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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2020

Recent Advances in Archaeal Translation Initiation.

Emmanuelle Schmitt, Pierre-Damien Coureux, Ramy Kazan, Gabrielle Bourgeois, Christine Lazennec-Schurdevin, Yves Mechulam

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emmanuelle SchmittLaboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule, BIOC, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS-UMR7654, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.
Pierre-Damien CoureuxLaboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule, BIOC, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS-UMR7654, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.
Ramy KazanLaboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule, BIOC, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS-UMR7654, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.
Gabrielle BourgeoisLaboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule, BIOC, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS-UMR7654, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.
Christine Lazennec-SchurdevinLaboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule, BIOC, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS-UMR7654, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.
Yves MechulamLaboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule, BIOC, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS-UMR7654, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.
Laboratoire de Biologie et Modélisation de la Cellule · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Translation initiation (TI) allows accurate selection of the initiation codon on a messenger RNA (mRNA) and defines the reading frame. In all domains of life, translation initiation generally occurs within a macromolecular complex made up of the small ribosomal subunit, the mRNA, a specialized methionylated initiator tRNA, and translation initiation factors (IFs). Once the start codon is selected at the P site of the ribosome and the large subunit is associated, the IFs are released and a ribosome competent for elongation is formed. However, even if the general principles are the same in the three domains of life, the molecular mechanisms are different in bacteria, eukaryotes, and archaea and may also vary depending on the mRNA. Because TI mechanisms have evolved lately, their studies bring important information about the evolutionary relationships between extant organisms. In this context, recent structural data on ribosomal complexes and genome-wide studies are particularly valuable. This review focuses on archaeal translation initiation highlighting its relationships with either the eukaryotic or the bacterial world. Eukaryotic features of the archaeal small ribosomal subunit are presented. Ribosome evolution and TI mechanisms diversity in archaeal branches are discussed. Next, the use of leaderless mRNAs and that of leadered mRNAs having Shine-Dalgarno sequences is analyzed. Finally, the current knowledge on TI mechanisms of SD-leadered and leaderless mRNAs is detailed.

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evolutionleaderlessmRNAribosomal proteinsShine-Dalgarno

Identifiers

PMID33072057
PMCPMC7531240
OpenAlexW3087947136

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