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SUBMITTER: Ivanov IP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC302018 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ivanov I P IP Matsufuji S S Murakami Y Y Gesteland R F RF Atkins J F JF
The EMBO journal 20000401 8
Regulation of ornithine decarboxylase in vertebrates involves a negative feedback mechanism requiring the protein antizyme. Here we show that a similar mechanism exists in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The expression of mammalian antizyme genes requires a specific +1 translational frameshift. The efficiency of the frameshift event reflects cellular polyamine levels creating the autoregulatory feedback loop. As shown here, the yeast antizyme gene and several newly identified antizy ...[more]