Dowling, James (2018) The Effect of the NADPH Oxidase YNO1 on Translational Fidelity. Master of Science by Research (MScRes) thesis, University of Kent,. (KAR id:73128)
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Abstract
The hypothesized relationship between translational fidelity and ageing is complex, dating back
half a century and so far represented by few known conclusions. Translational fidelity is known
to remain constant with ageing, but the mechanism through which this is possible is currently a
mystery. Recently, the yeast NADPH oxidase Yno1p was implicated in the regulation of
translational fidelity, and the relationship between Yno1p and translational fidelity was
investigated here in more detail. Through luciferase-based translational fidelity assays, here
was shown that YNO1 expression is negatively correlated with high frequency of stop-codon
read-through, and this pattern is mimicked by overnight ROS exposure, providing evidence that
ROS produced by Yno1p improves translational fidelity. Furthermore, YCK1, YCK2 and HEK2
was shown to be independently essential in mediating the fidelity improvement signal from
Yno1p to the translational machinery. Additionally, the mechanism by which hydrogen peroxide
exposure and Yno1p improves fidelity appears to be independent, but both can produce additive
improvements in fidelity. Using growth assays, overexpression of YNO1 and hydrogen peroxide
exposure were both shown to increase sensitivity to nourseothricin (NTC), a translational error-
inducing drug. YNO1 was found to be an important regulator of translational fidelity.
Item Type: | Thesis (Master of Science by Research (MScRes)) |
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Thesis advisor: | Gourlay, Campbell |
Thesis advisor: | von der Haar, Tobias |
Uncontrolled keywords: | yeast cerevisiae yno1 yno1p aim14 translation translational accuracy fidelity luciferase ros ageing |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences |
SWORD Depositor: | System Moodle |
Depositing User: | System Moodle |
Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2019 16:10 UTC |
Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2022 09:35 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/73128 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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