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ReviewCell systems2020

Keeping the Proportions of Protein Complex Components in Check.

James Christopher Taggart, Henrik Zauber, Matthias Selbach, Gene-Wei Li, Erik McShane

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Review in Cell systems, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

James Christopher TaggartDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Henrik ZauberProteome dynamics, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany.
Matthias SelbachProteome dynamics, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: matthias.selbach@mdc-berlin.de.
Gene-Wei LiDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Electronic address: gwli@mit.edu.
Erik McShaneDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: erik_mcshane@hms.harvard.edu.

Funding

PRE-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCEST32GM007287 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BELL, STEPHEN P., KEATING, AMY E · 1985 to 2019
$40.8M
Evolution and Regulation of Bacterial Proteome CompositionR35GM124732 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Gene-Wei Li · 2017 to 2026
$3.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM124732NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007287
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How do cells maintain relative proportions of protein complex components? Advances in quantitative, genome-wide measurements have begun to shed light onto the roles of protein synthesis and degradation in establishing the precise proportions in living cells: on the one hand, ribosome profiling studies indicate that proteins are already produced in the correct relative proportions. On the other hand, proteomic studies found that many complexes contain subunits that are made in excess and subsequently degraded. Here, we discuss these seemingly contradictory findings, emerging principles, and remaining open questions. We conclude that establishing precise protein levels involves both coordinated synthesis and post-translational fine-tuning via protein degradation.

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Protein BiosynthesisProteinsProteins

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PMID32105631
PMCPMC7195860

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