Structural insights into unique features of the human mitochondrial ribosome recycling.

Mammalian mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) are responsible for synthesizing proteins that are essential for oxidative phosphorylation (ATP generation). Despite their common ancestry with bacteria, the composition and structure of the human mitoribosome and its translational factors are significantly different from those of their bacterial counterparts. The mammalian mitoribosome recycling factor (RRF) carries a mito-specific N terminus extension (NTE), which is necessary for the function of RRF Here we present a 3.

Structure of Human Mitochondrial Translation Initiation Factor 3 Bound to the Small Ribosomal Subunit.

The human mitochondrial translational initiation factor 3 (IF3) carries mitochondrial-specific amino acid extensions at both its N and C termini (N- and C-terminal extensions [NTE and CTE, respectively]), when compared with its eubacterial counterpart. Here we present 3.3- to 3.