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Crystal structure of the DENR-MCT-1 complex revealed zinc-binding site essential for heterodimer formation
Lomakin IB, Dmitriev SE, Steitz TA. Crystal structure of the DENR-MCT-1 complex revealed zinc-binding site essential for heterodimer formation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 116: 528-533. PMID: 30584092, PMCID: PMC6329987, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1809688116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCell Cycle ProteinsEukaryotic Initiation FactorsHumansOncogene ProteinsProtein MultimerizationProtein Structure, QuaternaryConceptsTranslation initiationHeterodimer formationUnconventional translation initiationNoncanonical translation initiationZinc-binding siteMechanism of regulationUpstream reading framesIon-binding sitesRibosome recyclingReading frameTerminal domainTranslation reinitiationCysteine residuesAtomic detailHeterodimersMCT-1Crystal structureSpecific setReinitiationRibosomesProteinCysteineMRNAResiduesSites
2017
Crystal Structure of the Human Ribosome in Complex with DENR-MCT-1
Lomakin IB, Stolboushkina EA, Vaidya AT, Zhao C, Garber MB, Dmitriev SE, Steitz TA. Crystal Structure of the Human Ribosome in Complex with DENR-MCT-1. Cell Reports 2017, 20: 521-528. PMID: 28723557, PMCID: PMC5551485, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.06.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCell Cycle ProteinsCrystallography, X-RayEukaryotic Initiation FactorsHumansOncogene ProteinsProtein Structure, QuaternaryRibosomesConceptsSmall ribosomal subunitTranslation initiationRibosomal subunitUnconventional translation initiationInitiation factor 1Cancer-related mRNAsTranslational controlHuman ribosomeTerminal domainReinitiation stepsRibosomesDimer interactsFunctional implicationsFactor 1SubunitsCrystal structureStriking similaritySpecific setComplexesHeterodimersProteinOncoproteinInitiationInteractsMRNA