Reading two bases twice: Mammalian antizyme frameshifting in yeast
Reading two bases twice: Mammalian antizyme frameshifting in yeast
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DOI:
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00478.x
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发表时间:
1996-03-15
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影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
Atkins, JF
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作者:
Matsufuji, S;Matsufuji, T;Atkins, JF
Programmed translational frameshifting is essential for the expression of mammalian ornithine decarboxylase antizyme, a protein involved in the regulation of intracellular polyamines. A cassette containing antizyme frameshift signals is found to direct high-level (16%) frameshifting in yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In contrast to +1 frameshifting in the mammalian system, in yeast the same frame is reached by -2 frameshifting. Two bases are read twice. The -2 frameshifting is likely to be mediated by slippage of mRNA and re-pairing with the tRNA in the P-site. The downstream pseudoknot stimulates frameshifting by 30-fold compared with 2.5-fold in reticulocyte lysates. When the length of the spacer between the shift site and the pseudoknot is extended by three nucleotides, +1 and -2 frameshifting become equal.