ANGEL2 phosphatase activity is required for non-canonical mitochondrial RNA processing
Clemente P#, Calvo-Garrido J, Pearce SF, Schober FA, Shigematsu M, Siira SJ, Laine I, Spåhr H, Steinmetzger C, Petzold K, Kirino Y, Wibom R, Rackham O, Filipovska A, Rorbach J, Freyer C*#, Wredenberg A*#. Nature Communications 2022 Sep 30;13(1):5750
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Mechanism of mitoribosomal small subunit biogenesis and preinitiation.
Itoh Y*, Khawaja A*, Laptev I, Cipullo M, Atanassov I, Sergiev P, Rorbach J#, Amunts A#.. Nature doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04795-x
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Impaired plasma cell differentiation associates with increased oxidative metabolism in IkBNS-deficient B cells
Erikson E, Ádori M, Khoenkhoen S, Zhang J, Rorbach J, Castro Dopico X, Karlsson Hedestam G#. Cellular Immunology 2022 Apr 4;375:104516
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Structural basis for late maturation steps of the human mitoribosomal large subunit
Cipullo M*, Gesé GV*, Khawaja A, Hällberg BM#, Rorbach J#. Nature Communications 2021 Jun 16;12(1):3673
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YbeY is required for ribosome small subunit assembly and tRNA processing in human mitochondria
D'Souza AR, Van Haute L, Powell CA, Mutti CD, Páleníková P, Rebelo-Guiomar P, Rorbach J, Minczuk M. Nucleic Acids Research 2021 May 25:gkab404
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Seropositivity in blood donors and pregnant women during the first year of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Stockholm, Sweden
Castro Dopico X#, Muschiol S, Christian M, Hanke L, Sheward DJ, Grinberg NF, Rorbach J, Bogdanovic G, Mcinerney GM, Allander T, Wallace C, Murrell B, Albert J, Karlsson Hedestam GB#. Journal of Internal Medicine 2021 May 18
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Inhibition of mitochondrial translation suppresses glioblastoma stem cell growth
Sighel D, Notarangelo M, Aibara S, Re A, Ricci G, Guida M, Soldano A, Adami V, Ambrosini C, Broso F, Rosatti EF, Longhi S, Buccarelli M, D'Alessandris QG, Giannetti S, Pacioni S, Ricci-Vitiani L, Rorbach J, Pallini R, Roulland S, Amunts A, Mancini I, Modelska A#, Quattrone A#. Cell Reports 2021 Apr 27;35(4):109024
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Human Mitoribosome Biogenesis and Its Emerging Links to Disease
Lopez Sanchez MIG*#, Krüger A*, Shiriaev DI, Liu Y, Rorbach J#. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021 Apr 7;22(8):3827
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Aberrant splicing in neuroblastoma generates RNA-fusion transcripts and provides vulnerability to spliceosome inhibitors
Shi Y#, Yuan J, Rraklli V, Maxymovitz E, Cipullo M, Liu M, Li S, Westerlund I, Bedoya-Reina OC, Bullova P, Rorbach J, Juhlin CC, Stenman A, Larsson C, Kogner P, O'Sullivan MJ, Schlisio S, Holmberg J#. Nucleic Acids Research 2021 Mar 18;49(5):2509-2521
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Quantitative density gradient analysis by mass spectrometry (qDGMS) and complexome profiling analysis (ComPrAn) R package for the study of macromolecular complexes
Páleníková P, Harbour ME, Ding S, Fearnley IM, Van Haute L, Rorbach J, Scavetta R, Minczuk M#, Rebelo-Guiomar P#. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics 2021 Jun 1;1862(6):148399
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Human GTPBP5 is involved in the late stage of mitoribosome large subunit assembly
Cipullo M, Pearce SF, Lopez Sanchez IG, Gopalakrishna S, Krüger A, Schober F, Busch JD, Li X, Wredenberg A, Atanassov I, Rorbach J#. Nucleic Acids Research 2021 Jan 11;49(1):354-370
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Mitoribosome Profiling from Human Cell Culture: A High Resolution View of Mitochondrial Translation
Pearce SF, Cipullo M, Chung B, Brierley I, Rorbach J#. Methods in Molecular Biology 2021;2192:183-196
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Differential processing and localization of human Nocturnin controls metabolism of mRNA and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide cofactors
Abshire ET, Hughes KL*, Diao R*, Pearce S*, Gopalakrishna S, Trievel RC, Rorbach J, Freddolino PL, Goldstrohm AC#. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2020 Oct 30;295(44):15112-15133
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Methylation of Ribosomal RNA: A Mitochondrial Perspective
Lopez Sanchez MIG#, Cipullo M, Gopalakrishna S, Khawaja A, Rorbach J#. Frontiers in Genetics 2020 Jul 17;11:761
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Distinct pre-initiation steps in human mitochondrial translation
