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 …

Mechanisms of ribosome recycling in bacteria and mitochondria: a structural perspective

SM Seely, MG Gagnon - RNA biology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In all living cells, the ribosome translates the genetic information carried by messenger
RNAs (mRNAs) into proteins. The process of ribosome recycling, a key step during protein …

Maintaining mitochondrial ribosome function: the role of ribosome rescue and recycling factors

F Nadler, E Lavdovskaia, R Richter-Dennerlein - RNA biology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The universally conserved process of protein biosynthesis is crucial for maintaining cellular
homoeostasis and in eukaryotes, mitochondrial translation is essential for aerobic energy …

Context-specific inhibition of mitochondrial ribosomes by phenicol and oxazolidinone antibiotics

B Bibel, T Raskar, M Couvillion, M Lee… - Nucleic Acids …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
The antibiotics chloramphenicol (CHL) and oxazolidinones, including linezolid (LZD), are
known to inhibit mitochondrial translation. This can result in serious, potentially deadly, side …

The structure of a hibernating ribosome in a Lyme disease pathogen

MR Sharma, SR Manjari, EK Agrawal… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The spirochete bacterial pathogen Borrelia (Borreliella) burgdorferi (Bbu) affects more than
10% of the world population and causes Lyme disease in about half a million people in the …

Selection of initiator tRNA and start codon by mammalian mitochondrial initiation factor 3 in leaderless mRNA translation

M Lee, T Wakigawa, Q Jia, C Liu, R Huang… - Nucleic Acids …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
The mammalian mitochondrial protein synthesis system produces 13 essential subunits of
oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) complexes. Translation initiation in mammalian …

Cryo-EM structures reveal the molecular mechanism of HflX-mediated erythromycin resistance in mycobacteria

K Srinivasan, A Banerjee, J Sengupta - Structure, 2024 - cell.com
Mycobacterial HflX confers resistance against macrolide antibiotics. However, the exact
molecular mechanism is poorly understood. To gain further insights, we determined the cryo …

Translation termination in human mitochondria–substrate specificity of mitochondrial release factors

F Nadler, R Richter-Dennerlein - Biological Chemistry, 2023 - degruyter.com
Mitochondria are the essential players in eukaryotic ATP production by oxidative
phosphorylation, which relies on the maintenance and accurate expression of the …

Time resolution in cryo-EM using a novel PDMS-based microfluidic chip assembly and its application to the study of HflX-mediated ribosome recycling

S Bhattacharjee, X Feng, S Maji, P Dadhwal… - …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The rapid kinetics of biological processes and associated short-lived conformational
changes pose a significant challenge in attempts to structurally visualize biomolecules …