Un nuevo cambio de marco programado expresa el gen POL3 del retrotransposón Ty3 de la levadura: cambio de marco sin deslizamiento de tRNA
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piggyBac Transposon System Modification of Primary Human T Cells
Published on: November 5, 2012
P J Farabaugh1, H Zhao, A Vimaladithan
1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21228.
Cell
|July 16, 1993
Resumen
El retrotransposón de levadura Ty3 utiliza un inusual desplazamiento de marco +1 entre los genes GAG3 y POL3. Este cambio de marco ribosómico programado se basa en la escasez de ARNt y una secuencia específica de ARNm, no en el deslizamiento del codón.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Genética La genética.
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los retrovirus y las retrotransposones a menudo expresan genes a través del cambio de marco traslacional.
- Este proceso típicamente involucra a los genes GAG y POL, con el cambio de marco que facilita la expresión de proteínas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar un inusual evento de desplazamiento de marco traslacional en el retrotransposón de levadura Ty3.3.
- Para aclarar el mecanismo de este cambio de marco entre los genes GAG3 y POL3.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de la secuencia de retrotransposición Ty3.
- Identificación del sitio específico del cambio de marco y los codones involucrados (GCG AGU U).
- Investigando las funciones de la disponibilidad de tRNA y las secuencias de mRNA aguas abajo en el cambio de marco.
Principales resultados:
- Se produce un desplazamiento de marco +1 dentro de la secuencia GAG3, que codifica alanina-valina.
- Este cambio de marco es independiente del deslizamiento del tRNA entre codones cognados.
- La baja disponibilidad de tRNA para el codón de serina AGU y una secuencia descendente de 12 nt (contexto Ty3) estimulan el cambio de marco.
Conclusiones:
- El mecanismo de cambio de marco Ty3 es distinto de los cambios de marco programados descritos anteriormente.
- La pausa traslacional inducida por el tRNA limitado y el contexto específico del mRNA son estimuladores clave.
- Esto proporciona nuevos conocimientos sobre la regulación de la expresión génica del retrotransposón.
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