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ArticleBMC genomics2017

The link between adjacent codon pairs and mRNA stability.

Yuriko Harigaya, Roy Parker

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Article in BMC genomics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Predicting gene sequences with AI to study codon usage patterns.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  14. Genome-wide analysis of lncRNA stability in human.PLoS computational biology · 2021
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  17. Robust landscapes of ribosome dwell times and aminoacyl-tRNAs in response to nutrient stress in liver.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuriko HarigayaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA. yuriko.harigaya@colorado.edu.
Roy ParkerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of Colorado Boulder · US

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvidence in diverse organisms suggests that codon optimality is a major determinant of mRNA translation and degradation. Codon optimality is thought to act by modulating the efficiency of ribosome elongation. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a recent study has identified 17 adjacent codon pairs that mediate strong inhibition of translation elongation. However, relationships between the inhibitory codon pairs and other aspects of gene expression are unknown.

resultsTo gain insights into how the inhibitory codon pairs may affect aspects of gene expression, we utilized existing datasets to conduct genome-scale analyses in S. cerevisiae. Our analysis revealed the following points. First, the inhibitory codon pairs are significantly associated with faster mRNA decay. The association is not solely due to the content of nucleotides, individual codons, or dipeptides encoded by the inhibitory codon pairs. Second, the inhibitory codon pairs cannot fully explain the previously known relationship of codon optimality with mRNA stability, suggesting that optimality of individual codons and properties of adjacent codon pairs both contribute to gene regulation. Finally, although the inhibitory codon pairs are associated with slower mRNA synthesis and protein instability, the associations can be attributed to usage bias in individual codons.

conclusionsThis study suggests an association of inhibitory codon pairs with mRNA stability and thus another layer of complexity in the codon-mediated gene regulation.

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RNA StabilityCodonRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiaeCodonRNA, MessengerCodon pairmRNA stabilitymRNA translation

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PMID28486986
PMCPMC5424319
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