Karthik Krishnan

AUG start codon recognition by bacterial ribosomes

Ribosome-mRNA interactions that contribute to recognition and binding of a 5 -terminal AUG start codon

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Produktbeschreibung

Initiation is the rate-limiting step of translation and is an important regulatory step in gene expression. Translation initiation requires ribosome recognition of the mRNA s start codon followed by formation of a stable ternary complex involving initiator tRNA. Studies have shown specific contacts between a AUG start codon and several ribosomal proteins (r-proteins). We employed short-leadered mRNAs in order to further characterize the path of an mRNA s 5 -AUG from initial association with the ribosome to its final placement at the ribosome s decoding site (P-site). Our results suggest that bacterial ribosomes can bind and inspect the 5 -terminus of all mRNAs for an AUG triplet, with close proximity of AUG to the 5 -terminus positively influencing ribosome binding and ternary initiation complex formation. Crosslinking studies showed that while 5 -AUG interactions with r-proteins S1, S3, S4, S7, S10 and S18 can occur in the absence of tRNA-fMet, movement of a 5 -AUG into the Psite requires tRNA-fMet.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scholar's Press
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm
• ISBN-13: 9783639511895
• ISBN-10: 3639511891
• Artikelnr.: 37242990

Autorenporträt

Dr. Karthik M. Krishnan obtained his Ph.D. in Microbiology at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (USA). As a post-doctoral fellow, he discovered the ER-stress-induced translational control pathway which was previously thought to be absent in fungi. His interest involves investigating the regulation of gene expression in pathogenic microorganisms.