title: Evolutionary specialization of recoding: frameshifting in the expression of S. cerevisiae antizyme mRNA is via an atypical antizyme shift site but is still +1.
abstract: An autoregulatory translational shift to the +1 frame is required for the expression of ornithine decarboxylase antizyme from fungi to mammals. In most eukaryotes, including all vertebrates and a majority of the studied fungi/yeast, the site on antizyme mRNA where the shift occurs is UCC-UGA. The mechanism of the frameshift on this sequence likely involves nearly universal aspects of the eukaryotic translational machinery. Nevertheless, a mammalian antizyme frameshift cassette yields predominantly -2 frameshift in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, instead of the +1 in mammals. The recently identified endogenous S. cerevisiae antizyme mRNA has an atypical shift site: UGC-GCG-UGA. It is shown here that endogenous S. cerevisiae antizyme frameshifting is +1 rather than -2. We discuss how antizyme frameshifting in budding yeasts exploits peculiarities of their tRNA balance, and relate this to prior studies on Ty frameshifting.
authors.forename: Ivaylo P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: Raymond F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Gesteland
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Atkins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018965:Frameshifting, Ribosomal; D005658:Fungi / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D008322:Mammals; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D065108:Ornithine Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D012440:Saccharomyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D065108:Ornithine Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D011506:Proteins; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C031017:ornithine decarboxylase antizyme