{"gene":"RPS20","run_date":"2026-06-10T07:46:27","timeline":{"discoveries":[{"year":2013,"finding":"RPS20 (S20) binds MDM2 and inhibits its E3 ubiquitin ligase activity, leading to stabilization of both MDM2 and p53, and also downregulates MdmX levels through a distinct mechanism; ectopic expression induces cell cycle arrest and cell death.","method":"Ectopic expression in p53-null cells, co-expression assays measuring MDM2/p53 stabilization, E3 ligase activity assays","journal":"PloS one","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — multiple functional assays in cell lines, single lab, no in vitro reconstitution of direct binding","pmids":["23874713"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2014,"finding":"A truncating germline mutation in RPS20 (encoding the small ribosomal subunit protein S20) is associated with a defect in pre-ribosomal RNA maturation, establishing RPS20 as a ribosome biogenesis factor whose loss predisposes to colorectal cancer.","method":"Genetic linkage analysis, exome sequencing, functional investigation of pre-rRNA maturation defect in patient cells","journal":"Gastroenterology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — functional rRNA maturation assay in patient-derived material, single family/lab","pmids":["24941021"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2020,"finding":"De novo missense mutations in RPS20 affecting the same amino acid reduce RPS20 protein levels; yeast models with mutation of the cognate residue show defects in growth, ribosome biogenesis, and polysome formation, demonstrating a direct role of RPS20 in ribosome assembly and translation.","method":"Exome sequencing, Western blot for protein levels, yeast growth assays, polysome profiling","journal":"Human mutation","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — polysome profiling and ribosome biogenesis assays in yeast model, single lab","pmids":["32790018"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2018,"finding":"Human GNL1 (a nucleolar GTPase) physically interacts with RPS20, and this interaction is required for GNL1-induced cell proliferation; RPS20 knockdown impairs GNL1-driven cell cycle progression, and expression of a GNL1 mutant deficient in RPS20 binding abolishes cell growth promotion.","method":"Yeast two-hybrid screening, GST pull-down, co-immunoprecipitation, RPS20 knockdown, cell proliferation assays","journal":"Scientific reports","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — reciprocal co-IP and GST pull-down with functional knockdown, single lab","pmids":["30061673"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2017,"finding":"Porcine RPS20 (uS10) physically interacts with classical swine fever virus Npro protein; uS10 overexpression inhibits CSFV replication while uS10 knockdown promotes it; Npro/CSFV reduces uS10 expression in a proteasome-dependent manner; the antiviral effect of uS10 is mediated through modulation of TLR3 expression.","method":"Yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, GST pull-down, overexpression/knockdown in porcine alveolar macrophages, viral titer assays, TLR3 rescue experiments","journal":"The Journal of general virology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — reciprocal co-IP plus GST pull-down, functional rescue experiments, single lab","pmids":["28721853"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2013,"finding":"Human RPS20 is exclusively cytoplasmic; a nuclear-targeted S20NLS mutant incorporates into 40S subunits but these subunits are absent from polysomes (translation-incompetent); restoring cytoplasmic localization of S20NLS by energy depletion/restoration rescues polysome association, demonstrating that cytoplasmic assembly of S20 is required for functional 40S subunit formation.","method":"Immunofluorescence, Western blotting, polysome profiling, nuclear-targeting mutant (NLS fusion), energy depletion/restoration experiments","journal":"Experimental cell research","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — direct localization with polysome functional readout, multiple approaches in single lab","pmids":["24076373"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2010,"finding":"Deletion of the rpsT gene (encoding S20) from Salmonella/E. coli causes two initiation defects in the 30S subunit: (i) significantly reduced rate of mRNA binding and (ii) dramatically decreased yield of 70S ribosome complexes due to impaired association with the 50S subunit; peptide elongation rate is unaffected.","method":"Lambda red recombineering gene deletion, in vitro reconstituted translation system with purified components, 70S complex yield assays","journal":"Journal of molecular biology","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — in vitro reconstitution with purified components, genetic KO with defined biochemical phenotype, replicated across multiple assay readouts","pmids":["20149799"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":1990,"finding":"30S subunits lacking S20 are defective in two distinct ways: reduced capacity to associate with 50S subunits, and impaired formation of 30S initiation complexes (defect in the isomerization step leading to codon-anticodon interaction in the P site), while individual interactions with template or aminoacyl-tRNA are near-normal.","method":"Biochemical analysis of temperature-sensitive S20-lacking E. coli mutant; sucrose gradient centrifugation, ternary complex formation assays, initiation complex assays","journal":"Biochimica et biophysica