title: The paromomycin resistance mutation (parr-454) in the 15 S rRNA gene of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is involved in ribosomal frameshifting.
abstract: The leaky expression of the yeast mitochondrial gene oxi1, containing a framshift mutation (+1), is caused by natural frameshift suppression, as shown previously (Fox and Weiss-Brummer 1980). A drastic decrease in the natural level of frameshifting is found in the presence of the parr-454 mutation, localized at the 3' end of the 15 S rRNA gene. This mutation causes resistance to the antibiotic paromomycin in the yeast strains D273-10B and KL14-4A (Li et al. 1982; Tabak et al. 1982). The results of this study imply that in the yeast strain 777-3A this mutation alone is sufficient for restriction of the level of natural frameshifting but is insufficient to confer resistance to paromomycin. A second mutation, arising spontaneously with a frequency of 10(-4) leads, in combination with the parr-454 mutation, to full paromomycin resistance in strain 777-3A.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität München, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weiss-Brummer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hüttenhofer
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010303:Paromomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D010303:Paromomycin