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
2016
Nop9 is a PUF-like protein that prevents premature cleavage to correctly process pre-18S rRNA
Zhang J, McCann KL, Qiu C, Gonzalez LE, Baserga SJ, Hall TM. Nop9 is a PUF-like protein that prevents premature cleavage to correctly process pre-18S rRNA. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 13085. PMID: 27725644, PMCID: PMC5062617, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEukaryotic ribosome biogenesisCorrect subcellular locationRibosome assembly factorsPre-ribosomal RNAPumilio repeatsRibosome biogenesisHuman ribosomopathiesAssembly factorsBiogenesis factorsRepeat proteinsMature rRNASubcellular locationNop9RNA complexCleavage siteRRNATimely cleavageProteinStructural featuresFinal processing stepRibosomopathiesBiogenesisCleavageYeastNucleaseThe Contributions of the Ribosome Biogenesis Protein Utp5/WDR43 to Craniofacial Development
Sondalle SB, Baserga SJ, Yelick PC. The Contributions of the Ribosome Biogenesis Protein Utp5/WDR43 to Craniofacial Development. Journal Of Dental Research 2016, 95: 1214-1220. PMID: 27221611, PMCID: PMC5076753, DOI: 10.1177/0022034516651077.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsRibosomal proteinsCraniofacial developmentRibosome biogenesis proteinsRibosomal protein functionHuman craniofacial developmentTissue-specific defectsDiverse cell typesHuman ribosomopathiesBiogenesis proteinsTranslational machineryProtein functionDistinct functionsTranslational mechanismsTissue differentiationCell typesWDR43Global defectsProteinExciting researchSurprising similaritiesUnderstanding of rolesRibosomopathiesBiogenesisMachineryMutations
2006
The nucleolar protein Esf2 interacts directly with the DExD/H box RNA helicase, Dbp8, to stimulate ATP hydrolysis
Granneman S, Lin C, Champion EA, Nandineni MR, Zorca C, Baserga SJ. The nucleolar protein Esf2 interacts directly with the DExD/H box RNA helicase, Dbp8, to stimulate ATP hydrolysis. Nucleic Acids Research 2006, 34: 3189-3199. PMID: 16772403, PMCID: PMC1483223, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl419.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
Human Nop5/Nop58 is a component common to the box C/D small nucleolar ribonucleoproteins.
Lyman S, Gerace L, Baserga S. Human Nop5/Nop58 is a component common to the box C/D small nucleolar ribonucleoproteins. RNA 1999, 5: 1597-604. PMID: 10606270, PMCID: PMC1369881, DOI: 10.1017/s1355838299991288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell NucleolusCloning, MolecularConserved SequenceHeLa CellsHumansMiceMolecular Sequence DataMolecular WeightNuclear ProteinsRatsRecombinant ProteinsRibonucleoproteinsRibonucleoproteins, Small NucleolarSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSequence AlignmentSequence Homology, Amino Acid
1998
M Phase Phosphoprotein 10 Is a Human U3 Small Nucleolar Ribonucleoprotein Component
Westendorf J, Konstantinov K, Wormsley S, Shu M, Matsumoto-Taniura N, Pirollet F, Klier F, Gerace L, Baserga S. M Phase Phosphoprotein 10 Is a Human U3 Small Nucleolar Ribonucleoprotein Component. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 1998, 9: 437-449. PMID: 9450966, PMCID: PMC25272, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.2.437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceCell FractionationCell NucleolusChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneCloning, MolecularDactinomycinDNA, ComplementaryHeLa CellsHumansIsoelectric PointMitosisMolecular Sequence DataMolecular WeightNuclear ProteinsPhosphoproteinsRibonucleoproteinsRibonucleoproteins, Small NuclearRNA, Small NuclearSequence Analysis, DNASpecies SpecificityConceptsM-phase phosphoproteinsPrenucleolar bodiesBox C/D snoRNAsU3 small nucleolar RNASmall nucleolar RNAsIsolation of cDNAsHuman U3D snoRNAsRRNA processingNucleolar proteinsP80-coilinNovel proteinNucleolar functionU3 snoRNAChromosome surfaceNucleolar RNAsCell fractionationMpp10FibrillarinInterphase cellsCell cycleRibonucleoprotein componentsM phaseProteinSnoRNAs