SPERMIDINE DEFICIENCY INCREASES +1 RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING EFFICIENCY AND INHIBITS TY1 RETROTRANSPOSITION IN SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE
SPERMIDINE DEFICIENCY INCREASES +1 RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING EFFICIENCY AND INHIBITS TY1 RETROTRANSPOSITION IN SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.91.1.172
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发表时间:
1994-01-04
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
TABOR, H
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作者:
BALASUNDARAM, D;DINMAN, JD;TABOR, H
Polyamines have been implicated in nucleic acid-related functions and in protein biosynthesis. RNA sequences that specifically direct ribosomes to shift reading frame in the -1 and +1 directions may be used to probe the mechanisms controlling translational fidelity. We examined the effects of spermidine on translational fidelity by an in vivo assay in which changes in beta-galactosidase activity are dependent on yeast retrovirus Ty +1 and yeast double-stranded RNA virus L-A -1 ribosomal frameshifting signals. In spe2DELTA mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which cannot make spermidine as a result of a deletion in the SPE2 gene, there is a marked elevation in +1 but no change in -1 ribosomal frameshifting. The increase in +1 ribosomal frameshifting efficiency is accompanied by a striking decrease in Ty1 retrotransposition.