Oppenheim D S, Yanofsky C
Genetics. 1980 Aug;95(4):785-95. doi: 10.1093/genetics/95.4.785.
E. coli trpE polar mutations are 10 time more polar on trpD gene expression than on downstream (trpC, B, or A) gene expression. This effects was shown to be the result of "translational coupling," in which efficient translation of trpE-trpD intercistronic punctuation region consists of overlapping stop and start codons, and the trpE and trpD gene products form a functional complex in the cell. In light observations and characteristics, several models for the mechanism of translational coupling are considered.
大肠杆菌色氨酸操纵子E基因的极性突变对色氨酸操纵子D基因表达的极性影响比对下游(色氨酸操纵子C、B或A)基因表达的极性影响大10倍。这种效应被证明是“翻译偶联”的结果,其中色氨酸操纵子E-色氨酸操纵子D基因间标点区域的有效翻译由重叠的终止密码子和起始密码子组成,并且色氨酸操纵子E和色氨酸操纵子D基因产物在细胞中形成功能复合物。根据观察结果和特征,考虑了几种翻译偶联机制的模型。