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ANNUAL REVIEW OF VIROLOGY, VOL 7, 2020
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages 219-238Publisher
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DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-012120-101548
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programmed ribosomal frameshifting; PRF; protein regulators; mRNA regulators; cis-acting elements; trans-acting elements
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- NIH [R21AI142383]
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Programmed ribosomal frameshifting (PRF) is a conserved translational recoding mechanism found in all branches of life and viruses. In bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes PRF is used to downregulate protein production by inducing a premature termination of translation, which triggers messenger RNA (mRNA) decay. In viruses, PRF is used to drive the production of a new protein while downregulating the production of another protein, thus maintaining a stoichiometry optimal for productive infection. Traditionally, PRF motifs have been defined by the characteristics of two cis elements: a slippery heptanucleotide sequence followed by an RNA pseudoknot or stem-loop within the mRNA. Recently, additional cis and new trans elements have been identified that regulate PRF in both host and viral translation. These additional factors suggest PRF is an evolutionarily conserved process whose function and regulation we are just beginning to understand.
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