Cellular mechanisms that control mistranslation

Noah M Reynolds, Beth A Lazazzera, Michael Ibba

103 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Mistranslation broadly encompasses the introduction of errors during any step of protein synthesis, leading to the incorporation of an amino acid that is different from the one encoded by the gene. Recent research has vastly enhanced our understanding of the mechanisms that control mistranslation at the molecular level and has led to the discovery that the rates of mistranslation in vivo are not fixed but instead are variable. In this Review we describe the different steps in translation quality control and their variations under different growth conditions and between species though a comparison of in vitro and in vivo findings. This provides new insights as to why mistranslation can have both positive and negative effects on growth and viability.
Original languageEnglish
JournalNature Reviews. Microbiology
Volume8
Issue number12
Pages (from-to)849-56
Number of pages8
ISSN1740-1526
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2010

Keywords

  • Amino Acids
  • Animals
  • Cell Physiological Phenomena
  • Humans
  • Protein Biosynthesis
  • Protein Folding
  • RNA, Transfer

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