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ArticleeLife2020

Structural basis of mitochondrial translation.

Shintaro Aibara, Vivek Singh, Angelika Modelska, Alexey Amunts

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Article in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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72citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. A roadmap for ribosome assembly in human mitochondria.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Shintaro AibaraScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Solna, Sweden.
Vivek SinghScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Solna, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4656-3362
Angelika ModelskaLaboratory of Translational Genomics, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
Alexey AmuntsScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Solna, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5302-1740
Stockholm University · SEUniversity of Trento · IT

Funding

Cancerfonden 2017/1041EMBO EMBO Short-Term FellowshipEMBO EMBO Young Investigator ProgramFederation of European Biochemical Societies FEBS Long-Term FellowshipHorizon 2020 H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016Horizon 2020 Framework Programme ERC-2018-StG-805230Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse 2018.0080Ragnar Söderbergs stiftelse M44/16Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research FFL15:0325Vetenskapsrådet NT_2015-04107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Translation of mitochondrial messenger RNA (mt-mRNA) is performed by distinct mitoribosomes comprising at least 36 mitochondria-specific proteins. How these mitoribosomal proteins assist in the binding of mt-mRNA and to what extent they are involved in the translocation of transfer RNA (mt-tRNA) is unclear. To visualize the process of translation in human mitochondria, we report ~3.0 Å resolution structure of the human mitoribosome, including the L7/L12 stalk, and eight structures of its functional complexes with mt-mRNA, mt-tRNAs, recycling factor and additional trans factors. The study reveals a transacting protein module LRPPRC-SLIRP that delivers mt-mRNA to the mitoribosomal small subunit through a dedicated platform formed by the mitochondria-specific protein mS39. Mitoribosomal proteins of the large subunit mL40, mL48, and mL64 coordinate translocation of mt-tRNA. The comparison between those structures shows dynamic interactions between the mitoribosome and its ligands, suggesting a sequential mechanism of conformational changes.

Indexed as

Protein BiosynthesisHEK293 CellsHumansMitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsMitochondrial RibosomesModels, MolecularNeoplasm ProteinsRibosomal ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, MitochondrialRNA, TransferLRPPRC protein, humanmitochondrial messenger RNAMitochondrial ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsRibosomal ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, MitochondrialRNA, TransferSLIRP protein, humancryo-EMgene expressionhumanmitochondriamolecular biophysicsribosomeRNAstructural biologytranslation

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PMID32812867
PMCPMC7438116
OpenAlexW3076445195

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