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ArticleNature communications2017

High-throughput RNA structure probing reveals critical folding events during early 60S ribosome assembly in yeast.

Elena Burlacu, Fredrik Lackmann, Lisbeth-Carolina Aguilar, Sergey Belikov, Rob van Nues, Christian Trahan, Ralph D Hector, Nicholas Dominelli-Whiteley, Scott L Cockroft, Lars Wieslander and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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12 authors.

Elena BurlacuCentre for Synthetic and Systems Biology (SynthSys), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.
Fredrik LackmannDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
Lisbeth-Carolina AguilarInstitut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal RNP Biochemistry laboratory, Systems Biology Axis, Montréal, QC, H2W 1R7, Canada.
Sergey BelikovDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
Rob van NuesInstitute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK.
Christian TrahanInstitut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal RNP Biochemistry laboratory, Systems Biology Axis, Montréal, QC, H2W 1R7, Canada.
Ralph D HectorInstitute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QB, UK.
Nicholas Dominelli-WhiteleyEaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.
Scott L CockroftEaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.
Lars WieslanderDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
Marlene OeffingerInstitut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal RNP Biochemistry laboratory, Systems Biology Axis, Montréal, QC, H2W 1R7, Canada.
Sander GrannemanCentre for Synthetic and Systems Biology (SynthSys), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK. sgrannem@staffmail.ed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4387-1271

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K001744/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While the protein composition of various yeast 60S ribosomal subunit assembly intermediates has been studied in detail, little is known about ribosomal RNA (rRNA) structural rearrangements that take place during early 60S assembly steps. Using a high-throughput RNA structure probing method, we provide nucleotide resolution insights into rRNA structural rearrangements during nucleolar 60S assembly. Our results suggest that many rRNA-folding steps, such as folding of 5.8S rRNA, occur at a very specific stage of assembly, and propose that downstream nuclear assembly events can only continue once 5.8S folding has been completed. Our maps of nucleotide flexibility enable making predictions about the establishment of protein-rRNA interactions, providing intriguing insights into the temporal order of protein-rRNA as well as long-range inter-domain rRNA interactions. These data argue that many distant domains in the rRNA can assemble simultaneously during early 60S assembly and underscore the enormous complexity of 60S synthesis.Ribosome biogenesis is a dynamic process that involves the ordered assembly of ribosomal proteins and numerous RNA structural rearrangements. Here the authors apply ChemModSeq, a high-throughput RNA structure probing method, to quantitatively measure changes in RNA flexibility during the nucleolar stages of 60S assembly in yeast.

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Nucleic Acid ConformationRibosome SubunitsRNA FoldingRNA, FungalRNA ProbesRNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 5.8SSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsRNA, FungalRNA ProbesRNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 5.8SSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID28959008
PMCPMC5620067

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