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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
Prokaryotic release factor RF3 is a stimulatory protein that increases the rate of translational termination by the decoding release factors RF1 and RF2. The favoured model for RF3 function is the recycling of RF1 and RF2 after polypeptide release by displacing the factors from the ribosome. In this study, we have demonstrated that RF3 also plays an indirect role in the decoding of stop signals of highly expressed genes and recoding sites by accentuating the influence of the base following the stop codon (+4 base) on termination signal strength. The efficiency of decoding strong stop signals (e.g. UAAU and UAAG) in vivo is markedly improved with increased RF3 activity, while weak signals (UGAC and UAGC) are only modestly affected. However, RF3 is not responsible for the +4 base influence on termination signal strength, since prfC- strains lacking the protein still exhibit the same qualitative effect. The differential effect of RF3 at stop signals can be mimicked by modest overexpression of decoding RF. These findings can be interpreted according to current views of RF3 as a recycling factor, which functions to maintain the concentration of free decoding RF at stop signals, some of which are highly responsive to changes in RF levels.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0261-4189
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
727-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Indirect regulation of translational termination efficiency at highly expressed genes and recoding sites by the factor recycling function of Escherichia coli release factor RF3.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Centre for Gene Research, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't