Nonsense suppression position effect implicates poly(A)-binding protein in the regulation of translation termination
Wu, C.; Roy, B.; He, F.; Jacobson, A.
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Readthrough of translation termination codons, also known as nonsense suppression, is a relatively inefficient process mediated by ribosomal A site recognition and insertion of near-cognate tRNAs. Multiple factors influence readthrough efficiency, including nonsense codon specificity and context. To determine whether nonsense codon position in a gene influences the extent of readthrough, we generated a series of LUC nonsense alleles and quantitated both readthrough and termination efficiencies at each nonsense codon in yeast cells lacking nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) activity. Readthrough efficiency for premature termination codons (PTCs) manifested a marked dependence on PTC proximity to the mRNA 3-end, decreasing progressively across the LUC ORF but increasing with 3-UTR lengthening. These effects were eliminated, and translation termination efficiency decreased considerably, in cells harboring pab1 mutations. Our results support a critical role for poly(A)-binding protein in the regulation of translation termination and suggest that inefficient termination is the trigger for NMD.
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