Relative levels of ribosomal proteins were quantified in crude cell lysates using mass spectrometry. A method for quantifying cellular protein levels using macromolecular standards is presented that does not require complex sample separation, identification of high-responding peptides, affinity purification, or postgrowth modifications. Perturbations in ribosomal protein levels by overexpressio...

A ribosomal protein, showing no homology with other known prokaryotic ribosomal proteins, was isolated and characterized from the thermophilic eubacteria, Thermus thermophilus, T. aquaticus and T. flavus. This small (26 amino acids) and strongly basic (1 acidic and 13 basic residues) protein displayed the same primary structure from all three sources. Interestingly, it shows about 65% homology ...

Availability of high-resolution crystal structures of ribosomal subunits of different species opens a route to investigate about molecular interactions between its constituents and stabilization strategy. Structural analysis of the small ribosomal subunit shows that primary binder proteins are mainly employed in stabilizing the folded ribosomal RNA by their high negative free energy of associat...

Plastid genomes of higher plants contain a conserved set of ribosomal protein genes. Although plastid translational activity is essential for cell survival in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), individual plastid ribosomal proteins can be nonessential. Candidates for nonessential plastid ribosomal proteins are ribosomal proteins identified as nonessential in bacteria and those whose genes were lost f...

We demonstrate that the genes encoding trans- acting factors essential for pre-rRNA processing/ribosomal subunit assembly are responsive to various kinds of stresses such as heat shock, nitrogen deprivation and a secretory defect, in coordination with ribosomal protein genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The rap1-17 mutation, which produces the C-terminally truncated protein of a transcriptional...

The extraribosomal functions of ribosomal proteins have drawn significant recent attention. Ribosomal protein S3 (RPS3), a component of the eukaryotic 40S ribosomal subunit, is a multifunctional protein that regulates DNA repair, apoptosis, and the innate immune response to bacterial infection. Here we the review the latest findings about RPS3 extraribosomal functions, with special emphasis on ...

The DNA gyrase inhibitor novobiocin specifically inhibits the transcription of ribosomal RNA in vivo while protein synthesis and the mRNA transcription are only partly affected. In vitro the novobiocin inhibition is only observed when protein fraction, which stimulates ribosomal RNA synthesis, is present. These results indicate that DNA gyrase is involved in the transcription of ribosomal RNA, ...

The RNA-binding ability of ribosomal protein L1 is of profound interest since the protein has a dual function as a ribosomal protein binding rRNA and as a translational repressor binding its mRNA. Here, we report the crystal structure of ribosomal protein L1 in complex with a specific fragment of its mRNA and compare it with the structure of L1 in complex with a specific fragment of 23S rRNA de...

We identified 34 new ribosomal protein genes in the Schizosaccharomyces pombe database at the Sanger Centre coding for 30 different ribosomal proteins. All contain the Homol D-box in their promoter. We have shown that Homol D is, in this promoter type, the TATA-analogue. Many promoters contain the Homol E-box, which serves as a proximal activation sequence. Furthermore, comparative sequence ana...

Plastid genomes of higher plants contain a conserved set of ribosomal protein genes. Although plastid translational activity is essential for cell survival in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), individual plastid ribosomal proteins can be nonessential. Candidates for nonessential plastid ribosomal proteins are ribosomal proteins identified as nonessential in bacteria and those whose genes were lost f...