Ribosomal proteins and human diseases: molecular mechanisms and targeted therapy

J Kang, N Brajanovski, KT Chan, J Xuan… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Ribosome biogenesis and protein synthesis are fundamental rate-limiting steps for cell
growth and proliferation. The ribosomal proteins (RPs), comprising the structural parts of the …

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 …

Emerging mechanisms of cell competition

NE Baker - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
The growth and survival of cells within tissues can be affected by 'cell competition'between
different cell clones. This phenomenon was initially recognized between wild-type cells and …

The discovery of ribosome heterogeneity and its implications for gene regulation and organismal life

NR Genuth, M Barna - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
The ribosome has recently transitioned from being viewed as a passive, indiscriminate
machine to a more dynamic macromolecular complex with specialized roles in the cell …

Ribosomopathies: There's strength in numbers

EW Mills, R Green - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Ribosomopathies are a heterogeneous group of human disorders that are
in some cases known, and in other cases suspected, to result from ribosome dysfunction …

Ribosomal proteins: functions beyond the ribosome

X Zhou, WJ Liao, JM Liao, P Liao… - Journal of molecular cell …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Although ribosomal proteins are known for playing an essential role in ribosome assembly
and protein translation, their ribosome-independent functions have also been greatly …

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 …

Roadblocks and resolutions in eukaryotic translation

AP Schuller, R Green - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2018 - nature.com
During protein synthesis, ribosomes encounter many roadblocks, the outcomes of which are
largely determined by substrate availability, amino acid features and reaction kinetics …

Translation deregulation in human disease

S Tahmasebi, A Khoutorsky, MB Mathews… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
Advances in sequencing and high-throughput techniques have provided an unprecedented
opportunity to interrogate human diseases on a genome-wide scale. The list of disease …

Hallmarks of ribosomopathies

KR Kampen, SO Sulima, S Vereecke… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Ribosomopathies are diseases caused by defects in ribosomal constituents or in factors with
a role in ribosome assembly. Intriguingly, congenital ribosomopathies display a paradoxical …