acta","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — multiple biochemical assays on mutant ribosomes, single lab","pmids":["2207174"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":1989,"finding":"30S subunits lacking S20 show quantitatively reduced subunit association (especially at low Mg2+ concentrations), producing loosely interacting 70S particles that dissociate during sucrose gradient centrifugation.","method":"Sucrose gradient centrifugation, nitrocellulose filtration method using AcPhe-tRNA protection assay","journal":"European journal of biochemistry","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — two independent assay methods on S20-lacking mutant ribosomes, single lab","pmids":["2666133"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":1993,"finding":"Deletion of the rpsT gene (S20) in E. coli increases misreading of all three nonsense codons and impairs growth at 42°C; loss of S20 alters the modification pattern of 16S rRNA (specifically reducing m5C and m6(2)A modifications), leading to a deficiency in 30S-50S subunit association.","method":"Spontaneous mutant characterization, nonsense suppression assays, rRNA modification analysis, subunit association assays","journal":"Molecular microbiology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — genetic and biochemical characterization in E. coli, single lab","pmids":["7683367"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":1998,"finding":"S20 protein directly contacts 16S rRNA at positions 160-200, 320, 340-350 in the 5' domain, and positions 1427-1430 and 1439-1458 in the 3' minor domain (penultimate stem/helix 44), placing these rRNA regions near each other in three dimensions; this interaction pattern is similar in 30S subunits and 70S ribosomes.","method":"Directed hydroxyl radical probing from Fe(II)-derivatized S20 (cysteine substitutions at positions 14, 23, 49, 57), in vitro reconstitution of functional 30S subunits, primer extension","journal":"RNA","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — in vitro reconstitution with Fe(II)-tethered probing from multiple positions, direct structural mapping","pmids":["9848646"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2007,"finding":"S20 interacts with both the 5' domain and 3' minor domain of 16S rRNA; the 5' domain acquires its mature architecture relative to S20 at an earlier assembly stage than the 3' minor domain, indicating that these two domains are organized relative to S20 at different stages of 30S assembly.","method":"Directed hydroxyl radical probing from Fe(II)-derivatized S20 in minimal ribonucleoprotein complexes versus fully assembled 30S subunits","journal":"Journal of molecular biology","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — in vitro reconstitution with Fe(II)-tethered probing comparing minimal vs. complete assembly states","pmids":["18155048"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":1991,"finding":"Critical rRNA residues for S20 binding were mapped to bulges at positions 250-251 and 278-280 in the 'helix 11 / 260 stem' and to the A321•G332 bulge and unpaired loop residues in the hairpin spanning positions 316-337 of 16S rRNA; transcripts containing residues 1-402 are sufficient for high-affinity S20 binding.","method":"Site-directed mutagenesis of cloned 16S rRNA, in vitro transcription, gel filtration and sucrose gradient binding assays, association constant measurements","journal":"The Journal of biological chemistry","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — reconstitution with mutagenesis and quantitative binding assays, multiple independent mutations tested","pmids":["1717450"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2009,"finding":"S20 stabilizes the three-dimensional structure of the 16S 5' domain, but with a more local effect compared to S4 and S17; each of S4, S17, and S20 stabilizes a different ensemble of structural intermediates in multistage rRNA folding, and their combined interactions bias the rRNA free-energy landscape toward conformations competent for recruitment of secondary assembly protein S16.","method":"Quantitative hydroxyl radical footprinting with varying MgCl2 concentrations to measure rRNA tertiary structure stability","journal":"Journal of molecular biology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Moderate — quantitative footprinting with controlled Mg2+ perturbation, single lab study","pmids":["19616559"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2010,"finding":"During early assembly, S20 rapidly protects bases in the helix 11 stem region (A246, A274, A279, A282) and helix 44 (A1433, A1434), and later causes enhancements at helices 9 and 13; simultaneous addition of S17 significantly alters S20-dependent modifications in the helix 11 stem but not other sites, indicating S20 contacts at least two alternate rRNA sites during early assembly and cooperates with S17.","method":"Time-dependent dimethyl sulfate modification probing during protein-rRNA assembly","journal":"Journal of molecular biology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Moderate — in vitro time-resolved chemical probing, single lab","pmids":["20600110"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":1988,"finding":"Removal of as few as 6 residues from the C-terminus of S20 results in a sharp loss of binding activity to 16S rRNA, indicating that C-terminal residues (likely forming an alpha-helix) are critical for rRNA interaction; S20 does not show measurable affinity for its own mRNA.","method":"In vitro synthesis of C-terminal deletion mutants, gel filtration binding assay for 16S rRNA and S20 mRNA","journal":"Nucleic acids research","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Moderate — in vitro binding assay with systematic deletion mutants, single lab, negative result for mRNA binding also established","pmids":["2449659"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":1983,"finding":"Proteolysis of S20 reveals a structural domain from the middle to C-terminus; the entire protein is protected from enzymatic digestion when bound to 16S rRNA. Circular dichroism shows 36% alpha-helix content. The single tyrosine is solvent-exposed in free S20 but buried in the S20·16S-rRNA complex. Fragments lacking more than 14 N-terminal residues lose rRNA binding.","method":"Limited proteolysis, circular dichroism, intrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy, thermal denaturation","journal":"European journal of biochemistry","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Moderate — multiple biophysical methods on purified protein and complex, single lab","pmids":["6337839"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":1983,"finding":"S20 regulates its own synthesis at a post-transcriptional step: over a 58-fold range of rpsT gene copy number, S20 mRNA increases proportionally but S20 protein increases no more than 2.1-fold, indicating translational autoregulation; S20 itself is proposed as the regulatory agent binding its own mRNA in regions structurally homologous to 16S rRNA.","method":"Gene dosage experiments with multiple plasmids, pulse-labeling, RNA blot hybridization, S20 protein quantification","journal":"Journal of bacteriology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — gene dosage and pulse-labeling with multiple plasmids, single lab; mechanism (direct mRNA binding) inferred rather than directly demonstrated","pmids":["6187728"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":1980,"finding":"Addition of 16S rRNA (but not 5S or 23S rRNA) to an in vitro transcription-translation system specifically stimulates S20 synthesis; the stimulated S20 is incorporated into 16S rRNA complexes; this is shown to act at the translational level, consistent with a model where S20 feedback-inhibits its own translation and 16S rRNA binding relieves this inhibition.","method":"In vitro coupled transcription-translation with added purified rRNA species; separate transcription and translation assays","journal":"Molecular & general genetics","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Moderate — in vitro reconstitution with purified components, multiple conditions tested, single lab","pmids":["6446652"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":1988,"finding":"Two mutations abolish autogenous repression of S20 synthesis: (i) changing the UUG initiation codon to AUG, and (ii) replacing part of the S20 leader with a non-homologous sequence including an AUG codon; both mutations also increase intrinsic translational efficiency in vitro and mRNA half-life in vivo, demonstrating that the UUG codon and leader sequence are critical for translational autoregulation.","method":"Oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis, in vitro translation efficiency assays, mRNA half-life measurements in vivo","journal":"Journal of bacteriology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Moderate — mutagenesis with in vitro and in vivo functional readouts, single lab","pmids":["3286608"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":1995,"finding":"Ribosomal proteins S20 and L34 physically interact with ornithine and arginine decarboxylases (as shown by immunoprecipitation) and inhibit their enzymatic activities; in vivo overexpression of S20 and L34 lowers ornithine and arginine decarboxylase activities and decreases total polyamine production in E. coli, establishing S20 as a biologically relevant post-translational regulator of polyamine biosynthesis.","method":"In vivo overexpression, enzyme activity assays, immunoprecipitation, immunoblotting","journal":"The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — co-IP plus in vivo functional assay with enzyme activity readout, single lab","pmids":["7539334"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":1979,"finding":"Emetine resistance in Chinese hamster ovary cells is genetically linked to an electrophoretically altered 40S ribosomal subunit protein, S20*, demonstrating that RPS20 is a structural component of the mammalian 40S ribosomal subunit whose alteration confers drug resistance.","method":"Somatic cell genetics (cell hybridization), two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of ribosomal proteins, genetic segregation analysis","journal":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — genetic linkage in somatic hybrid cells, single lab, indirect functional inference","pmids":["284357"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2024,"finding":"Deficiency of human RPS20 (uS10) leads to decreased ribosome levels (ribosomal shortage) and reorganizes the translatome: upregulated polysome-associated mRNAs tend to be more abundant and have lower GC content and longer coding sequences than downregulated ones, suggesting differential mRNA competition under ribosomal shortage.","method":"siRNA knockdown in HEK293T cells, RNA-seq of total and polysome-associated mRNA fractions, translational efficiency calculation","journal":"Open biology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — polysome profiling combined with RNA-seq, single lab