Ribosomes are optimized for autocatalytic production.

ABSTRACT: Many fine-scale features of ribosomes have been explained in terms of function, revealing a molecular machine that is optimized for error-correction, speed and control. Here we demonstrate mathematically that many less well understood, larger-scale features of ribosomes-such as why a few ribosomal RNA molecules dominate the mass and why the ribosomal protein content is divided into 55-80 small, similarly sized segments-speed up their autocatalytic production.

SUBMITTER: Reuveni S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7239375 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature