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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2016

Structural characterization of the interaction of α-synuclein nascent chains with the ribosomal surface and trigger factor.

Annika Deckert, Christopher A Waudby, Tomasz Wlodarski, Anne S Wentink, Xiaolin Wang, John P Kirkpatrick, Jack F S Paton, Carlo Camilloni, Predrag Kukic, Christopher M Dobson and 3 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Multivalent weak contacts shape chaperone-nascent protein interactions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  3. Structures of protein folding intermediates on the ribosome.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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  4. Multivalent weak contacts shape chaperone-nascent protein interactions.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  13. Common sequence motifs of nascent chains engage the ribosome surface and trigger factor.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Annika DeckertInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom;
Christopher A WaudbyInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom;
Tomasz WlodarskiInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom;
Anne S WentinkInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom;
Xiaolin WangInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom;
John P KirkpatrickInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom;
Jack F S PatonInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom;
Carlo CamilloniDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9923-8590
Predrag KukicDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
Christopher M DobsonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
Michele VendruscoloDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
Lisa D CabritaInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom; l.cabrita@ucl.ac.uk j.christodoulou@ucl.ac.uk.
John ChristodoulouInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom; l.cabrita@ucl.ac.uk j.christodoulou@ucl.ac.uk.
Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U117533887Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 094425/Z/10/ZWellcome Trust 097806/Z/11/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ribosome is increasingly becoming recognized as a key hub for integrating quality control processes associated with protein biosynthesis and cotranslational folding (CTF). The molecular mechanisms by which these processes take place, however, remain largely unknown, in particular in the case of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). To address this question, we studied at a residue-specific level the structure and dynamics of ribosome-nascent chain complexes (RNCs) of α-synuclein (αSyn), an IDP associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). Using solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and coarse-grained molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we find that, although the nascent chain (NC) has a highly disordered conformation, its N-terminal region shows resonance broadening consistent with interactions involving specific regions of the ribosome surface. We also investigated the effects of the ribosome-associated molecular chaperone trigger factor (TF) on αSyn structure and dynamics using resonance broadening to define a footprint of the TF-RNC interactions. We have used these data to construct structural models that suggest specific ways by which emerging NCs can interact with the biosynthesis and quality control machinery.

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Models, ChemicalMolecular Docking Simulationalpha-SynucleinBinding SitesComputer SimulationProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein DomainsRibosomesSurface Propertiesalpha-Synucleincotranslational foldingnascent chainNMR spectroscopyribosomeα-synuclein

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PMID27092002
PMCPMC4983817
OpenAlexW2339760271

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