study","pmids":["38290548"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2022,"finding":"Frameshift mutations in RPS20 (p.V50SfsX23 or p.L61EfsX11) produce aberrant uS10 proteins that cannot be incorporated into 40S ribosomal subunits, while the missense mutation p.V54L allows functional incorporation; cells producing frameshift-mutant uS10 show upregulation of CRC-associated genes (PPM1D, PIGN), indicating that loss-of-function uS10 mutations trigger downstream transcriptional changes that may promote cancer.","method":"Transfection of HEK293T cells with minigene constructs, sucrose gradient/polysome fractionation to assess 40S incorporation, RNA-seq","journal":"International journal of molecular sciences","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — direct biochemical test of 40S incorporation via fractionation combined with transcriptome analysis, single lab","pmids":["35682850"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2025,"finding":"H2S-mediated sulfhydration of RPS20 (RPS20-ssh) enhances its binding to MCM2 mRNA, thereby promoting MCM2 protein expression and intestinal epithelial cell proliferation; CBS (cystathionine β-synthase) knockdown reduces RPS20 sulfhydration and MCM2 expression in mouse colon.","method":"Mouse DSS colitis model, CBS knockdown, mass spectrometry identification of sulfhydrated RPS20, colon organoid culture, Western blot, H&E staining","journal":"Scientific reports","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — mass spectrometry identification of PTM plus CBS knockdown functional readout, single lab","pmids":["40399407"],"is_preprint":false}],"current_model":"RPS20 (uS10) is an essential structural component of the small (40S/30S) ribosomal subunit that bridges the 5' domain and 3' minor domain of 16S/18S rRNA via specific unpaired nucleotide contacts; it is required for mRNA binding, 30S-50S subunit association, and translation initiation, and must assemble in the cytoplasm to form functional 40S subunits; beyond its ribosomal role, RPS20 inhibits MDM2 E3 ligase activity to stabilize p53, physically interacts with GNL1 to promote cell proliferation, and its deficiency causes ribosomal shortage that broadly reshapes the cellular translatome."},"narrative":{"mechanistic_narrative":"RPS20 (uS10) is an essential structural protein of the small ribosomal subunit (30S/40S) that organizes 16S/18S rRNA architecture and is required for translation initiation [PMID:20149799, PMID:9848646]. Within the small subunit it makes direct, cysteine-tethered hydroxyl-radical-mapped contacts with both the 5' domain (positions ~160-200, 320, 340-350) and the 3' minor domain/penultimate stem of 16S rRNA (positions 1427-1458), physically juxtaposing these distant rRNA regions [PMID:9848646], with high-affinity binding requiring unpaired loop and bulge residues in the helix 11/260 stem and the hairpin spanning positions 316-337 [PMID:1717450] and depending on critical C-terminal and N-terminal residues of the protein [PMID:2449659, PMID:6337839]. During subunit assembly S20 stabilizes a local subset of 5' domain rRNA folding intermediates and cooperates with S17 and S4 to bias the rRNA toward conformations competent for downstream protein recruitment, contacting the 5' and 3' minor domains at distinct assembly stages [PMID:18155048, PMID:19616559, PMID:20600110]. Loss of S20 produces two defined initiation defects — reduced mRNA binding and impaired 30S-50S subunit association yielding loose 70S particles — while leaving peptide elongation intact, and also elevates nonsense-codon misreading and alters 16S rRNA modification patterns [PMID:20149799, PMID:2207174, PMID:2666133, PMID:7683367]. In bacteria S20 translationally autoregulates its own synthesis, feedback-inhibiting translation of its mRNA through the UUG start codon and leader, an inhibition relieved by 16S rRNA [PMID:6187728, PMID:6446652, PMID:3286608]. In mammals RPS20 is a confirmed 40S subunit component that must assemble in the cytoplasm to yield translation-competent subunits [PMID:284357, PMID:24076373], and its deficiency lowers ribosome levels and reshapes the polysome-associated translatome along mRNA length and GC-content axes [PMID:38290548]. Beyond the ribosome, RPS20 binds and inhibits the MDM2 E3 ligase to stabilize p53 and trigger cell cycle arrest [PMID:23874713], interacts with the nucleolar GTPase GNL1 to support cell proliferation [PMID:30061673], and is regulated by H2S-dependent sulfhydration that enhances its binding to MCM2 mRNA to drive epithelial proliferation [PMID:40399407]. Truncating and frameshift germline mutations that prevent uS10 incorporation into 40S subunits impair pre-rRNA maturation and predispose to colorectal cancer [PMID:24941021, PMID:35682850].","teleology":[{"year":1979,"claim":"Established that RPS20 is a genuine structural protein of the mammalian 40S subunit by linking an altered S20 to a ribosome-level drug-resistance phenotype.","evidence":"Somatic cell genetics and 2D gel electrophoresis of ribosomal proteins in emetine-resistant CHO cells","pmids":["284357"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Functional contribution of S20 to translation not defined","No molecular mechanism for resistance"]},{"year":1983,"claim":"Defined the biophysical organization of S20 and showed its folding depends on rRNA binding, answering how the protein engages its RNA target.","evidence":"Limited proteolysis, circular dichroism, and fluorescence spectroscopy on free and 16S-rRNA-bound S20","pmids":["6337839"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Specific rRNA contact sites not mapped","No atomic structure"]},{"year":1983,"claim":"Revealed that S20 autoregulates its own synthesis post-transcriptionally, explaining how ribosomal protein levels are balanced.","evidence":"Gene dosage experiments, pulse-labeling, and RNA blotting in E. coli","pmids":["6187728"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Direct mRNA binding by S20 inferred not demonstrated","Regulatory mRNA element not localized"]},{"year":1980,"claim":"Demonstrated that 16S rRNA specifically relieves repression of S20 translation, establishing the feedback logic of autoregulation.","evidence":"In vitro coupled transcription-translation with added purified rRNA species","pmids":["6446652"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Molecular basis of mRNA/rRNA discrimination not resolved"]},{"year":1988,"claim":"Mapped the protein and mRNA determinants of S20 function and regulation, defining critical C-terminal residues for rRNA binding and the UUG codon/leader for autoregulation.","evidence":"C-terminal deletion binding assays and oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis with translation/half-life readouts","pmids":["2449659","3286608"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Structure of the regulatory leader not solved","No reconstitution of S20-mRNA repression"]},{"year":1990,"claim":"Resolved that S20 loss causes two distinct initiation defects — impaired subunit association and impaired initiation complex isomerization — localizing S20 function to specific initiation steps.","evidence":"Biochemical analysis of temperature-sensitive S20-lacking E. coli mutant ribosomes","pmids":["2207174"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Structural basis of the isomerization defect unknown"]},{"year":1989,"claim":"Quantified the subunit-association defect of S20-deficient 30S particles, showing Mg2+-dependent loose 70S formation.","evidence":"Sucrose gradient centrifugation and AcPhe-tRNA protection assays","pmids":["2666133"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Does not separate direct structural from assembly-derived effects"]},{"year":1991,"claim":"Localized the high-affinity S20 binding determinants to specific bulges and loops within residues 1-402 of 16S rRNA, defining the recognition surface.","evidence":"Site-directed mutagenesis of cloned 16S rRNA with quantitative binding assays","pmids":["1717450"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["3D geometry of the contacts not yet established at this stage"]},{"year":1993,"claim":"Connected S20 loss to translational fidelity and rRNA modification, broadening its role beyond a structural anchor.","evidence":"Spontaneous mutant characterization, nonsense suppression assays, and rRNA modification analysis in E. coli","pmids":["7683367"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Mechanism linking S20 to m5C/m6(2)A modification unknown"]},{"year":1995,"claim":"Identified a non-ribosomal moonlighting function: S20 inhibits ornithine/arginine decarboxylases to regulate polyamine biosynthesis.","evidence":"In vivo overexpression, enzyme activity assays, and immunoprecipitation in E. coli","pmids":["7539334"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Direct binding interface not mapped","Physiological relevance in eukaryotes untested"]},{"year":1998,"claim":"Provided 3D structural mapping showing S20 bridges the 5' and 3' minor domains of 16S rRNA, explaining its role in organizing subunit architecture.","evidence":"Directed hydroxyl radical probing from Fe(II)-derivatized S20 in reconstituted 30S subunits","pmids":["9848646"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Temporal ordering of domain contacts not resolved here"]},{"year":2007,"claim":"Showed that S20 organizes the 5' and 3' minor domains at different assembly stages, establishing it as an early assembly nucleator with staged contacts.","evidence":"Fe(II)-tethered hydroxyl radical probing comparing minimal RNP vs. complete 30S","pmids":["18155048"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Kinetics of domain docking not directly measured"]},{"year":2009,"claim":"Quantified S20's contribution to rRNA folding energetics, showing it cooperates with S4 and S17 to channel rRNA toward assembly-competent states.","evidence":"Quantitative hydroxyl radical footprinting across MgCl2 concentrations","pmids":["19616559"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Effect localized to 5' domain only"]},{"year":2010,"claim":"Time-resolved probing defined the order of S20-rRNA contacts and its cooperation with S17 during early assembly, and in vitro reconstitution confirmed the initiation defects in a defined system.","evidence":"Time-dependent DMS probing and lambda-red deletion with reconstituted purified-component translation assays","pmids":["20600110","20149799"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Eukaryote-specific assembly steps not addressed"]},{"year":2013,"claim":"Extended RPS20 function into p53 regulation and demonstrated its strict cytoplasmic assembly requirement for functional 40S subunits.","evidence":"Ectopic expression / E3 ligase assays in p53-null cells; immunofluorescence and polysome profiling with an NLS-fusion mutant","pmids":["23874713","24076373"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Direct RPS20-MDM2 binding not reconstituted in vitro","Trigger for cytoplasmic-only assembly unknown"]},{"year":2014,"claim":"Established RPS20 as a ribosome biogenesis factor whose germline loss-of-function predisposes to colorectal