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Transient idling of posttermination ribosomes ready to reinitiate protein synthesis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15667944     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The fate of ribosomes between termination and initiation during protein synthesis is very basic, yet poorly understood. Here we found that translational reinitiation of the alkaline phosphatase gene occurs in Escherichia coli from an internal methionine codon when the authentic translation is prematurely terminated at a nonsense codon that is within seven codons upstream of the reinitiation codon (which we refer to as "reinitiation window"). Changing the reading frame downstream of the stop codon did not abolish the reinitiation, while inactivating the upstream initiation codon abolished the reinitiation. Moreover, depletion of the ribosome recycling factor (RRF), which disassembles posttermination ribosomes in conjunction with elongation factor G, did not influence the observed reinitiation. These findings suggest that posttermination ribosomes can undergo a transient idling state ready to reinitiate protein synthesis even in the absence of the Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence within the reinitiation window by evading disengagement from the mRNA.
Authors:
Andrey L Karamyshev; Zemfira N Karamysheva; Tohru Yamami; Koichi Ito; Yoshikazu Nakamura
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biochimie     Volume:  86     ISSN:  0300-9084     ISO Abbreviation:  Biochimie     Publication Date:  2004 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-01-25     Completed Date:  2005-06-06     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1264604     Medline TA:  Biochimie     Country:  France    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  933-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Alkaline Phosphatase / chemistry,  genetics,  metabolism
Base Sequence
Codon
Codon, Initiator
Codon, Nonsense
Codon, Terminator
Escherichia coli / enzymology,  genetics,  metabolism
Methionine / metabolism
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Open Reading Frames
Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational*
Peptide Chain Termination, Translational*
Plasmids
Protein Biosynthesis*
RNA, Messenger / metabolism
Ribosomes / metabolism*
Sulfur Radioisotopes / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Codon; 0/Codon, Initiator; 0/Codon, Nonsense; 0/Codon, Terminator; 0/RNA, Messenger; 0/Sulfur Radioisotopes; 63-68-3/Methionine; EC 3.1.3.1/Alkaline Phosphatase

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