{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Knoppel A"],"funding":["Vetenskapsrådet"],"pagination":["340"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7069363"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11"],"pubmed_abstract":["We previously described how four deleterious synonymous mutations in the <i>Salmonella enterica rpsT</i> gene (encoding ribosomal protein S20) result in low S20 levels that can be compensated by mutations that restore [S20]. Here, we have further studied the cause for the deleterious effects of S20 deficiency and found that the S20 mutants were also deficient in four other 30S proteins (S1, S2, S12, and S21), which is likely due to an assembly defect of the S20 deficient 30S subunits. We examined the compensatory effect by six additional mutations affecting the global regulator Fis and the C-terminal domain of the α subunit of RNA polymerase (encoded by <i>rpoA</i>). The <i>fis</i> and <i>rpoA</i> mutations restored the S20 levels, concomitantly restoring the assembly defect and the levels"],"journal":["Frontiers in microbiology"],"pubmed_title":["Synonymous Mutations in <i>rpsT</i> Lead to Ribosomal Assembly Defects That Can Be Compensated by Mutations in <i>fis</i> and <i>rpoA</i>."],"pmcid":["PMC7069363"],"funding_grant_id":["2012-2186","2014-4479"],"pubmed_authors":["Nasvall J","Andersson DI","Knoppel A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Synonymous Mutations in <i>rpsT</i> Lead to Ribosomal Assembly Defects That Can Be Compensated by Mutations in <i>fis</i> and <i>rpoA</i>.","description":"We previously described how four deleterious synonymous mutations in the <i>Salmonella enterica rpsT</i> gene (encoding ribosomal protein S20) result in low S20 levels that can be compensated by mutations that restore [S20]. Here, we have further studied the cause for the deleterious effects of S20 deficiency and found that the S20 mutants were also deficient in four other 30S proteins (S1, S2, S12, and S21), which is likely due to an assembly defect of the S20 deficient 30S subunits. We examined the compensatory effect by six additional mutations affecting the global regulator Fis and the C-terminal domain of the α subunit of RNA polymerase (encoded by <i>rpoA</i>). The <i>fis</i> and <i>rpoA</i> mutations restored the S20 levels, concomitantly restoring the assembly defect and the levels","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020","modification":"2026-04-08T09:52:32.221Z","creation":"2026-04-08T01:06:12.704Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7069363","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32210939"],"doi":["10.3389/fmicb.2020.00340"]}}