Frontiers in Microbiology (Jul 2021)

Ribosome Biogenesis in Archaea

  • Paola Londei,
  • Sébastien Ferreira-Cerca

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.686977
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12

Abstract

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Making ribosomes is a major cellular process essential for the maintenance of functional ribosome homeostasis and to ensure appropriate gene expression. Strikingly, although ribosomes are universally conserved ribonucleoprotein complexes decoding the genetic information contained in messenger RNAs into proteins, their biogenesis shows an intriguing degree of variability across the tree of life. In this review, we summarize our knowledge on the least understood ribosome biogenesis pathway: the archaeal one. Furthermore, we highlight some evolutionary conserved and divergent molecular features of making ribosomes across the tree of life.

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