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ArticleNature2026

Rewiring the ribosome to translate proteins encoded in its own RNA.

Kasra Alizadeh, Dorota Klepacki, Nora Vázquez-Laslop, Alexander S Mankin

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kasra AlizadehDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Dorota KlepackiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Nora Vázquez-LaslopDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2256-693X
Alexander S MankinDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. shura@uic.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3301-827X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular protein synthesis relies on random encounters between ribosomes and mRNAs, limiting optimization of the translation machinery for production of a single protein-a key need in biotechnology. One potential solution is integrating the protein-coding sequence into the ribosome itself, thereby committing the ribosome to synthesis of a single polypeptide. The feasibility of such integration could also address a long-standing challenge in RNA world models: explaining how early protein synthesis could function reliably despite the scarcity and poor organization of its components

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