Molecular functions of RNA helicases during ribosomal subunit assembly.

Ali Khreiss, Katherine E Bohnsack, Markus T Bohnsack

Biological chemistry 2023 Jul 26

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During their biogenesis, the ribosomal subunits undergo numerous structural and compositional changes to achieve their final architecture. RNA helicases are a key driving force of such remodelling events but deciphering their particular functions has long been challenging due to lack of knowledge of their molecular functions and RNA substrates. Advances in the biochemical characterisation of RNA helicase activities together with new insights into RNA helicase binding sites on pre-ribosomes and structural snapshots of pre-ribosomal complexes containing RNA helicases now open the door to a deeper understanding of precisely how different RNA helicases contribute to ribosomal subunit maturation. © 2023 the author(s), published by De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston.

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Ali Khreiss, Katherine E Bohnsack, Markus T Bohnsack. Molecular functions of RNA helicases during ribosomal subunit assembly. Biological chemistry. 2023 Jul 26;404(8-9):781-789