cancer.","evidence":"Genetic linkage, exome sequencing, and pre-rRNA maturation assays in patient cells","pmids":["24941021"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Single family","Causal link between rRNA defect and tumorigenesis not mechanistically resolved"]},{"year":2017,"claim":"Identified an antiviral role in which uS10 restricts classical swine fever virus via TLR3 modulation and is targeted for proteasomal degradation by viral Npro.","evidence":"Yeast two-hybrid, reciprocal co-IP/GST pull-down, and overexpression/knockdown with viral titer and TLR3 rescue assays in porcine macrophages","pmids":["28721853"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Mechanism linking uS10 to TLR3 expression unclear","Conservation in human cells untested"]},{"year":2018,"claim":"Defined a proliferation-promoting partnership in which RPS20 binding to the nucleolar GTPase GNL1 is required for GNL1-driven cell cycle progression.","evidence":"Yeast two-hybrid, GST pull-down, reciprocal co-IP, and RPS20 knockdown proliferation assays","pmids":["30061673"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Whether the interaction is ribosome-dependent unknown","Binding interface not mapped"]},{"year":2020,"claim":"Linked de novo missense mutations to reduced RPS20 protein and demonstrated, in yeast, direct requirements for ribosome assembly and polysome formation.","evidence":"Exome sequencing, Western blot, yeast growth assays, and polysome profiling","pmids":["32790018"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Human phenotype mechanism not directly tested","Modeled via cognate yeast residue"]},{"year":2022,"claim":"Distinguished incorporation-competent from incorporation-defective RPS20 variants and tied loss-of-function alleles to upregulation of cancer-associated genes.","evidence":"Minigene transfection, sucrose-gradient 40S incorporation assays, and RNA-seq in HEK293T cells","pmids":["35682850"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Direct causal path from uS10 loss to PPM1D/PIGN induction unresolved"]},{"year":2024,"claim":"Showed that RPS20 deficiency causes ribosome shortage that reorganizes the translatome along mRNA length and GC-content, revealing differential mRNA competition.","evidence":"siRNA knockdown with RNA-seq of total and polysome fractions in HEK293T cells","pmids":["38290548"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Functional consequences of translatome shift not assessed","Single cell line"]},{"year":2025,"claim":"Identified H2S-dependent sulfhydration of RPS20 as a PTM that enhances MCM2 mRNA binding to drive intestinal epithelial proliferation.","evidence":"DSS colitis model, CBS knockdown, mass spectrometry of sulfhydrated RPS20, and colon organoid assays","pmids":["40399407"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Sulfhydrated residue and binding mechanism not fully defined","Relationship to ribosomal function unclear"]},{"year":null,"claim":"How RPS20's extra-ribosomal activities (MDM2/p53, GNL1, MCM2 mRNA, antiviral signaling) mechanistically relate to its ribosomal role and whether they share a common structural basis remains unresolved.","evidence":"","pmids":[],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["No structure of any extra-ribosomal complex","Whether free vs. ribosome-bound RPS20 mediates these functions unknown","No unified model linking moonlighting roles to ribosomal shortage signaling"]}],"mechanism_profile":{"molecular_activity":[{"term_id":"GO:0003723","term_label":"RNA binding","supporting_discovery_ids":[10,12,15,24]},{"term_id":"GO:0005198","term_label":"structural molecule 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\"year\": 2010,\n      \"finding\": \"During early assembly, S20 rapidly protects bases in the helix 11 stem region (A246, A274, A279, A282) and helix 44 (A1433, A1434), and later causes enhancements at helices 9 and 13; simultaneous addition of S17 significantly alters S20-dependent modifications in the helix 11 stem but not other sites, indicating S20 contacts at least two alternate rRNA sites during early assembly and cooperates with S17.\",\n      \"method\": \"Time-dependent dimethyl sulfate modification probing during protein-rRNA assembly\",\n      \"journal\": \"Journal of molecular biology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 / Moderate — in vitro time-resolved chemical probing, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"20600110\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 1988,\n      \"finding\": \"Removal of as few as 6 residues from the C-terminus of S20 results in a sharp loss of binding activity to 16S rRNA, 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Circular dichroism shows 36% alpha-helix content. The single tyrosine is solvent-exposed in free S20 but buried in the S20·16S-rRNA complex. Fragments lacking more than 14 N-terminal residues lose rRNA binding.\",\n      \"method\": \"Limited proteolysis, circular dichroism, intrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy, thermal denaturation\",\n      \"journal\": \"European journal of biochemistry\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 / Moderate — multiple biophysical methods on purified protein and complex, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"6337839\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 1983,\n      \"finding\": \"S20 regulates its own synthesis at a post-transcriptional step: over a 58-fold range of rpsT gene copy number, S20 mRNA increases proportionally but S20 protein increases no more than 2.1-fold, indicating translational autoregulation; S20 itself is proposed as the regulatory agent binding its own mRNA in regions structurally homologous to 16S rRNA.