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SUBMITTER: Ivanov IP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1874602 | biostudies-literature | 2007
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ivanov Ivaylo P IP Ivanov Ivaylo P IP Atkins John F JF
Nucleic acids research 20070301 6
The protein antizyme is a negative regulator of intracellular polyamine levels. Ribosomes synthesizing antizyme start in one ORF and at the codon 5' adjacent to its stop codon, shift +1 to a second and partially overlapping ORF which encodes most of the protein. The ribosomal frameshifting is a sensor and effector of an autoregulatory circuit which is conserved in animals, fungi and protists. Stimulatory signals encoded 5' and 3' of the shift site act to program the frameshifting. Despite overal ...[more]