Fig. 6

A proposed model for ribosome stalling-mediated translational adaption to salt stress in rice. In NB, a salt-sensitive rice cultivar, salt stress decreases the translational availability of amino acids and thus leads to increased ribosome stalling, which induces ribosome drop-off on flanking regions and decreases ribosome dynamics, leading to a reduction in translation. In salt-tolerant rice SR86, the global availability of amino acids for the translation process is enhanced and thus ribosome stalling is alleviated without significantly altering ribosome occupancy on flanking regions, implying more dynamic ribosomes. As a result, protein synthesis is regulated more rapidly and efficiently in SR86, thus allowing for better growth performance of SR86 under salt stress