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Sequences that surround the stop codons of upstream open reading frames in GCN4 mRNA determine their distinct functions in translational control.

Unit on Molecular Genetics of Lower Eukaryotes, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

Abstract

Translational control of the GCN4 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires at least two of the four short upstream open reading frames (URFs) in the leader of GCN4 mRNA. URF4 is a strong negative element that is sufficient for repression of GCN4 expression in normal growth conditions. URF1 is approximately 30-fold less effective as a translational barrier when it is the single URF present in the mRNA leader and is required upstream from URF4 for efficient derepression of GCN4 expression under amino acid starvation conditions. We show that the last codon plus 10 bp immediately after the stop codon of URF4 are sufficient to convert URF1 into a strong translational barrier when it is present as a solitary URF. This result suggests that the characteristics of translation termination at URF4 are responsible largely for its strong inhibitory effect on translation initiation at the GCN4 AUG codon. Introduction of the same URF4 sequences at URF1 also reduces GCN4 expression under derepressing conditions when URF1 is upstream from URF4. This fact suggests that URF1 translation normally is compatible with efficient scanning and initiation downstream and that this property is required for its ability to overcome the translational barrier at URF4. These findings are consistent with the idea that ribosomes must first translate URF1 and then resume scanning in order to traverse URF4 sequences under starvation conditions. Our results indicate that nucleotides located 3' to the stop codon can be as important as those located 5' to the start site in determining the inhibitory effect of an URF on translation initiation downstream.

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