Biochemists discover new mechanism in ribosome formation: Protein controls synchronized transport of ribosome factors
Friday, November 2, 2012 - 15:01
in Biology & Nature
A new mechanism in the formation of ribosomes has been discovered. Scientists now describe a heretofore uncharacterized protein that plays a specific role in ribosome assembly in eukaryotes, organisms whose cells contain a cell nucleus. This protein makes sure that specific factors required for ribosome synthesis are transported together, like hitchhikers, into the nucleus to the site of assembly.