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. 1991 Jan;173(1):412-6.
doi: 10.1128/jb.173.1.412-416.1991.

Temperature sensitivity caused by missense suppressor supH and amber suppressor supP in Escherichia coli

S Thorbjarnardóttir  1 , A Björnsson, L Amundadóttir, G Eggertsson
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Temperature sensitivity caused by missense suppressor supH and amber suppressor supP in Escherichia coli

S Thorbjarnardóttir et al. J Bacteriol. 1991 Jan.

Abstract

The temperature-sensitive missense suppressor supH and amber suppressor supP in Escherichia coli are mutations of the serU and leuX genes, respectively. The supH tRNA, tRNA(SerCAA), is expected to recognize UUG codons, which are normally read by tRNA(LeuCAA) and tRNA(LeuUAA), coded for by the leuX gene and the leuZ gene, respectively. We show that supP and supH are incompatible and that strains carrying both supP and a restrictive rpsL allele are temperature sensitive. It is suggested that the temperature sensitivity of both supH and supP strains is caused by deficient reading of UUG codons by tRNA(LeuUAA).

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