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Identification of compounds that decrease the fidelity of start codon recognition by the eukaryotic translational machinery.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21220547     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Translation initiation in eukaryotes involves more than a dozen protein factors. Alterations in six factors have been found to reduce the fidelity of start codon recognition by the ribosomal preinitiation complex in yeast, a phenotype referred to as Sui(-). No small molecules are known that affect the fidelity of start codon recognition. Such compounds would be useful tools for probing the molecular mechanics of translation initiation and its regulation. To find compounds with this effect, we set up a high-throughput screen using a dual luciferase assay in S. cerevisiae. Screening of over 55,000 compounds revealed two structurally related molecules that decrease the fidelity of start codon selection by approximately twofold in the dual luciferase assay. This effect was confirmed using additional in vivo assays that monitor translation from non-AUG start codons. Both compounds increase translation of a natural upstream open reading frame previously shown to initiate translation at a UUG. The compounds were also found to exacerbate increased use of UUG as a start codon (Sui(-) phenotype) conferred by haploinsufficiency of wild-type eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 1, or by mutation in eIF1. Furthermore, the effects of the compounds are suppressed by overexpressing eIF1, which is known to restore the fidelity of start codon selection in strains harboring Sui(-) mutations in various other initiation factors. Together, these data strongly suggest that the compounds affect the translational machinery itself to reduce the accuracy of selecting AUG as the start codon.
Authors:
Julie E Takacs; Timothy B Neary; Nicholas T Ingolia; Adesh K Saini; Pilar Martin-Marcos; Jerry Pelletier; Alan G Hinnebusch; Jon R Lorsch
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural     Date:  2011-01-10
Journal Detail:
Title:  RNA (New York, N.Y.)     Volume:  17     ISSN:  1469-9001     ISO Abbreviation:  RNA     Publication Date:  2011 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-02-11     Completed Date:  2011-04-04     Revised Date:  2012-09-20    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9509184     Medline TA:  RNA     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  439-52     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Codon, Initiator / physiology*
Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-1 / genetics,  metabolism*
Haploinsufficiency
Heterocyclic Compounds / pharmacology*
Luciferases / metabolism
Mutation / genetics
Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational / drug effects*,  physiology*
Phenotype
RNA, Messenger / genetics
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic / metabolism
Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*,  growth & development,  metabolism
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / genetics,  metabolism*
Small Molecule Libraries
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DK078633/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Codon, Initiator; 0/Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-1; 0/Heterocyclic Compounds; 0/RNA, Messenger; 0/SUI1 protein, S cerevisiae; 0/Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; 0/Small Molecule Libraries; EC 1.13.12.-/Luciferases
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