6hix

Cryo-EM structure of the Trypanosoma brucei mitochondrial ribosome - This entry contains the large mitoribosomal subunitCryo-EM structure of the Trypanosoma brucei mitochondrial ribosome - This entry contains the large mitoribosomal subunit

6hix, resolution 3.39Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Structural highlights 6hix is a 10 chain structure with sequence from Trypanosoma brucei brucei. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: Electron Microscopy, Resolution 3.39Å Ligands: Experimental data: Check Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function C9ZY77_TRYB9 Publication Abstract from PubMed Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) plays key functional and architectural roles in ribosomes. Using electron microscopy, we determined the atomic structure of a highly divergent ribosome found in mitochondria of Trypanosoma brucei, a unicellular parasite that causes sleeping sickness in humans. The trypanosomal mitoribosome features the smallest rRNAs and contains more proteins than all known ribosomes. The structure shows how the proteins have taken over the role of architectural scaffold from the rRNA: they form an autonomous outer shell that surrounds the entire particle and stabilizes and positions the functionally important regions of the rRNA. Our results also reveal the "minimal" set of conserved rRNA and protein components shared by all ribosomes that help us define the most essential functional elements. Evolutionary shift toward protein-based architecture in trypanosomal mitochondrial ribosomes.,Ramrath DJF, Niemann M, Leibundgut M, Bieri P, Prange C, Horn EK, Leitner A, Boehringer D, Schneider A, Ban N Science. 2018 Sep 13. pii: science.aau7735. doi: 10.1126/science.aau7735. PMID:30213880 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Ribosome 3D structures