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Fanconi anemia protein FANCI functions in ribosome biogenesis
Sondalle SB, Longerich S, Ogawa LM, Sung P, Baserga SJ. Fanconi anemia protein FANCI functions in ribosome biogenesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2019, 116: 2561-2570. PMID: 30692263, PMCID: PMC6377447, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1811557116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman diseases of the SSU processome
Sondalle SB, Baserga SJ. Human diseases of the SSU processome. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 2013, 1842: 758-764. PMID: 24240090, PMCID: PMC4058823, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsNorth American Indian childhood cirrhosisSSU processome componentsSSU processomeBowen-Conradi syndromeHuman diseasesSmall subunit processomeProduction of ribosomesRibosomal protein assemblyLarge ribonucleoproteinRibosome biogenesisFunctional ribosomesEukaryotic cellsProcessomeProtein assembliesCellular machinesRibosomesRNA cleavageProtein synthesisRibonucleoproteinEukaryotesCirhinAssemblyRRNAsRibosomopathiesBiogenesisRPSA, a candidate gene for isolated congenital asplenia, is required for pre-rRNA processing and spleen formation in Xenopus
Griffin JN, Sondalle SB, Robson A, Mis EK, Griffin G, Kulkarni SS, Deniz E, Baserga SJ, Khokha MK. RPSA, a candidate gene for isolated congenital asplenia, is required for pre-rRNA processing and spleen formation in Xenopus. Development 2018, 145: dev166181. PMID: 30337486, PMCID: PMC6215398, DOI: 10.1242/dev.166181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-rRNA processingSmall ribosomal subunitCommon disease-associated mutationDisease-associated mutationsRpsA mRNARibosome biogenesisRibosome productionRibosome functionRibosomal subunitCandidate genesHuman mRNAsProtein componentsImpairs expressionSpleen developmentMolecular patterningRPSASpleen anlageMutationsXenopusGenesFirst animal modelUniversal requirementMRNA
2023
Human nucleolar protein 7 (NOL7) is required for early pre-rRNA accumulation and pre-18S rRNA processing
McCool M, Bryant C, Huang H, Ogawa L, Farley-Barnes K, Sondalle S, Abriola L, Surovtseva Y, Baserga S. Human nucleolar protein 7 (NOL7) is required for early pre-rRNA accumulation and pre-18S rRNA processing. RNA Biology 2023, 20: 257-271. PMID: 37246770, PMCID: PMC10228412, DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2023.2217392.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-rRNA accumulationRibosome biogenesisNonessential roleEukaryotic ribosome biogenesisEssential cellular processesNucleolar stress responsePre-rRNA levelsRRNA processingLikely orthologCellular processesAssociated proteinsTumor suppressorStress responseHuman cellsProtein synthesisProtein 7Human counterpartBiogenesisYeastOrthologsHomologSubcomplexAccumulationRRNATranscription