Polyamine modulon in yeast—Stimulation of COX4 synthesis by spermidine at the level of translation
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- 作者：Takeshi Uemura ; Kyohei Higashi ; Miki Takigawa ; Toshihiko Toida ; Keiko Kashiwagi ; Kazuei Igarashi
- 关键词：COX4 ; Polyamine modulon ; Ribosome shunting ; Translation ; Yeast
- 刊名：The International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：December 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：41
- 期：12
- 页码：2538-2545
- 全文大小：1116 K
文摘
We proposed that a group of genes whose expression is enhanced by polyamines at the level of translation in Escherichia coli and mammalian cells be referred to as a “polyamine modulon”. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, proteins whose synthesis is enhanced by polyamines at the level of translation were searched for using a polyamine-requiring mutant of S. cerevisiae deficient in ornithine decarboxylase (YPH499 Δspe1). Addition of spermidine to the medium recovered the spermidine content and enhanced cell growth of the YPH499 Δspe1 mutant by 3–5-fold. Under these conditions, synthesis of COX4, one of the subunits of cytochrome C oxidase (complex IV), was enhanced by polyamines about 2.5-fold at the level of translation. Accordingly, the COX4 gene is the first member of a polyamine modulon in yeast. Polyamines enhanced COX4 synthesis through stimulation of the ribosome shunting of the stem–loop structures (hairpin structures) during the scanning of the 5′-untranslated region (5′-UTR) of COX4 mRNA by 40S ribosomal subunit-Met-tRNAi complex.