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. 2009 Mar;73(1):178–210. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00010-08

TABLE 1.

+1 frameshifts induced by altered tRNAs

tRNA or stress Alteration in tRNA Site of frameshifta Expt type Reference(s)
S. enterica tRNAGGGPro Base substitutions outside and in anticodon; tRNA aminoacylated as in WT P site, by WT tRNAcmo5UGGPro In vivo 258, 259, 295
S. enterica tRNACGGPro Insertion of an extra nucleotide in anticodon P site, by either mutated tRNACGGPro or WT tRNAcmo5UGGPro In vivo 259
Yeast tRNAIGGPro Insertion of an extra nucleotide in anticodon P site In vivo 259
Yeast tRNACCCGly Insertion of an extra nucleotide in anticodon P site In vivo 259
S. enterica tRNAmnm5UCUArg Alterations in structure of tRNAmnm5UCUArg reduce concn of aminoacylated tRNAmnm5UCUArg, which in turn causes frameshift at next upstream codon P site In vivo 180
Starvation Amino acid limitation P site In vivo 107
Third-position-mismatched tRNAs Lack of cognate tRNAs induces +1 frameshift by near-matched tRNA; i.e., imbalance of tRNAs causes +1 frameshift P site In vivo 304
Imbalance of tRNAcmo5UGGPro or tRNAmnm5UCUArg Overexpression of tRNAcmo5UGGPro induces +1 frameshift; +1 frameshift at tandem AGG-AGG caused by limitation of tRNAmnm5UCUArg P site In vivo 229, 291
Third-position-mismatched tRNAs Several third-position-mismatched tRNAs in P site induce frameshift P site In vivo 304
tRNA modifications Various deficiencies in tRNA modification cause +1 or −1 frameshifts in E. coli, S. enterica, or yeast In some cases shown to occur in P site; in other cases not addressed In vivo 40, 120, 176, 188, 320, 325
E. coli tRNAmnm5UCCGly Base substitutions in position 34 and outside anticodon P site In vivo 131
E. coli tRNAcmo5UACVal Insertion of either A or U in anticodon between cmo5U34 and A35 P site In vivo 235
S. enterica tRNAGGUThr Insertion of an extra nucleotide in 5′ part of the anticodon and “pushing” U33 into wobble position, resulting in 5′-UUGG-3′ anticodon Possible P site (see text) In vivo 45, 46
S. enterica tRNAcmnm5s2UUGGln Overexpression of tRNAcmnm5s2UUGGln with an inserted U between cmnm5s2U34 and U35 Not experimentally addressed In vivo 228
S. enterica tRNAmnm5s2UUULys Overexpression of tRNAmnm5s2UUULys with an inserted U between mnm5s2U34 and U35 Not experimentally addressed In vivo 228
E. coli tRNAICGArg Changes in or outside anticodon Not experimentally addressed In vivo 317
E. coli tRNACUALeu Insertions of an extra nucleotide in anticodon and A26G base substitution Not experimentally addressed In vivo 211
E. coli tRNAcmo5UACVal Insertion of an extra nucleotide (C32.1) and G42A present on plasmid Not experimentally addressed In vivo 230
E. coli tRNAcmo5UACVal Base substitutions (C74A or C74G) in the CCA terminus Not experimentally addressed In vivo 239
Mitochondrial tRNAUGASer U42C and lack of Ψ27. Not experimentally addressed In vivo 143
tRNAAla Insertion of an extra nucleotide in anticodon; in vitro experiments Not experimentally addressed In vitro 326
tRNAPhe Insertion of CCCG as anticodon in body of unmodified tRNAPhe; in vitro experiments Not experimentally addressed In vitro 253
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The site of frameshifting was determined as described in the text under Tests of P-Site and E-Site Roles: Genetic Evidence for E-Site Codon-Anticodon Pairing.