Maestro of regulation: Riboswitches orchestrate gene expression at the levels of translation, transcription and mRNA decay
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Bibliographic record
Abstract
Riboswitches are RNA regulators that control gene expression by modulating their structure in response to metabolite binding. The study of mechanisms by which riboswitches modulate gene expression is crucial to understand how riboswitches are involved in maintaining cellular homeostasis. Previous reports indicate that riboswitches can control gene expression at the level of translation, transcription or mRNA decay. However, there are very few described examples where riboswitches regulate multiple steps in gene expression. Recent studies of a translation-regulating, TPP-dependent riboswitch have revealed that ligand binding is also involved in the control of mRNA levels. In this model, TPP binding to the riboswitch leads to the inhibition of translation, which in turn allows for Rho-dependent transcription termination. Thus, mRNA levels are indirectly controlled through ribosome occupancy. This is in contrast to other riboswitches that directly control mRNA levels by modulating the access of regulatory sequences involved in either Rho-dependent transcription termination or RNase E cleavage activity. Together, these findings indicate that riboswitches modulate both translation initiation and mRNA levels using multiple strategies that direct the outcome of gene expression.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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