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

Structure and assembly model for the Trypanosoma cruzi 60S ribosomal subunit.

Zheng Liu, Cristina Gutierrez-Vargas, Jia Wei, Robert A Grassucci, Madhumitha Ramesh, Noel Espina, Ming Sun, Beril Tutuncuoglu, Susan Madison-Antenucci, John L Woolford and 2 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 48 papers.

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12 authors.

Zheng LiuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
Cristina Gutierrez-VargasDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
Jia WeiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
Robert A GrassucciDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
Madhumitha RameshDepartment of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
Noel EspinaParasitology Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12208.
Ming SunDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
Beril TutuncuogluDepartment of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
Susan Madison-AntenucciParasitology Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12208.
John L WoolfordDepartment of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
Liang TongDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
Joachim FrankDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032; Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027; jf2192@cumc.columbia.edu.

Funding

Structural and functional studies of mRNA processing, stability and quality controlR35GM118093 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI LIANG TONG · 2016 to 2026
$8.5M
YEAST RIBOSOME BIOGENESISR01GM028301 · NIGMS · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI WOOLFORD, JOHN L. · 1985 to 2025
$8.4M
STRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIESR01GM029169 · NIGMS · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI FRANK, JOACHIM · 1985 to 2019
$6.1M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM028301NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM029169NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118093
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ribosomes of trypanosomatids, a family of protozoan parasites causing debilitating human diseases, possess multiply fragmented rRNAs that together are analogous to 28S rRNA, unusually large rRNA expansion segments, and r-protein variations compared with other eukaryotic ribosomes. To investigate the architecture of the trypanosomatid ribosomes, we determined the 2.5-Å structure of the Trypanosoma cruzi ribosome large subunit by single-particle cryo-EM. Examination of this structure and comparative analysis of the yeast ribosomal assembly pathway allowed us to develop a stepwise assembly model for the eight pieces of the large subunit rRNAs and a number of ancillary "glue" proteins. This model can be applied to the characterization of Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania spp. ribosomes as well. Together with other details, our atomic-level structure may provide a foundation for structure-based design of antitrypanosome drugs.

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Chagas DiseaseCryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayHumansRibosomal ProteinsRibosomesRibosome Subunits, Large, EukaryoticRNA, RibosomalTrypanosoma cruziRibosomal ProteinsRNA, Ribosomalantitrypanosome drug designbiogenesismultiply fragmented rRNAribosome structureTrypanosoma cruzi

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PMID27791004
PMCPMC5087005

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