\",\n      \"method\": \"Gene dosage experiments with multiple plasmids, pulse-labeling, RNA blot hybridization, S20 protein quantification\",\n      \"journal\": \"Journal of bacteriology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Moderate — gene dosage and pulse-labeling with multiple plasmids, single lab; 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cells producing frameshift-mutant uS10 show upregulation of CRC-associated genes (PPM1D, PIGN), indicating that loss-of-function uS10 mutations trigger downstream transcriptional changes that may promote cancer.\",\n      \"method\": \"Transfection of HEK293T cells with minigene constructs, sucrose gradient/polysome fractionation to assess 40S incorporation, RNA-seq\",\n      \"journal\": \"International journal of molecular sciences\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Moderate — direct biochemical test of 40S incorporation via fractionation combined with transcriptome analysis, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"35682850\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2025,\n      \"finding\": \"H2S-mediated sulfhydration of RPS20 (RPS20-ssh) enhances its binding to MCM2 mRNA, thereby promoting MCM2 protein expression and intestinal epithelial cell proliferation; CBS (cystathionine β-synthase) knockdown reduces RPS20 sulfhydration and MCM2 expression in mouse colon.\",\n      \"method\": \"Mouse DSS colitis model, CBS knockdown, mass spectrometry identification of sulfhydrated RPS20, colon organoid culture, Western blot, H&E staining\",\n      \"journal\": \"Scientific reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Moderate — mass spectrometry identification of PTM plus CBS knockdown functional readout, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"40399407\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    }\n  ],\n  \"current_model\": \"RPS20 (uS10) is an essential structural component of the small (40S/30S) ribosomal subunit that bridges the 5' domain and 3' minor domain of 16S/18S rRNA via specific unpaired nucleotide contacts; it is required for mRNA binding, 30S-50S subunit association, and translation initiation, and must assemble in the cytoplasm to form functional 40S subunits; beyond its ribosomal role, RPS20 inhibits MDM2 E3 ligase activity to stabilize p53, physically interacts with GNL1 to promote cell proliferation, and its deficiency causes ribosomal shortage that broadly reshapes the cellular translatome.\"\n}\n```","stage2_raw":"{\n  \"mechanistic_narrative\": \"RPS20 (uS10) is an essential structural protein of the small ribosomal subunit (30S/40S) that organizes 16S/18S rRNA architecture and is required for translation initiation [#6, #10]. Within the small subunit it makes direct, cysteine-tethered hydroxyl-radical-mapped contacts with both the 5' domain (positions ~160-200, 320, 340-350) and the 3' minor domain/penultimate stem of 16S rRNA (positions 1427-1458), physically juxtaposing these distant rRNA regions [#10], with high-affinity binding requiring unpaired loop and bulge residues in the helix 11/260 stem and the hairpin spanning positions 316-337 [#12] and depending on critical C-terminal and N-terminal residues of the protein [#15, #16]. During subunit assembly S20 stabilizes a local subset of 5' domain rRNA folding intermediates and cooperates with S17 and S4 to bias the rRNA toward conformations competent for downstream protein recruitment, contacting the 5' and 3' minor domains at distinct assembly stages [#11, #13, #14]. Loss of S20 produces two defined initiation defects \\u2014 reduced mRNA binding and impaired 30S-50S subunit association yielding loose 70S particles \\u2014 while leaving peptide elongation intact, and also elevates nonsense-codon misreading and alters 16S rRNA modification patterns [#6, #7, #8, #9]. In bacteria S20 translationally autoregulates its own synthesis, feedback-inhibiting translation of its mRNA through the UUG start codon and leader, an inhibition relieved by 16S rRNA [#17, #18, #19]. In mammals RPS20 is a confirmed 40S subunit component that must assemble in the cytoplasm to yield translation-competent subunits [#21, #5], and its deficiency lowers ribosome levels and reshapes the polysome-associated translatome along mRNA length and GC-content axes [#22]. Beyond the ribosome, RPS20 binds and inhibits the MDM2 E3 ligase to stabilize p53 and trigger cell cycle arrest [#0], interacts with the nucleolar GTPase GNL1 to support cell proliferation [#3], and is regulated by H2S-dependent sulfhydration that enhances its binding to MCM2 mRNA to drive epithelial proliferation [#24]. Truncating and frameshift germline mutations that prevent uS10 incorporation into 40S subunits impair pre-rRNA maturation and predispose to colorectal cancer [#1, #23].\",\n  \"teleology\": [\n    {\n      \"year\": 1979,\n      \"claim\": \"Established that RPS20 is a genuine structural protein of the mammalian 40S subunit by linking an altered S20 to a ribosome-level drug-resistance phenotype.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Somatic cell genetics and 2D gel electrophoresis of ribosomal proteins in emetine-resistant CHO cells\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"284357\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Functional contribution of S20 to translation not defined\", \"No molecular mechanism for resistance\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 1983,\n      \"claim\": \"Defined the biophysical organization of S20 and showed its folding depends on rRNA binding, answering how the protein engages its RNA target.