“…A role for Pab1 in restricting readthrough is consistent with several earlier studies in multiple systems, including those reporting: a) position dependence of the noncanonical genetic codes in Ciliates (alluded to above) (Heaphy et al, 2016;Swart et al, 2016;Zahonova et al, 2016), b) interactions between eRF3 and PABP from mammalian, Xenopus, and yeast cells, and identification of specific interacting domains in the respective proteins, using two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, isothermal titration calorimetry, and surface plasmon resonance methodologies (Cosson et al, 2002a;Cosson et al, 2002b;Hoshino et al, 1999;Hosoda et al, 2003;Jerbi et al, 2016;Kononenko et al, 2010;Roque et al, 2015;Uchida et al, 2002), and c) direct stimulation of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolysis dependent on eRF3:PABP interaction in a reconstituted cellfree system (Ivanov et al, 2016). However, our results differ from those of Roque et al who found that readthrough efficiency in a dual luciferase assay in yeast decreased when Pab1:eRF3 interaction was interrupted (Roque et al, 2015).…”