycin releases persistent stalls and restores RNP granule formation. The block in stress granule assembly is generalizable across tRNA synthetase inhibitors and amino acid deprivation. Therefore, stress granules represent signal integrators reporting translation elongation status when initiation is suppressed. Our findings reveal that translation quality control pathways selectively clear collided ribosomes, establish that translation elongation stress uncouples RNP granule assembly from the ISR, and suggest that tolerating uncollided stalls may be adaptive for cotranslational processes essential for cellular function.

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Amino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesStress GranulesAnimalsCytoplasmic GranulesIntegrated Stress ResponsePuromycinRibonucleoproteinsRibosomesStress, PhysiologicalTransfer RNA AminoacylationAmino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesPuromycinRibonucleoproteinshalofuginoneintegrated stress responseP-bodiesribosome-associated quality controlribosome collisionsstress granulestranslation elongationtRNA synthetase

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PMID41535071
PMCPMC13041551

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