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ArticleNature structural & molecular biology2017

Structural snapshot of cytoplasmic pre-60S ribosomal particles bound by Nmd3, Lsg1, Tif6 and Reh1.

Chengying Ma, Shan Wu, Ningning Li, Yan Chen, Kaige Yan, Zhifei Li, Lvqin Zheng, Jianlin Lei, John L Woolford, Ning Gao

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Article in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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74 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Chengying MaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Shan WuMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ningning LiPeking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yan ChenMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Kaige YanMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Zhifei LiMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Lvqin ZhengPeking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Jianlin LeiMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
John L WoolfordDepartment of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ning GaoMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Tsinghua University · CNCarnegie Mellon University · USCenter for Life Sciences · CNPeking University · CN

Funding

YEAST RIBOSOME BIOGENESISR01GM028301 · NIGMS · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI WOOLFORD, JOHN L. · 1985 to 2025
$8.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM028301
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A key step in ribosome biogenesis is the nuclear export of pre-ribosomal particles. Nmd3, a highly conserved protein in eukaryotes, is a specific adaptor required for the export of pre-60S particles. Here we used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to characterize Saccharomyces cerevisiae pre-60S particles purified with epitope-tagged Nmd3. Our structural analysis indicates that these particles belong to a specific late stage of cytoplasmic pre-60S maturation in which ribosomal proteins uL16, uL10, uL11, eL40 and eL41 are deficient, but ribosome assembly factors Nmd3, Lsg1, Tif6 and Reh1 are present. Nmd3 and Lsg1 are located near the peptidyl-transferase center (PTC). In particular, Nmd3 recognizes the PTC in its near-mature conformation. In contrast, Reh1 is anchored to the exit of the polypeptide tunnel, with its C terminus inserted into the tunnel. These findings pinpoint a structural checkpoint role for Nmd3 in PTC assembly, and provide information about functional and mechanistic roles of these assembly factors in the maturation of the 60S ribosomal subunit.

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CytoplasmModels, MolecularPeptidesPeptidyl TransferasesProtein BindingProtein DomainsRibosomal ProteinsRibosome Subunits, Large, EukaryoticRNA, RibosomalSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsPeptidesPeptidyl TransferasesRibosomal ProteinsRNA, RibosomalRNA, ribosomal, 25SSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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