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ArticleNature structural & molecular biology2015

Structural insights into the role of rRNA modifications in protein synthesis and ribosome assembly.

Yury S Polikanov, Sergey V Melnikov, Dieter Söll, Thomas A Steitz

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Article in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 185 papers.

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185citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

185 citing papers in PubMed, 277 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yury S Polikanov *Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Sergey V Melnikov *Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Dieter SöllDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Thomas A SteitzDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USYale University · US

Funding

X-RAY ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONP01GM022778 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BREAKER, RONALD R · 1985 to 2019
$26.1M
TRANSFER RNAR01GM022854 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER · 1985 to 2016
$21.3M
Overall EvaluationP41GM103403 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI EALICK, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2017
$14.3M
TRANSFER RNAR37GM022854 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER G · 1991 to 2000
$786k
NIGMS NIH HHS GM022778NIGMS NIH HHS GM022854NIGMS NIH HHS GM103403NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM022778NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103403NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM022854NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM022854
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report crystal structures of the Thermus thermophilus ribosome at 2.3- to 2.5-Å resolution, which have enabled modeling of rRNA modifications. The structures reveal contacts of modified nucleotides with mRNA and tRNAs or protein pY, and contacts within the ribosome interior stabilizing the functional fold of rRNA. Our work provides a resource to explore the roles of rRNA modifications and yields a more comprehensive atomic model of a bacterial ribosome.

Indexed as

Crystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularProtein BiosynthesisProtein Structure, TertiaryRibosomesRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerRNA, RibosomalRNA, TransferThermus thermophilusRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerRNA, RibosomalRNA, Transfer

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PMID25775268
PMCPMC4401423
OpenAlexW2129874158

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