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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S):
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Permanent Cell Line Cell
SUBMITTER:
Sergey Kovalchuk
LAB HEAD: Sergey Kovalchuk
PROVIDER: PXD016007 | Pride | 2021-09-08
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200921 40
While near-cognate codons are frequently used for translation initiation in eukaryotes, their efficiencies are usually low (<10% compared to an AUG in optimal context). Here, we describe a rare case of highly efficient near-cognate initiation. A CUG triplet located in the 5' leader of <i>POLG</i> messenger RNA (mRNA) initiates almost as efficiently (∼60 to 70%) as an AUG in optimal context. This CUG directs translation of a conserved 260-triplet-long overlapping open reading frame (ORF), which w ...[more]