Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25278503›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2014

Structure of the large ribosomal subunit from human mitochondria.

Alan Brown, Alexey Amunts, Xiao-Chen Bai, Yoichiro Sugimoto, Patricia C Edwards, Garib Murshudov, Sjors H W Scheres, V Ramakrishnan

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 198 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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198 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Alan Brown *MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
Alexey Amunts *MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
Xiao-Chen BaiMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
Yoichiro SugimotoMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
Patricia C EdwardsMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
Garib MurshudovMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
Sjors H W ScheresMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
V RamakrishnanMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U105184332Medical Research Council MC_UP_A025_1012Medical Research Council MC_UP_A025_1013Wellcome Trust 096570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human mitochondrial ribosomes are highly divergent from all other known ribosomes and are specialized to exclusively translate membrane proteins. They are linked with hereditary mitochondrial diseases and are often the unintended targets of various clinically useful antibiotics. Using single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy, we have determined the structure of its large subunit to 3.4 angstrom resolution, revealing 48 proteins, 21 of which are specific to mitochondria. The structure unveils an adaptation of the exit tunnel for hydrophobic nascent peptides, extensive remodeling of the central protuberance, including recruitment of mitochondrial valine transfer RNA (tRNA(Val)) to play an integral structural role, and changes in the tRNA binding sites related to the unusual characteristics of mitochondrial tRNAs.

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Binding SitesCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansMitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsMutationNucleic Acid ConformationProtein ConformationRibosome SubunitsRNA, Transfer, ValMitochondrial ProteinsRNA, Transfer, Val

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PMID25278503
PMCPMC4246062

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