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ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences2019

Ribosome Stoichiometry: From Form to Function.

Edward Emmott, Marko Jovanovic, Nikolai Slavov

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Review in Trends in biochemical sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  7. The ribosomal landscape in influenza A virus infection: from molecular mechanisms to clinical relevance.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  11. Biallelic variants in the conserved ribosomal protein chaperone geneProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  13. High-throughput approaches for the identification of ribosome heterogeneity.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Edward EmmottDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Marko JovanovicDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Nikolai SlavovDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: nslavov@alum.mit.edu.

Funding

Ribosome-mediated translational regulation during stem cell differentiationDP2GM123497 · NIGMS · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI SLAVOV, NIKOLAI · 2016 to 2016
$2.4M
Regulation of Protein Production Dynamics:RNA Binding Proteins and the Ribosome CodeR35GM128802 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI JOVANOVIC, MARKO · 2018 to 2022
$2.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM123497NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128802
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The existence of eukaryotic ribosomes with distinct ribosomal protein (RP) stoichiometry and regulatory roles in protein synthesis has been speculated for over 60 years. Recent advances in mass spectrometry (MS) and high-throughput analysis have begun to identify and characterize distinct ribosome stoichiometry in yeast and mammalian systems. In addition to RP stoichiometry, ribosomes host a vast array of protein modifications, effectively expanding the number of human RPs from 80 to many thousands of distinct proteoforms. Is it possible that these proteoforms combine to function as a 'ribosome code' to tune protein synthesis? We outline the specific benefits that translational regulation by specialized ribosomes can offer and discuss the means and methodologies available to correlate and characterize RP stoichiometry with function. We highlight previous research with a focus on formulating hypotheses that can guide future experiments and crack the ribosome code.

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AnimalsHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansMass SpectrometryRibosomal ProteinsRibosomesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeRibosomal Proteinsheterogeneitymass spectrometryribosomestoichiometrytranslation

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PMID30473427
PMCPMC6340777

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