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Volume 151, Issue 6

Acquisition of a stable mutation in allows efficient initiation from an amber codon in Free

Abstract

strains harbouring elongator tRNAs that insert amino acids in response to a termination codon during elongation have been generated for various applications. Additionally, it was shown that expression of an initiator tRNA containing a CUA anticodon from a multicopy plasmid in resulted in initiation from an amber codon. Even though the initiation-based system remedies toxicity-related drawbacks, its usefulness has remained limited for want of a strain with a chromosomally encoded initiator tRNA ‘suppressor’. K strains possess four initiator tRNA genes: the , and genes, located at a single locus, encode tRNA , and a distantly located gene encodes a variant, tRNA . In this study, a stable strain of K-12 that affords efficient initiation from an amber initiation codon was isolated. Genetic analysis revealed that the gene in this strain acquired mutations to encode tRNA with a CUA anticodon (a U35A36 mutation). The acquisition of the mutations depended on the presence of a plasmid-borne copy of the mutant and host background. The mutations were observed when the plasmid-borne gene encoded tRNA (U35A36) with additional changes in the acceptor stem (G72; G72G73) but not in the anticodon stem (U29C30A31/U35A36/ψ39G40A41). The usefulness of this strain, and a possible role for multiple tRNA genes in in safeguarding their intactness, are discussed.

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Keyword(s): Amp, ampicillin , CAT, chloramphenicol acetyl transferase , Cm, chloramphenicol , Kan, kanamycin and Tc, tetracycline
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Acquisition of a stable mutation in metY allows efficient initiation from an amber codon in Escherichia coli
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