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ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences2022

Canary in a coal mine: collided ribosomes as sensors of cellular conditions.

Kyusik Q Kim, Hani S Zaher

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Review in Trends in biochemical sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cellular and systemic modifiers of alpha-synuclein proteostasis.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026
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  15. Structure of a Gcn2 dimer in complex with the large 60S ribosomal subunit.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  16. Specialized ribosomes: integrating new insights and current challenges.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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kyusik Q KimDepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Hani S ZaherDepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA. Electronic address: hzaher@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

THE ROLE OF THE RIBOSOME IN DETERMINING THE FATE OF DAMAGED MRNA-SupplementR01GM112641 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ZAHER, HANI · 2015 to 2024
$3.1M
Reading frame maintenance by the ribosome during stallingR01GM141474 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ZAHER, HANI · 2021 to 2024
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM112641NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM141474
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent discovery that collision of ribosomes triggers quality control and stress responses in eukaryotes has shifted the perspective of the field. Collided eukaryotic ribosomes adopt a unique structure, acting as a ubiquitin signaling platform for various response factors. While several of the signals that determine which downstream pathways are activated have been uncovered, we are only beginning to learn how the specificity for the activation of each process is achieved during collisions. This review will summarize those findings and how ribosome-associated factors act as molecular sentinels, linking aberrations in translation to the overall cellular state. Insights into how cells respond to ribosome collision events will provide greater understanding of the role of the ribosome in the maintenance of cellular homeostasis.

Indexed as

Protein BiosynthesisRibosomesRNA, MessengerRNA, Messengercollisionsintegrated stress responsemRNA surveillancequality controlribosomesignaling

Identifiers

PMID34607755
PMCPMC8688274
OpenAlexW3203222443

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Registered trials

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