PMID:7683367
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Rydén-Aulin, M, Shaoping, Z, Kylsten, P and Isaksson, LA (1993) Ribosome activity and modification of 16S RNA are influenced by deletion of ribosomal protein S20. Mol. Microbiol. 7:983-92 |
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| Abstract |
A spontaneous mutant of Escherichia coli K-12 was isolated that shows an increased misreading ability of all three nonsense codons together with an inability to grow at 42 degrees C. It is demonstrated that the mutation is a deletion of the gene rpsT, coding for ribosomal protein S20. The loss of this protein not only influences the decoding properties of the ribosome; the modification pattern of 16S ribosomal RNA is also changed. This leads to a deficiency in the ability of the mutant to associate its 30S subunits with 50S subunits to form 70S ribosomes. It is suggested that two modified bases, m5C and m6(2)A, are directly or indirectly essential for association of subunits to functional ribosomes in the rpsT mutant strain. Two other modifications were also studied; m2G which is not affected at all and m3U which is undermodified in both active and inactive subunits and, therefore, not involved in subunit association. |
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| Keywords |
Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Codon; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Gene Deletion; Genes, Bacterial; Genes, Lethal; Genes, Suppressor; Mutation; Peptide Chain Termination, Translational; Protein Biosynthesis; RNA, Bacterial/metabolism; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/metabolism; Ribosomal Proteins/genetics; Ribosomal Proteins/metabolism; Ribosomes/metabolism |
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