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. 1984 Jun;158(3):849-59.
doi: 10.1128/jb.158.3.849-859.1984.

Defined set of cloned termination suppressors: in vivo activity of isogenetic UAG, UAA, and UGA suppressor tRNAs

L A Raftery, J B Egan, S W Cline, M Yarus

Defined set of cloned termination suppressors: in vivo activity of isogenetic UAG, UAA, and UGA suppressor tRNAs

L A Raftery et al. J Bacteriol. 1984 Jun.

Abstract

We have cloned an isogenetic set of UAG, UAA, and UGA suppressors. These include the Su7 -UAG, Su7 -UAA, and Su7 -UGA suppressors derived from base substitutions in the anticodon of Escherichia coli tRNATrp and also Su9 , a UGA suppressor derived from a base substitution in the D-arm of the same tRNA. These genes are cloned on high-copy-number plasmids under lac promoter control. The construction of the Su7 -UAG plasmid and the wild-type trpT plasmid have been previously described ( Yarus , et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 77:5092-5097, 1980). Su7 -UAA ( trpT177 ) is a weak suppressor which recognizes both UAA and UAG nonsense codons and probably inserts glutamine. Su7 -UGA ( trpT176 ) is a strong UGA suppressor which may insert tryptophan. Su9 ( trpT178 ) is a moderately strong UGA suppressor which also recognizes UGG (Trp) codons, and it inserts tryptophan. The construction of these plasmids is detailed within. Data on the DNA sequences of these trpT alleles and on amino acid specificity of the suppressors are presented. The efficiency of the cloned suppressors at certain nonsense mutations has been measured and is discussed with respect to the context of these codons.

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