title: Mutations in E.coli 16s rRNA that enhance and decrease the activity of a suppressor tRNA.
abstract: The in vivo expression of mutations constructed within helix 34 of 16S rRNA has been examined together with a nonsense tRNA suppressor for their action at stop codons. The data revealed two novel results: in contrast to previous findings, some of the rRNA mutations affected suppression at UAA and UAG nonsense codons. Secondly, both an increase and a decrease in the efficiency of the suppressor tRNA were induced by the mutations. This is the first report that rRNA mutations decreased the efficiency of a suppressor tRNA. The data are interpreted as there being competition between the two release factors (RF-1 and RF-2) for an overlapping domain and that helix 34 influences this interaction.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Prescott
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kornau
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012343:RNA, Transfer