Codon choice and gene expression: synonymous codons differ in translational accuracy.
- 1 September 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 86 (18) , 6888-6892
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.86.18.6888
Abstract
Ribosomes programmed by different synonymous codons also differ in discrimining among near-cognate aminoacylated tRNAs. In the initial step of the recognition reaction ribosomes programmed by UUC discriminate less well than ribosomes programmed by UUU against ternary complexes containing three types of Leu-tRNA, and ribosomes programmed by CUC discriminate less well than ribosomes programmed by CUU against ternary complexes containing Phe-tRNA. Furthermore, in the proofreading step ribosomes programmed by UUC discriminate less well than ribosomes programmed by UUU against two of three near-cognate Leu-tRNAs, and ribosomes programmed by CUC discriminate less well than ribosomes programmed by CUU against near-cognate Phe-tRNA. The codon-induced change in reaction rate with near-cognate ternary complexes is greater than that with cognate ternary complexes: the most efficient codon is, therefore, the least accurate. Because the efficient, but inaccurate, codon UUC is used preferentially in highly expressed mRNAs of Escherichia coli, maximization of translational accuracy apparently has not been significant in the evolution of this particular biased codon choice in E. coli.Keywords
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