AUG-proximal nucleotides regulate protein synthesis in Leishmania tropica.

Abstract:

:Gene expression in the Leishmania is controlled post-transcriptionally, and is likely to be impacted by both 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs). We have investigated the effects of trinucleotides in the AUG-proximal region (APR) (i.e. positions -3 to -1 upstream of an AUG) on two reporter genes in the context of an endogenous intergenic region of Leishmania tropica. The effects of APRs on protein expression were determined in stable transfectants in vivo. Three APRs, namely, C(-3)C(-2)C(-1), ACC and GCC, yielded robust translation, whereas GTA produced low amounts of proteins. A purine at -3 of an APR was not crucial for efficient translation. Steady-state level of reporter mRNA did not correlate directly with the amount of protein detected. Polysome analysis revealed that APRs modulate translation, at least in part, by influencing mRNA association with ribosomes. An analysis of genomic UTRs in L. major showed that (i) the consensus APR is N(-3)N(-2)C(-1) (where N = any nucleotide), and (ii) the most frequently used APRs include ACA, ACC, ATC, GCC, GCG, GTC and CAC, some of which were translation enhancers in our experimental studies.

journal_name

Mol Microbiol

journal_title

Molecular microbiology

authors

Stanton JD,Mensa-Wilmot K

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05228.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-08-01 00:00:00

pages

691-703

issue

3

eissn

0950-382X

issn

1365-2958

pii

MMI5228

journal_volume

61

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