渗漏扫描
渗漏扫描（Leaky scanning）是真核生物细胞中核糖体（43S起始前复合物）扫描mRNA的5′非翻译区时，跳过前方的起始密码子AUG，从较下游的AUG开始翻译的机制。翻译一般是由mRNA上最靠5'的AUG开始，但当其周围序列配置不适合起始翻译时，43S起始前复合物会跳过第一个AUG，继续往3'扫描，改由较下游的AUG开始翻译蛋白质[1][2]。
渗漏扫描的机制最早由美国生物学家玛丽莲·科扎克阐明。AUG密码子在GCCRCCAUGG（Kozak序列，其中R表示A或G）中时最适合起始翻译[3]，当AUG周围的序列与此不一致时，多数核糖体可能会发生渗漏扫描，即跳过该AUG，继续往下游寻找更适宜起始翻译的AUG，仅有少数核糖体会在该处起始翻译，因此自可能翻译生成数种不同的蛋白质[4]。渗漏扫描发生于许多病毒的mRNA翻译过程[5]，真核细胞自身的mRNA翻译也有此机制[6][7]。
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