Translational coupling by modulation of feedback repression in the IF3 operon of Escherichia coli
AUTOR(ES)
Chiaruttini, C.
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences of the USA
RESUMO
A pseudoknot formed by a long-range interaction in the mRNA of the initiation factor 3 (IF3) operon is involved in the translational repression of the gene encoding ribosomal protein L35 by another ribosomal protein, L20. The nucleotides forming the 5′ strand of the key stem of the pseudoknot are located within the gene for IF3, whereas those forming the 3′ strand are located 280 nt downstream, immediately upstream of the Shine–Dalgarno sequence of the gene for L35. Here we show that premature termination of IF3 translation at a nonsense codon introduced upstream of the pseudoknot results in a substantial enhancement of L20-mediated repression of L35 expression. Conversely, an increase of IF3 translation decreases repression. These results, in addition to an analysis of the effect of mutations in sequences forming the pseudoknot, indicate that IF3 translation decreases L20-mediated repression of L35 expression. We propose that ribosomes translating IF3 disrupt the pseudoknot and thereby attenuate repression. The result is a novel type of translational coupling, where unfolding of the pseudoknot by ribosomes translating IF3 does not increase expression of L35 directly, but alleviates its repression by L20.
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