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ArticleCommunications biology2021

An intrinsically disordered nascent protein interacts with specific regions of the ribosomal surface near the exit tunnel.

Valeria Guzman-Luna, Andrew M Fuchs, Anna J Allen, Alexios Staikos, Silvia Cavagnero

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Article in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Valeria Guzman-LunaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2242-5953
Andrew M FuchsDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
Anna J AllenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
Alexios StaikosDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
Silvia CavagneroDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA. cavagnero@chem.wisc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4290-2331
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Predoctoral Training in Molecular BiophysicsT32GM130550 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SENES, ALESSANDRO · 2019 to 2023
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM130550
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The influence of the ribosome on nascent chains is poorly understood, especially in the case of proteins devoid of signal or arrest sequences. Here, we provide explicit evidence for the interaction of specific ribosomal proteins with ribosome-bound nascent chains (RNCs). We target RNCs pertaining to the intrinsically disordered protein PIR and a number of mutants bearing a variable net charge. All the constructs analyzed in this work lack N-terminal signal sequences. By a combination chemical crosslinking and Western-blotting, we find that all RNCs interact with ribosomal protein L23 and that longer nascent chains also weakly interact with L29. The interacting proteins are spatially clustered on a specific region of the large ribosomal subunit, close to the exit tunnel. Based on chain-length-dependence and mutational studies, we find that the interactions with L23 persist despite drastic variations in RNC sequence. Importantly, we also find that the interactions are highly Mg

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Cell-Free SystemEscherichia coliMutationRibosomal ProteinsRibosomesRibosomal Proteins

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PMID34716402
PMCPMC8556260
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