Structural highlights
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Mitochondria have specialized ribosomes that have diverged from their bacterial and cytoplasmic counterparts. We have solved the structure of the yeast mitoribosomal large subunit using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. The resolution of 3.2 angstroms enabled a nearly complete atomic model to be built de novo and refined, including 39 proteins, 13 of which are unique to mitochondria, as well as expansion segments of mitoribosomal RNA. The structure reveals a new exit tunnel path and architecture, unique elements of the E site, and a putative membrane docking site.
Structure of the yeast mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit.,Amunts A, Brown A, Bai XC, Llacer JL, Hussain T, Emsley P, Long F, Murshudov G, Scheres SH, Ramakrishnan V Science. 2014 Mar 28;343(6178):1485-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1249410. PMID:24675956[1]
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References
- ↑ Amunts A, Brown A, Bai XC, Llacer JL, Hussain T, Emsley P, Long F, Murshudov G, Scheres SH, Ramakrishnan V. Structure of the yeast mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit. Science. 2014 Mar 28;343(6178):1485-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1249410. PMID:24675956 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1249410
