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ArticleNucleic acids research2025

Visualizing the modification landscape of the human 60S ribosomal subunit at close to atomic resolution.

Franziska Wiechert, Anett Unbehaun, Thiemo Sprink, Helena Seibel, Jörg Bürger, Justus Loerke, Thorsten Mielke, Christoph A Diebolder, Magdalena Schacherl, Christian M T Spahn

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. RiboScreenBiomedicines · 2026
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  3. Evidence for strong purifying selection of humanProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Franziska WiechertInstitute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9647-5390
Anett UnbehaunInstitute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5259-0642
Thiemo SprinkCore Facility for Cryo-Electron Microscopy (CFcryoEM), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0760-6828
Helena SeibelInstitute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Jörg BürgerInstitute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4326-5047
Justus LoerkeInstitute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3424-8536
Thorsten MielkeMicroscopy and Cryo-Electron Microscopy Service Group, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 63-73, 14195 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9275-3146
Christoph A DiebolderCore Facility for Cryo-Electron Microscopy (CFcryoEM), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7694-7362
Magdalena SchacherlInstitute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5478-2509
Christian M T SpahnInstitute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2939-9487

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft INST 335/588-1 FUGG
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemical modifications of ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and proteins expand their topological repertoire, and together with the plethora of bound ligands, fine-tune ribosomal function. Detailed knowledge of this natural composition provides important insights into ribosome genesis and function and clarifies some aspects of ribosomopathies. The discovery of new structural properties and functional aspects of ribosomes has gone hand in hand with cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and its technological development. In line with the ability to visualize atomic details - a prerequisite for identifying chemical modifications and ligands in cryo-EM maps - in this work we present the structure of the 60S ribosomal subunit from HeLa cells at the very high global resolution of 1.78 Å. We identified 113 rRNA modifications and four protein modifications including uL2-Hisβ-ox216, which stabilizes the local structure near the peptidyl transferase centre via an extended hydrogen-bonding network. We can differentiate metal ions Mg2+ and K+, polyamines spermine, spermidine and putrescine and identify thousands of water molecules binding to the 60S subunit. Approaching atomic resolution cryo-EM has become a powerful tool to examine fine details of macromolecular structures that will expand our knowledge about translation and other biological processes in the future and assess the variability of the chemical space due to differences between species/tissues or varying physicochemical environment.

Indexed as

Ribosome Subunits, Large, EukaryoticRNA, RibosomalCryoelectron MicroscopyHeLa CellsHumansModels, MolecularRibosomal ProteinsRibosomal ProteinsRNA, Ribosomal

Identifiers

PMID39658079
PMCPMC11724314

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