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

Human mitochondrial ribosomes can switch their structural RNA composition.

Joanna Rorbach, Fei Gao, Christopher A Powell, Aaron D'Souza, Robert N Lightowlers, Michal Minczuk, Zofia M Chrzanowska-Lightowlers

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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 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
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51 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Joanna RorbachMedical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Wellcome Trust, Cambridge CB2 0XY, United Kingdom.
Fei GaoThe Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom.
Christopher A PowellMedical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Wellcome Trust, Cambridge CB2 0XY, United Kingdom.
Aaron D'SouzaMedical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Wellcome Trust, Cambridge CB2 0XY, United Kingdom.
Robert N LightowlersThe Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom.
Michal MinczukMedical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Wellcome Trust, Cambridge CB2 0XY, United Kingdom; zofia.chrzanowska-lightowlers@ncl.ac.uk mam@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk.
Zofia M Chrzanowska-LightowlersThe Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom; The Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom zofia.chrzanowska-lightowlers@ncl.ac.uk mam@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk.
Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research · GBWellcome Trust · GBMedical Research Council · GBMRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit · GBNewcastle University · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U105697135Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent developments in cryo-EM have revolutionized our access to previously refractory structures. In particular, such studies of mammalian mitoribosomes have confirmed the absence of any 5S rRNA species and revealed the unexpected presence of a mitochondrially encoded tRNA (mt-tRNA) that usurps this position. Although the cryo-EM structures resolved the conundrum of whether mammalian mitoribosomes contain a 5S rRNA, they introduced a new dilemma: Why do human and porcine mitoribosomes integrate contrasting mt-tRNAs? Human mitoribosomes have been shown to integrate mt-tRNA

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Nucleic Acid ConformationAnimalsCryoelectron MicroscopyDNA, MitochondrialGenome, MitochondrialHumansMitochondrial RibosomesProtein BiosynthesisRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalRNA, Ribosomal, 5SRNA, TransferSwineDNA, MitochondrialRNA, Ribosomal, 5SRNA, Transfermammalian mitochondriamitochondrial protein synthesisribosomesrRNAtRNA

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PMID27729525
PMCPMC5087001
OpenAlexW2531530542

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