Can ACG serve as an initiation codon for protein synthesis in eucaryotic cells?
An ACG codon, which replaces the AUG codon used to initiate the synthesis of bacteriophage T7 gene 0.3 protein, was shown to function as a low-efficiency initiation codon in a wheat germ cell-free protein-synthesizing system.
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics*; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D013604:T-Phages / Q000235:genetics; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
D003062:Codon; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014764:Viral Proteins