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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2014

Overcoming stalled translation in human mitochondria.

Maria T Wesolowska, Ricarda Richter-Dennerlein, Robert N Lightowlers, Zofia M A Chrzanowska-Lightowlers

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria T WesolowskaWellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Medical School Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Ricarda Richter-DennerleinWellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Medical School Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Robert N LightowlersWellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Medical School Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Zofia M A Chrzanowska-LightowlersWellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Medical School Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 096919
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein synthesis is central to life and maintaining a highly accurate and efficient mechanism is essential. What happens when a translating ribosome stalls on a messenger RNA? Many highly intricate processes have been documented in the cytosol of numerous species, but how does organellar protein synthesis resolve this stalling issue? Mammalian mitochondria synthesize just thirteen highly hydrophobic polypeptides. These proteins are all integral components of the machinery that couples oxidative phosphorylation. Consequently, it is essential that stalled mitochondrial ribosomes can be efficiently recycled. To date, there is no evidence to support any particular molecular mechanism to resolve this problem. However, here we discuss the observation that there are four predicted members of the mitochondrial translation release factor family and that only one member, mtRF1a, is necessary to terminate the translation of all thirteen open reading frames in the mitochondrion. Could the other members be involved in the process of recycling stalled mitochondrial ribosomes?

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ICT1mitochondriaprotein synthesisrelease factorribosome rescueribosome stallingtranslation

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PMID25101074
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