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Measuring the dynamics of E. coli ribosome biogenesis using pulse-labeling and quantitative mass spectrometry
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The ribosome is an essential organelle responsible for cellular protein synthesis. Until recently, the study of ribosome assembly has been largely limited to in vitro assays, with few attempts to reconcile these results with the more complex ribosome biogenesis process inside the living cell. Here, we characterize the ribosome synthesis and assembly pathway for each of the E. coli ribosomal protein (r-protein) in vivo using a stable isotope pulse-labeling timecourse. Isotope incorporation into assembled ribosomes was measured by quantitative mass spectrometry (qMS) and fit using steady-state flux models. Most r-proteins exhibit precursor pools ranging in size from 0% to 7% of completed ribosomes, and the sizes of these individual r-protein pools correlate well with the order of r-protein binding in vitro. Additionally, we observe anomalously large precursor pools for specific r-proteins with known extra-ribosomal functions, as well as three r-proteins that apparently turnover during steady-state growth. Taken together, this highly precise, time-dependent proteomic qMS approach should prove useful in future studies of ribosome biogenesis and could be easily extended to explore other complex biological processes in a cellular context.
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Roughly 5% of ribosomal proteins are not ribosome-associated per ribosomal protein.
“We chose 25 proteins because it has been reported that roughly 5% of ribosomal proteins are not ribosome-associated per ribosomal protein.73”
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The Discussion (page unavailable) reports precursor pools of up to 7% for many E. coli ribosomal proteins, so the paper supports the existence of proteins outside completed ribosomes. It does not establish that roughly 5% of each ribosomal protein is not ribosome-associated: pool sizes vary, and the measured pools include proteins bound to ribosome assembly intermediates as well as free proteins. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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- Authors
- Chen, S. S., Sperling, E., Silverman, J. M., Davis, J. H., & Williamson, J. R.
- Affiliations
- Scripps Research Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Williamson, James R
- Venue
- Molecular BioSystems
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2012-10-09
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 3325-3334
- ISSN
- 1742-2051 (ISSN-L)
- 1742-206X
- PMC
- PMC3501348
- OpenAlex
- W2115336799
- Cited by
- 65
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- FWCI
- 1.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Molecular BioSystems (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R37GM053757)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- ribosome biogenesis, ribosomal proteins, Escherichia coli, ribosome assembly, precursor pool, quantitative mass spectrometry
- MeSH terms
- Escherichia coli, Nitrogen Isotopes, Ribosomal Proteins, Ribosomes, RNA, Ribosomal, Mass Spectrometry, Escherichia coli Proteins, Proteomics, Ribosome Subunits, Small, Bacterial, Ribosome Subunits, Large, Bacterial
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