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ArticleThe EMBO journal2003

Internal initiation drives the synthesis of Ure2 protein lacking the prion domain and affects [URE3] propagation in yeast cells.

Anton A Komar, Thierry Lesnik, Christophe Cullin, William C Merrick, Hans Trachsel, Michael Altmann

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Anton A KomarInstitut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Bern, Buehlstrasse 28, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. aak11@po.cwru.edu
Thierry Lesnik
Christophe Cullin
William C Merrick
Hans Trachsel
Michael Altmann

Funding

MECHANISM OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INTITIATIONR01GM026796 · NIGMS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI MERRICK, WILLIAM C. · 1985 to 2008
$2.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM26796NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM026796
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The [URE3] phenotype in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is caused by the inactive, altered (prion) form of the Ure2 protein (Ure2p), a regulator of nitrogen catabolism. Ure2p has two functional domains: an N-terminal domain necessary and sufficient for prion propagation and a C-terminal domain responsible for nitrogen regulation. We show here that the mRNA encoding Ure2p possesses an IRES (internal ribosome entry site). Internal initiation leads to the synthesis of an N-terminally truncated active form of the protein (amino acids 94-354) lacking the prion-forming domain. Expression of the truncated Ure2p form (94-354) mediated by the IRES element cures yeast cells of the [URE3] phenotype. We assume that the balance between the full-length and truncated (94-354) Ure2p forms plays an important role in yeast cell physiology and differentiation.

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Peptide Chain Initiation, TranslationalProtein BiosynthesisAnimalsCell SizeCodon, InitiatorGenes, ReporterGlutathione PeroxidasePhenotypePrionsPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein Structure, TertiaryRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsUntranslated RegionsCodon, InitiatorGlutathione PeroxidasePrionsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsUntranslated RegionsURE2 protein, S cerevisiae

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PMID12606584
PMCPMC150336

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