Molecular Evolution Are there any known cases where a stop codon can also have another function?

In vivo translation termination assays revealed that the Tetrahymena hybrid eRF1 promoted efficient termination at all three stop codons, indicating that eRF1 ... Jan 15, 2016 ... Show your love by hitting that SUBSCRIBE button! :) Translation Part 4 - Termination Phase & Release Factor. Apr 27, 2011 ... These results suggest that 3′ RNA stimulatory structures feature in a much larger proportion of readthrough cases than previously anticipated. Aug 22, 2014 ... In the standard bacterial codon table, there are three stop codons,. TAG, TGA, and TAA (UAG, UGA, and UAA on mRNA), which are recognized by two ... Jul 29, 2011 ... Firstly, the use of three stop codons may be a maladaptive relic from the origin of life. If the genetic code evolved before accurate nucleic ... All protein-coding regions begin with the "start" codon, ATG. There are three "stop" codons that mark the end of the protein-coding region. Multiple codons can ... You can detect internal stop codons and altered splice sites with Nucleotide BLAST (blastn). ... A mismatch (red box) changes the 3' splice site of an ... May 1, 2011 ... ... stop codons (Table 3). Similarly, in the regions flanking TGA stop ... Sequence context around the next in-frame stop codon downstream of the stop ... ... 3′ stop codon context on translation termination. Introduction. Translation termination is determined by the three stop codons (UAA, UGA and UAG). The ... Objectives: The HIV-1 nef gene terminates in a 3'-UGA stop codon, which is highly conserved in the main group of HIV-1 subtypes, along with a downstream ...