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Competition between a sterol biosynthetic enzyme and tRNA modification in addition to changes in the protein synthesis machinery causes altered nonsense suppression.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 4 Jan 2000
Benko A L, Vaduva G, Martin N C, Hopper A K
Abstract excerpt
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mod5 protein catalyzes isopentenylation of A to i(6)A on tRNAs in the nucleus, cytosol, and mitochondria. The substrate for Mod5p, dimethylallyl pyrophosphate, is also a substrate for Erg20p that catalyzes an essential step in sterol biosynthesis. Changing the distribution of Mod5p so that less Mod5p is present in the cytosol decreases i(6)A on cytosolic tRNAs and alters tRNA-mediated...
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