Mettl15-Mettl17 modulates the transition from early to late pre-mitoribosome
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 4, 2025
The
assembly
of
the
mitoribosomal
small
subunit
involves
folding
and
modification
rRNA,
its
association
with
proteins.
This
process
is
assisted
by
a
dynamic
network
factors.
Conserved
methyltransferases
Mettl15
Mettl17
act
on
solvent-exposed
surface
rRNA.
Binding
associated
early
stage,
whereas
involved
in
late
but
mechanism
transition
between
two
was
unclear.
Here,
we
integrate
structural
data
from
Trypanosoma
brucei
mammalian
homologs
molecular
dynamics
simulations.
We
reveal
how
interplay
intermediate
steps
links
distinct
stages
assembly.
analysis
suggests
model
wherein
acts
as
platform
for
recruitment.
Subsequent
release
allows
conformational
change
substrate
recognition.
Upon
methylation,
adopts
loosely
bound
state
which
ultimately
leads
to
replacement
initiation
factors,
concluding
Together,
our
results
indicate
that
factors
cooperate
regulate
biogenesis
process,
present
resource
understanding
adaptations
mitoribosome.
Language: Английский
Fitting Atomic Structures into Cryo-EM Maps by Coupling Deep Learning-Enhanced Map Processing with Global-Local Optimization
Yaxian Cai,
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Ziying Zhang,
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Xiangyu Xu
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et al.
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 28, 2025
With
the
breakthroughs
in
protein
structure
prediction
technology,
constructing
atomic
structures
from
cryo-electron
microscopy
(cryo-EM)
density
maps
through
structural
fitting
has
become
increasingly
critical.
However,
accuracy
of
constructed
models
heavily
relies
on
precision
structure-to-map
fitting.
In
this
study,
we
introduce
DEMO-EMfit,
a
progressive
method
that
integrates
deep
learning-based
backbone
map
extraction
with
global-local
pose
search
to
fit
into
maps.
DEMO-EMfit
was
extensively
evaluated
benchmark
data
set
comprising
both
tomography
(cryo-ET)
and
cryo-EM
nucleic
acid
complexes.
The
results
demonstrate
outperforms
state-of-the-art
approaches,
offering
an
efficient
accurate
tool
for
Language: Английский