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FEBS JOURNAL
Volume 275, Issue 15, Pages 3772-3782Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06523.x
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23S rRNA; DbpA; DeaD/CsdA; ribosome assembly; rRNA processing
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Ribosome subunit assembly in bacteria is a fast and efficient process. Among the nonribosomal proteins involved in ribosome biogenesis are RNA helicases. We describe ribosome biogenesis in Escherichia coli strains lacking RNA helicase DeaD (CsdA) or DbpA. Ribosome large subunit assembly intermediate particles (40S) accumulate at 25 degrees C and at 37 degrees C in the absence of DeaD but not without DbpA. 23S rRNA is incompletely processed in the 40S and 50S particles of the DeaD(-) strain. Pulse labeling showed that the 40S particles are converted nearly completely into functional ribosomes. The rate of large ribosomal subunit assembly was reduced about four times in DeaD-deficient cells. Functional activity tests of the ribosomal particles demonstrated that the final step of 50S assembly, the activation step, was affected when DeaD was not present. The results are compatible with the model that predicts multiple DeaD-catalyzed structural transitions of the ribosome large subunit assembly.
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