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A cryptic ribosome binding site, false signals in reporter systems and avoidance of protein translation chaos

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The expression of reporter gene may be induced by activation of cryptic signalling sequences, as we found while constructing the mutS-lacZ fusion gene. We cloned the Escherichia coli lacZ gene encoding beta-galactosidase into a plasmid vector carrying the Thermus thermophilus mutS gene. The clones expected to produce beta-galactosidase as the C-terminal fusion were selected for the complementation of beta-galactosidase activity in a lacZ deficient E. coli strain. Surprisingly, one of the clones, though displaying beta-galactosidase activity, did not produce the fusion protein. As shown by DNA sequencing a 92 bp fragment in the 3' part of mutS gene was substituted by a 19 bp sequence. As the consequence of the resultant frameshift, a truncated MutS peptide was translated instead of beta-galactosidase fusion. The cloned lacZ gene lacked its ribosome binding site, so lacZ expression could be explained by activation of a cryptic ribosome binding site in the 3' end of mutS gene. This observation shows that fusion domains in reporter systems are possible to produce accidentally misleading signals. This observation also suggests that some triplets like AGG and AGA, present in the canonical ribosome binding sequence, are rarely used codons to prevent chaotic protein translation.

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artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY no. 143, pages 169 - 172,
ISSN: 0168-1656
Language:
English
Publication year:
2009
Bibliographic description:
Sachadyn P., Stanisławska-Sachadyn A., Kabat E., Zieli Ńska A., Kur J.: A cryptic ribosome binding site, false signals in reporter systems and avoidance of protein translation chaos// JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. -Vol. 143, nr. nr 3 (2009), s.169-172
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Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2009.07.001
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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