title: A new system for naming ribosomal proteins.
abstract: A system for naming ribosomal proteins is described that the authors intend to use in the future. They urge others to adopt it. The objective is to eliminate the confusion caused by the assignment of identical names to ribosomal proteins from different species that are unrelated in structure and function. In the system proposed here, homologous ribosomal proteins are assigned the same name, regardless of species. It is designed so that new names are similar enough to old names to be easily recognized, but are written in a format that unambiguously identifies them as 'new system' names.
authors: Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Schafmattstrasse 30, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors: Nenad
authors: N
authors: Ban
authors: Gene Center and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Department of Biochemistry, Feodor-Lynen Str. 25, University of Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.
authors: Roland
authors: R
authors: Beckmann
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors: Jamie H D
authors: JH
authors: Cate
authors: Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
authors: Jonathan D
authors: JD
authors: Dinman
authors: Département des sciences biologiques and Centre de recherche BioMed, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors: François
authors: F
authors: Dragon
authors: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
authors: Steven R
authors: SR
authors: Ellis
authors: RNA Molecular Biology, FRS/F.N.R.S., Université Libre de Bruxelles, Charleroi Campus, B-6041 Charleroi, Belgium.
authors: Denis L J
authors: DL
authors: Lafontaine
authors: Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
authors: Lasse
authors: L
authors: Lindahl
authors: Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund University, Åkeröv 26, SE-793 Leksand, Sweden. Electronic address: anders.liljas@mbfys.lu.se.
authors: Anders
authors: A
authors: Liljas
authors: Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, 350 Community Dr., Manhasset, NY 11030, USA; Hofstra School of Medicine, 500 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA.
authors: Jeffrey M
authors: JM
authors: Lipton
authors: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department, Wesleyan University, 237 Church St., Middletown, CT 06459, USA.
authors: Michael A
authors: MA
authors: McAlear
authors: Department of Chemistry, Yale University, PO Box 208107, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Electronic address: peter.moore@yale.edu.
authors: Peter B
authors: PB
authors: Moore
authors: Department of MCD Biology, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA 94720, USA.
authors: Harry F
authors: HF
authors: Noller
authors: Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, DeGroote Institute for Infectious Diseases Research, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada.
authors: Joaquin
authors: J
authors: Ortega
authors: Institute for Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, HPM F12.2, Otto-Stern-Weg 3, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors: Vikram Govind
authors: VG
authors: Panse
authors: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Ave., Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Ramakrishnan
authors: Institut für Medizinsche Physik und Biophysik, Charite-Universitätsmedizin, Ziegelstrass 5-6, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors: Christian M T
authors: CM
authors: Spahn
authors: Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, PO Box 208114, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
authors: Thomas A
authors: TA
authors: Steitz
authors: Department of Molecular Biology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland.
authors: Marek
authors: M
authors: Tchorzewski
authors: Welcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Tollervey
authors: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Ave., Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
authors: Alan J
authors: AJ
authors: Warren
authors: Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors: James R
authors: JR
authors: Williamson
authors: Gene Center, University of Munich, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, 81377 Munich, Germany.
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Wilson
authors: Structural Biology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
authors: Ada
authors: A
authors: Yonath
authors: Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 1 rue Laurent Fries, BP10142, Illkirch F-67400, France. Electronic address: marat@igbmc.u-strasbg.fr.
authors: Marat
authors: M
authors: Yusupov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification*; D054657:Ribosome Subunits / Q000737:chemistry; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D015003:Yeasts / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins