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 …

Eukaryotic ribosome assembly, transport and quality control

C Peña, E Hurt, VG Panse - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2017 - nature.com
Eukaryotic ribosome synthesis is a complex, energy-consuming process that takes place
across the nucleolus, nucleoplasm and cytoplasm and requires more than 200 conserved …

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 …

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 …

RNA folding and functions of RNA helicases in ribosome biogenesis

V Mitterer, B Pertschy - RNA biology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis involves the synthesis of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and its
stepwise folding into the unique structure present in mature ribosomes. rRNA folding starts …

The complete structure of the small-subunit processome

J Barandun, M Chaker-Margot, M Hunziker… - Nature structural & …, 2017 - nature.com
The small-subunit processome represents the earliest stable precursor of the eukaryotic
small ribosomal subunit. Here we present the cryo-EM structure of the Saccharomyces …

Architecture of the yeast small subunit processome

M Chaker-Margot, J Barandun, M Hunziker, S Klinge - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The eukaryotic ribosome is assembled through an intricate process that
involves in excess of 250 nonribosomal proteins and small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) …