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ArticleNature communications2024

Transient disome complex formation in native polysomes during ongoing protein synthesis captured by cryo-EM.

Timo Flügel, Magdalena Schacherl, Anett Unbehaun, Birgit Schroeer, Marylena Dabrowski, Jörg Bürger, Thorsten Mielke, Thiemo Sprink, Christoph A Diebolder, Yollete V Guillén Schlippe and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Timo Flügel *Charité - Univesitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3502-1023
Magdalena Schacherl *Charité - Univesitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Berlin, Germany.
Anett UnbehaunCharité - Univesitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Berlin, Germany.
Birgit SchroeerCharité - Univesitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Berlin, Germany.
Marylena DabrowskiCharité - Univesitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Berlin, Germany.
Jörg BürgerCharité - Univesitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Berlin, Germany.
Thorsten MielkeMax Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Microscopy and Cryo-Electron Microscopy Service Group, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9275-3146
Thiemo SprinkCore Facility for Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Christoph A DiebolderCore Facility for Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7694-7362
Yollete V Guillén SchlippeCharité - Univesitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Berlin, Germany. yollete.guillen-schlippe@charite.de.ORCID 0000-0001-9629-6173
Christian M T SpahnCharité - Univesitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Berlin, Germany. christian.spahn@charite.de.ORCID 0000-0002-2939-9487
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEMax Delbrück Center · DEMax Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) GU 1891/1-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Structural studies of translating ribosomes traditionally rely on in vitro assembly and stalling of ribosomes in defined states. To comprehensively visualize bacterial translation, we reactivated ex vivo-derived E. coli polysomes in the PURE in vitro translation system and analyzed the actively elongating polysomes by cryo-EM. We find that 31% of 70S ribosomes assemble into disome complexes that represent eight distinct functional states including decoding and termination intermediates, and a pre-nucleophilic attack state. The functional diversity of disome complexes together with RNase digest experiments suggests that paused disome complexes transiently form during ongoing elongation. Structural analysis revealed five disome interfaces between leading and queueing ribosomes that undergo rearrangements as the leading ribosome traverses through the elongation cycle. Our findings reveal at the molecular level how bL9's CTD obstructs the factor binding site of queueing ribosomes to thwart harmful collisions and illustrate how translation dynamics reshape inter-ribosomal contacts.

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Escherichia coliRibosomesCryoelectron MicroscopyPolyribosomesProtein Biosynthesis

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PMID38409277
PMCPMC10897467
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