Khawaja A*, Itoh Y*, Remes C, Spåhr H, Yukhnovets O, Höfig H, Amunts A#, Rorbach J#. Nature Communications 2020 Jun 10;11(1):2932
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MitoRibo-Tag Mice Provide a Tool for In Vivo Studies of Mitoribosome Composition
Busch JD, Cipullo M, Atanassov I, Bratic A, Silva Ramos E, Schöndorf T, Li X, Pearce SF, Milenkovic D, Rorbach J#, Larsson NG#. Cell Reports 2019 Nov 5;29(6):1728-1738.e9
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C6orf203 is an RNA-binding protein involved in mitochondrial protein synthesis
Gopalakrishna S*, Pearce SF*, Dinan AM, Schober FA, Cipullo M, Spåhr H, Khawaja A, Maffezzini C, Freyer C, Wredenberg A, Atanassov I, Firth AE, Rorbach J#. Nucleic Acids Research 2019 Sep 26;47(17):9386-9399
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Myosin VI-Dependent Actin Cages Encapsulate Parkin-Positive Damaged Mitochondria
Kruppa AJ#, Kishi-Itakura C, Masters TA, Rorbach JE, Grice GL, Kendrick-Jones J, Nathan JA, Minczuk M, Buss F#. Developmental Cell 2018 Feb 26;44(4):484-499.e6
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Ribosome origami
Rorbach J, Aibara S, Amunts A#. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2017 Nov 7;24(11):879-881
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Defective mitochondrial rRNA methyltransferase MRM2 causes MELAS-like clinical syndrome
Garone C#, D'Souza AR, Dallabona C, Lodi T, Rebelo-Guiomar P, Rorbach J, Donati MA, Procopio E, Montomoli M, Guerrini R, Zeviani M, Calvo SE, Mootha VK, DiMauro S, Ferrero I, Minczuk M#. Human Molecular Genetics 2017 Nov 1;26(21):4257-4266
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Macropinocytic entry of isolated mitochondria in epidermal growth factor-activated human osteosarcoma cells
Patel D#, Rorbach J, Downes K, Szukszto MJ, Pekalski ML, Minczuk M#. Scientific Reports 2017 Oct 10;7(1):12886
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Human mitochondrial ribosomes can switch structural tRNAs - but when and why?
Chrzanowska-Lightowlers Z#, Rorbach J, Minczuk M#. RNA Biology 2017 Dec 2;14(12):1668-1671
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Structures of the human mitochondrial ribosome in native states of assembly
Brown A, Rathore S, Kimanius D, Aibara S, Bai XC, Rorbach J, Amunts A#, Ramakrishnan V#. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2017 Oct;24(10):866-869
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Maturation of selected human mitochondrial tRNAs requires deadenylation
Pearce SF, Rorbach J, Van Haute L, D'Souza AR, Rebelo-Guiomar P, Powell CA, Brierley I, Firth AE, Minczuk M#. Elife 2017 Jul 26;6:e27596
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The human RNA-binding protein RBFA promotes the maturation of the mitochondrial ribosome
Rozanska A, Richter-Dennerlein R, Rorbach J, Gao F, Lewis RJ, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZM#, Lightowlers RN#. Biochemical Journal 2017 Jun 13;474(13):2145-2158
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Human mitochondrial ribosomes can switch their structural RNA composition
Rorbach J*, Gao F*, Powell CA, D'Souza A, Lightowlers RN, Minczuk M#, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZM#. PNAS 2016 Oct 25;113(43):12198-12201
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Near-complete elimination of mutant mtDNA by iterative or dynamic dose-controlled treatment with mtZFNs
Gammage PA#, Gaude E, Van Haute L, Rebelo-Guiomar P, Jackson CB, Rorbach J, Pekalski ML, Robinson AJ, Charpentier M, Concordet JP, Frezza C, Minczuk M#. Nucleic Acids Research 2016 Sep 19;44(16):7804-16
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Deficient methylation and formylation of mt-tRNA(Met) wobble cytosine in a patient carrying mutations in NSUN3
Van Haute L, Dietmann S, Kremer L, Hussain S, Pearce SF, Powell CA, Rorbach J, Lantaff R, Blanco S, Sauer S, Kotzaeridou U, Hoffmann GF, Memari Y, Kolb- Kokocinski A, Durbin R, Mayr JA, Frye M#, Prokisch H#, Minczuk M#. Nature Communications 2016 Jun 30;7:12039
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Human Cytomegalovirus Infection Upregulates the Mitochondrial Transcription and Translation Machineries
Karniely S#, Weekes MP, Antrobus R, Rorbach J, van Haute L, Umrania Y, Smith DL, Stanton RJ, Minczuk M, Lehner PJ, Sinclair JH. mBio 2016 Mar 29;7(2):e00029
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C7orf30 is necessary for biogenesis of the large subunit of the mitochondrial ribosome
Rorbach J, Gammage PA, Minczuk M#. Nucleic Acids Research 2016 Jan 29;44(2):992
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