5t5h

Structure and assembly model for the Trypanosoma cruzi 60S ribosomal subunitStructure and assembly model for the Trypanosoma cruzi 60S ribosomal subunit

5t5h, resolution 2.54Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Structural highlights 5t5h is a 10 chain structure with sequence from Trypanosoma cruzi. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: Electron Microscopy, Resolution 2.54Å Ligands: Experimental data: Check Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function RL18_TRYCC Publication Abstract from PubMed Ribosomes of trypanosomatids, a family of protozoan parasites causing debilitating human diseases, possess multiply fragmented rRNAs that together are analogous to 28S rRNA, unusually large rRNA expansion segments, and r-protein variations compared with other eukaryotic ribosomes. To investigate the architecture of the trypanosomatid ribosomes, we determined the 2.5-A structure of the Trypanosoma cruzi ribosome large subunit by single-particle cryo-EM. Examination of this structure and comparative analysis of the yeast ribosomal assembly pathway allowed us to develop a stepwise assembly model for the eight pieces of the large subunit rRNAs and a number of ancillary "glue" proteins. This model can be applied to the characterization of Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania spp. ribosomes as well. Together with other details, our atomic-level structure may provide a foundation for structure-based design of antitrypanosome drugs. Structure and assembly model for the Trypanosoma cruzi 60S ribosomal subunit.,Liu Z, Gutierrez-Vargas C, Wei J, Grassucci RA, Ramesh M, Espina N, Sun M, Tutuncuoglu B, Madison-Antenucci S, Woolford JL Jr, Tong L, Frank J Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Oct 25;113(43):12174-12179. Epub 2016 Oct 10. PMID:27791004 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Ribosome 3D structures