Mitochondrial ribosome biogenesis and redox sensing

M Brischigliaro, A Sierra‐Magro, A Ahn… - FEBS open …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mitoribosome biogenesis is a complex process involving RNA elements encoded in the
mitochondrial genome and mitoribosomal proteins typically encoded in the nuclear genome …

Chloroplast ribosome biogenesis factors

LM Schmid, N Manavski, W Chi… - Plant and Cell …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The formation of chloroplasts can be traced back to an ancient event in which a eukaryotic
host cell containing mitochondria ingested a cyanobacterium. Since then, chloroplasts have …

The human mitochondrial translation factor TACO1 alleviates mitoribosome stalling at polyproline stretches

M Brischigliaro, A Krüger, JC Moran… - Nucleic acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The prokaryotic translation elongation factor P (EF-P) and the eukaryotic/archaeal
counterparts eIF5A/aIF5A are proteins that serve a crucial role in mitigating ribosomal …

GTPBP8 plays a role in mitoribosome formation in human mitochondria

M Cipullo, G Valentín Gesé, S Gopalakrishna… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Mitochondrial gene expression relies on mitoribosomes to translate mitochondrial mRNAs.
The biogenesis of mitoribosomes is an intricate process involving multiple assembly factors …

Structural insights into the role of GTPBP10 in the RNA maturation of the mitoribosome

TG Nguyen, C Ritter, E Kummer - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Mitochondria contain their own genetic information and a dedicated translation system to
express it. The mitochondrial ribosome is assembled from mitochondrial-encoded RNA and …

Role of mitophagy in ocular neurodegeneration

CD Brooks, B Kodati, DL Stankowska… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Neurons in the central nervous system are among the most metabolically active cells in the
body, characterized by high oxygen consumption utilizing glucose both aerobically and …

The catalytic activity of methyltransferase METTL15 is dispensable for its role in mitochondrial ribosome biogenesis

CD Mutti, L Van Haute, M Minczuk - RNA biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Ribosomes are large macromolecular complexes composed of both proteins and RNA, that
require a plethora of factors and post-transcriptional modifications for their biogenesis. In …

Non-Coding RNAs of Mitochondrial Origin: Roles in Cell Division and Implications in Cancer

R Piergentili, S Sechi - International Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are a heterogeneous group, in terms of structure and sequence
length, consisting of RNA molecules that do not code for proteins. These ncRNAs have a …

Unique architectural features of mammalian mitochondrial protein synthesis

O Rackham, M Saurer, N Ban, A Filipovska - Trends in Cell Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Mitochondria rely on coordinated expression of their own mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) with
that of the nuclear genome for their biogenesis. The bacterial ancestry of mitochondria has …

Dbi1 is an oxidoreductase and an assembly chaperone for mitochondrial inner membrane proteins

S Badrie, K Hell, D Mokranjac - EMBO reports, 2025 - embopress.org
Import and assembly of mitochondrial proteins into multimeric complexes are essential for
cellular function. Yet, many steps of these processes and the proteins involved remain …