Translation termination factor eRF1 of the ciliate Blepharisma japonicum recognizes all three stop codons

In species with variant genetic codes, one or two stop codons encode amino acid residues and are not recognized by the intrinsic class I translation termination factor (eRF1). Ciliata include a large number of species with variant genetic codes. The stop codon specificity of the Blepharisma japonicu...

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Published in:Molecular biology (New York) 2011-08, Vol.45 (4), p.614-618
Main Authors: Eliseev, B. D., Alkalaeva, E. Z., Kryuchkova, P. N., Lekomtsev, S. A., Wang, Wei, Liang, Ai-Hua, Frolova, L. Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
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Amino acids
Biochemistry
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Blepharisma japonicum
Ciliata
Genomes
Human Genetics
Life Sciences
Molecular biology
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Proteins
Protozoa
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Summary:In species with variant genetic codes, one or two stop codons encode amino acid residues and are not recognized by the intrinsic class I translation termination factor (eRF1). Ciliata include a large number of species with variant genetic codes. The stop codon specificity of the Blepharisma japonicum translation termination factor eRF1 was determined in an in vitro eukaryotic translation system and in an in vivo assay (a dual reporter system). It was shown that eRF1 of B. japonicum retained specificity to all three stop codons, although the efficiency of peptydyl-tRNA hydrolysis in the presence of UGA was reduced in the in vitro assay. Since Heterotrichea (including B. japonicum ) are the earliest diverged lineage in the phylogenetic tree of ciliates, B. japonicum probably possesses a universal genetic code similar to the putative ciliate ancestor group.
ISSN:0026-8933
1608-3245
DOI:10.1134/S0026893311040030