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ArticleNature communications2025

Ribosome biogenesis in plants requires the nuclear envelope and mitochondria localized OPENER complex.

Wei Wang, Amir Mahboubi, Shaochun Zhu, Johannes Hanson, André Mateus, Totte Niittylä

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors.

Wei WangUmeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183, Umeå, Sweden. wangwei@yzwlab.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3400-4889
Amir MahboubiUmeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 90183, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0660-0555
Shaochun ZhuDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, 90736, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-6718
Johannes HansonUmeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 90183, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5605-7984
André MateusDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, 90736, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6870-0677
Totte NiittyläUmeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183, Umeå, Sweden. totte.niittyla@slu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8029-1503

Funding

Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation) KAW 2020.0240Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) 2019-03717
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis proceeds from nucleolus to cytosol assisted by various assembly factors. The process is evolutionarily conserved across eukaryotes but differences between the kingdoms are emerging. Here, we describe how the OPENER (OPNR) protein complex is required for 60S ribosome assembly in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The complex is observed on both nuclear envelope and mitochondria, and contains OPNR, OPENER ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 (OAP1), OAP2, Cell Division Cycle 48 D (CDC48D) and Calmodulin-interacting protein 111 (CIP111). Depletion of the OPNR complex components results in reproductive lethality and cytoplasmic retention of assembly factors on 60S ribosomes. Subsequent biochemical analyses and structural modelling suggest that OPNR, OAP1 and OAP2 form a claw-like trimer which grabs the ribosome assembly factor RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L24C (RPL24C) on the pre-60S ribosome. Our results reveal previously unrecognised subcellular complexity of ribosome biogenesis in plants, and point to mitochondria association as a feature to ensure sufficient translational capacity.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsMitochondriaNuclear EnvelopeRibosomesCell Cycle ProteinsOrganelle BiogenesisRibosomal ProteinsRibosome Subunits, Large, EukaryoticArabidopsis ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsRibosomal Proteins

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