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ArticleNature communications2017

Protein-directed ribosomal frameshifting temporally regulates gene expression.

Sawsan Napthine, Roger Ling, Leanne K Finch, Joshua D Jones, Susanne Bell, Ian Brierley, Andrew E Firth

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sawsan NapthineDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK.
Roger LingDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK.
Leanne K FinchDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK.
Joshua D JonesDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK.
Susanne BellDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK.
Ian BrierleyDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK.
Andrew E FirthDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7986-9520
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/M011747/1Wellcome Trust 202797/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting is a mechanism of gene expression, whereby specific signals within messenger RNAs direct a proportion of translating ribosomes to shift -1 nt and continue translating in the new reading frame. Such frameshifting normally occurs at a set ratio and is utilized in the expression of many viral genes and a number of cellular genes. An open question is whether proteins might function as trans-acting switches to turn frameshifting on or off in response to cellular conditions. Here we show that frameshifting in a model RNA virus, encephalomyocarditis virus, is trans-activated by viral protein 2A. As a result, the frameshifting efficiency increases from 0 to 70% (one of the highest known in a mammalian system) over the course of infection, temporally regulating the expression levels of the viral structural and enzymatic proteins.

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AnimalsCell LineEncephalomyocarditis virusFrameshifting, RibosomalGene Expression Regulation, ViralInverted Repeat SequencesMesocricetusNucleic Acid ConformationOpen Reading FramesProtein BiosynthesisRibosomesRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralViral ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralViral Proteinsvirus protein 2A

Identifiers

PMID28593994
PMCPMC5472766
OpenAlexW2622769433

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