Reinitiation of translation from the triplet next to the amber termination codon in the absence of ribosome-releasing factor.

AUTOR(ES)

Ryoji, M

RESUMO

Ribosome releasing factor (RR factor) releases ribosomes from mRNA at the termination codon in Escherichia coli. In the absence of this factor, polypeptides with molecular weights very close to the molecular weight of bacteriophage R17 coat protein were synthesized in vitro under the direction of a mutant R17 phage RNA having an amber mutation at codon 7 of the coat cistron. The major coat-protein-like product shared all the R17 coat protein sequence except that the seven NH2-terminal amino acids were missing. The minor product had the complete coat protein sequence starting from formylmethionine except for a probable amino acid substitution at codon 7 (UAG). Addition of RR factor inhibited the synthesis of the major protein. These results indicate that, in the absence of RR factor, the ribosome that has released the NH2-terminal hexapeptide at the amber codon stays on the mRNA and subsequently reinitiates translation "in phase" immediately after the amber codon without formylmethionine.

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