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J Biol Chem, Vol. 274, Issue 31, 21741-21745, July 30, 1999

Starved Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells Have the Capacity to Support Internal Initiation of Translation

From the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel

Internal initiation of translation, whereby ribosomes are directed to internal AUG codon independently of the 5' end of the mRNA, has been observed rarely in higher eucaryotes and has not been demonstrated in living yeast. We report here that starved yeast cells are capable of initiating translation of a dicistronic message internally. The studied element that functions as an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) is hardly functional or not functional at all in logarithmically growing cells. Moreover, during the logarithmic growth phase, this element seems to inhibit translation reinitiation when placed as an intercistronic spacer or to inhibit translation when placed in the 5'-untranslated region of a monocistronic message. Inhibition of translation is likely due to the putative strong secondary structure of the IRES that interferes with the cap-dependent scanning process. When cells exit the logarithmic growth phase, or when artificially starved for carbon source, translation of the IRES-containing messages is substantially induced. Our findings imply that the capacity to translate internally is a characteristic of starved rather than vegetatively growing yeast cells.

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