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ArticleNature communications2021

Stepwise maturation of the peptidyl transferase region of human mitoribosomes.

Tea Lenarčič, Mateusz Jaskolowski, Marc Leibundgut, Alain Scaiola, Tanja Schönhut, Martin Saurer, Richard G Lee, Oliver Rackham, Aleksandra Filipovska, Nenad Ban

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Mitoribosome Biogenesis.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Tea Lenarčič *Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Mateusz Jaskolowski *Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Marc LeibundgutDepartment of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Alain ScaiolaDepartment of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3233-3910
Tanja SchönhutDepartment of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Martin SaurerDepartment of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Richard G LeeHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, QEII Medical Centre, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
Oliver RackhamHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, QEII Medical Centre, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
Aleksandra FilipovskaHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, QEII Medical Centre, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6998-8403
Nenad BanDepartment of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. ban@mol.biol.ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9527-210X
ETH Zurich · CHThe Kids Research Institute Australia · AUThe University of Western Australia · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial ribosomes are specialized for the synthesis of membrane proteins responsible for oxidative phosphorylation. Mammalian mitoribosomes have diverged considerably from the ancestral bacterial ribosomes and feature dramatically reduced ribosomal RNAs. The structural basis of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome assembly is currently not well understood. Here we present eight distinct assembly intermediates of the human large mitoribosomal subunit involving seven assembly factors. We discover that the NSUN4-MTERF4 dimer plays a critical role in the process by stabilizing the 16S rRNA in a conformation that exposes the functionally important regions of rRNA for modification by the MRM2 methyltransferase and quality control interactions with the conserved mitochondrial GTPase MTG2 that contacts the sarcin-ricin loop and the immature active site. The successive action of these factors leads to the formation of the peptidyl transferase active site of the mitoribosome and the folding of the surrounding rRNA regions responsible for interactions with tRNAs and the small ribosomal subunit.

Indexed as

Catalytic DomainCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansMethyltransferasesMitochondrial RibosomesModels, MolecularMonomeric GTP-Binding ProteinsNucleic Acid ConformationPeptidyl TransferasesProtein MultimerizationRibosome Subunits, LargeRNA, RibosomalTranscription FactorsMethyltransferasesMonomeric GTP-Binding ProteinsMRM2 protein, humanMTERF4 protein, humanMTG2 protein, humanNSUN4 protein, humanPeptidyl TransferasesRNA, RibosomalTranscription Factors

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PMID34135320
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