Molecular mechanisms and interplay of gene expression processes

Gene expression sculpts the cellular RNA and protein composition, and determines the identity of cells. An emerging concept is that gene expression is not a linear pathway but rather a highly dynamic network of interconnected processes.

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About SFB1565

While gene expression was traditionally viewed as a linear pathway of consecutive steps, we now know that genome organization and transcription, RNA processing and modification, RNA-protein complex assembly, translation and quality control are highly interconnected processes. Many cross-regulation events occur even between non-consecutive steps of gene expression, and even between processes taking place in different cellular compartments.

This paradigm shift is of central importance for understanding the dynamic regulation of gene expression in various cellular conditions and its dysregulation in diseases.

Key mechanistic and regulatory aspects of gene expression still remain unexplored, and knowledge on the extent and mechanisms of cross-regulation between different processes is still in its infancy.

With this Collaborative Research Centre (SFB1565), we aim to resolve structures and functions of key events in the pathway that have remained enigmatic, but also decipher how different processes are coordinated in space and time, and in different gene expression systems.

Structural views of gene expression machineries and structure-informed functional analyses will pioneer new mechanistic insights and systematic mapping of DNA-/RNA-protein interactions will reveal pivotal interconnections.

Establishing an integrated view of the molecular principles and dynamics of gene expression and the network of cross-regulation will shape our understanding of this important cellular pathway and also of its modulation in different cellular conditions.

Understanding regulatory mechanisms in different gene expression systems will allow principles of regulation and interconnections to be dissected. Tackling these ambitious goals requires the concerted efforts of leading experts in each aspect of gene expression and can therefore only be approached in the context of a Collaborative Research Centre such as SFB1565.

This research initiative holds the promise to provide an unprecedented view of gene expression as a defining network of interconnected cellular processes and thereby also to pave the way for the elucidation of the molecular basis of diseases.


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September 25, 2024

Dennis Wicke receives the prize for the best doctoral thesis of the Göttingen Center for Molecular Biology. Congratulations

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September 25, 2024

Award for the best presentation of SFB member Christoph Elfman at the VAAM conference – Congratulations

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July 17, 2024

Insights into the unique biogenesis of human mitoribosomes

The assembly of human mitoribosomes takes place in modules. This surprising result is the outcome of teamwork by CRC members Ricarda Richter-Dennerlein and Henning Urlaub and the MPI Göttingen. Their study provides a detailed overview of the biogenesis of human mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) and shows that the biogenesis of these ribosomes is characterized by the formation of protein modules that are then assembled onto ribosomal RNA.

In addition to this comprehensive roadmap, the study highlights their evolutionary divergence from bacterial and cytosolic counterparts and provides an answer to the question of how the coordination of two genomes might occur.

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Coordination Office

Dr. Monika Ühlein
Coordinator of SFB1565
Tel. +49 55 139 60773
sfb1565.office@med.uni-goettingen.de

SFB1565 Office
UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN GÖTTINGEN
GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITÄT
Institut für Molekularbiologie
Ernst-Caspari-Haus
Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11
37077 Göttingen