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Proximity-specific Ribosome Profiling

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Description

This lecture delves into the concept of proximity-specific ribosome profiling, exploring how to decode translational dynamics with high spatiotemporal resolution. It covers the interrogation of local translatome, the process of translation in prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic cells, and the architecture of a mammalian cell. The lecture also discusses the role of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as a hub for protein synthesis, the analysis of translation using polysome/ribosome profiling, and the emerging role of ER in protein synthesis. Advanced concepts such as polysome fractionation, ribosome profiling, and time-gated experiments are also addressed.

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Biology

Cell biology: Membrane biology

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Translation

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Eukaryote

The eukaryotes constitute the domain of Eukaryota (juːˈkærioʊts,_-əts), organisms whose cells have a nucleus. All animals, plants, fungi, and many unicellular organisms are eukaryotes. They constitute a major group of life forms, alongside the two groups of prokaryotes, the Bacteria and the Archaea. Eukaryotes represent a small minority of the number of organisms, but due to their generally much larger size, their collective global biomass is much larger than that of prokaryotes.

Organelle

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Endoplasmic reticulum

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is, in essence, the transportation system of the eukaryotic cell, and has many other important functions such as protein folding. It is a type of organelle made up of two subunits – rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER), and smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER). The endoplasmic reticulum is found in most eukaryotic cells and forms an interconnected network of flattened, membrane-enclosed sacs known as cisternae (in the RER), and tubular structures in the SER.

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