Ribosome biogenesis factors—from names to functions

K Dörner, C Ruggeri, I Zemp, U Kutay - The EMBO journal, 2023 - embopress.org
The assembly of ribosomal subunits is a highly orchestrated process that involves a huge
cohort of accessory factors. Most eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis factors were first identified …

Ribosome assembly coming into focus

S Klinge, JL Woolford Jr - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
In the past 25 years, genetic and biochemical analyses of ribosome assembly in yeast have
identified most of the factors that participate in this complex pathway and have generated …

Eukaryotic ribosome assembly

J Baßler, E Hurt - Annual review of biochemistry, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Ribosomes, which synthesize the proteins of a cell, comprise ribosomal RNA and ribosomal
proteins, which coassemble hierarchically during a process termed ribosome biogenesis …

Nucleolar maturation of the human small subunit processome

S Singh, A Vanden Broeck, L Miller, M Chaker-Margot… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The ribosome catalyzes protein synthesis in all cells by coupling the
decoding of messenger RNA by the small ribosomal subunit with peptide bond formation by …

Uncovering the assembly pathway of human ribosomes and its emerging links to disease

KE Bohnsack, MT Bohnsack - The EMBO journal, 2019 - embopress.org
The essential cellular process of ribosome biogenesis is at the nexus of various signalling
pathways that coordinate protein synthesis with cellular growth and proliferation. The fact …

A puzzle of life: crafting ribosomal subunits

D Kressler, E Hurt, J Baßler - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2017 - cell.com
The biogenesis of eukaryotic ribosomes is a complicated process during which the
transcription, modification, folding, and processing of the rRNA is coupled with the ordered …

90S pre-ribosome transformation into the primordial 40S subunit

J Cheng, B Lau, G La Venuta, M Ameismeier… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Production of small ribosomal subunits initially requires the formation of a 90 S precursor
followed by an enigmatic process of restructuring into the primordial pre-40 S subunit. We …

Ribosome biogenesis in plants: from functional 45S ribosomal DNA organization to ribosome assembly factors

J Sáez-Vásquez, M Delseny - The Plant Cell, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The transcription of 18S, 5.8 S, and 18S rRNA genes (45S rDNA), cotranscriptional
processing of pre-rRNA, and assembly of mature rRNA with ribosomal proteins are the …

Molecular architecture of the 90S small subunit pre-ribosome

Q Sun, X Zhu, J Qi, W An, P Lan, D Tan, R Chen… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Eukaryotic small ribosomal subunits are first assembled into 90S pre-ribosomes. The
complete 90S is a gigantic complex with a molecular mass of approximately five …

Quality control ensures fidelity in ribosome assembly and cellular health

MD Parker, K Karbstein - Journal of Cell Biology, 2023 - rupress.org
The coordinated integration of ribosomal RNA and protein into two functional ribosomal
subunits is safeguarded by quality control checkpoints that ensure ribosomes are correctly …