title: Identification of two critical base pairings in 5' untranslated regions affecting translation efficiency of synthetic uncapped globin mRNAs.
abstract: We observed a marked difference between the in vitro translation efficiency of two uncapped synthetic mRNAs, displaying the entire human alpha or beta globin mRNA sequences and some additional non-globin sequences in 5'. The comparison of the translation efficiencies of chimeric mRNAs indicated that the alpha 5' untranslated region (5' UTR) is responsible for a low translation efficiency that cannot be explained neither by primary sequence nor by the overall stability of 5' UTR secondary structures only. By point mutations in this alpha 5' UTR, we identified two base pairings at position -1 and -2 preceding the initiation codon which are associated with a negative effect on translation efficiency.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UMR 106, Université Lyon I, Villeurbanne, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Francès
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morlé
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Godet
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D005914:Globins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005914:Globins