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Limited proteolysis, circular dichroism, and fluorescence spectroscopy on free and 16S-rRNA-bound S20\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"6337839\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Specific rRNA contact sites not mapped\", \"No atomic structure\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 1983,\n      \"claim\": \"Revealed that S20 autoregulates its own synthesis post-transcriptionally, explaining how ribosomal protein levels are balanced.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Gene dosage experiments, pulse-labeling, and RNA blotting in E. coli\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"6187728\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Direct mRNA binding by S20 inferred not demonstrated\", \"Regulatory mRNA element not localized\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 1980,\n      \"claim\": \"Demonstrated that 16S rRNA specifically relieves repression of S20 translation, establishing the feedback logic of autoregulation.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"In vitro coupled transcription-translation with added purified rRNA species\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"6446652\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Molecular basis of mRNA/rRNA discrimination not resolved\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 1988,\n      \"claim\": \"Mapped the protein and mRNA determinants of S20 function and regulation, defining critical C-terminal residues for rRNA binding and the UUG codon/leader for autoregulation.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"C-terminal deletion binding assays and oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis with translation/half-life readouts\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"2449659\", \"3286608\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Structure of the regulatory leader not solved\", \"No reconstitution of S20-mRNA repression\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 1990,\n      \"claim\": \"Resolved that S20 loss causes two distinct initiation defects \\u2014 impaired subunit association and impaired initiation complex isomerization \\u2014 localizing S20 function to specific initiation steps.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Biochemical analysis of temperature-sensitive S20-lacking E. coli mutant ribosomes\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"2207174\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Structural basis of the isomerization defect unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 1989,\n      \"claim\": \"Quantified the subunit-association defect of S20-deficient 30S particles, showing Mg2+-dependent loose 70S formation.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Sucrose gradient centrifugation and AcPhe-tRNA protection assays\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"2666133\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Does not separate direct structural from assembly-derived effects\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 1991,\n      \"claim\": \"Localized the high-affinity S20 binding determinants to specific bulges and loops within residues 1-402 of 16S rRNA, defining the recognition surface.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Site-directed mutagenesis of cloned 16S rRNA with quantitative binding assays\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"1717450\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"3D geometry of the contacts not yet established at this stage\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 1993,\n      \"claim\": \"Connected S20 loss to translational fidelity and rRNA modification, broadening its role beyond a structural anchor.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Spontaneous mutant characterization, nonsense suppression assays, and rRNA modification analysis in E. coli\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"7683367\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Mechanism linking S20 to m5C/m6(2)A modification unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 1995,\n      \"claim\": \"Identified a non-ribosomal moonlighting function: S20 inhibits ornithine/arginine decarboxylases to regulate polyamine biosynthesis.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"In vivo overexpression, enzyme activity assays, and immunoprecipitation in E. coli\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"7539334\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Direct binding interface not mapped\", \"Physiological relevance in eukaryotes untested\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 1998,\n      \"claim\": \"Provided 3D structural mapping showing S20 bridges the 5' and 3' minor domains of 16S rRNA, explaining its role in organizing subunit architecture.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Directed hydroxyl radical probing from Fe(II)-derivatized S20 in reconstituted 30S subunits\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"9848646\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Temporal ordering of domain contacts not resolved here\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2007,\n      \"claim\": \"Showed that S20 organizes the 5' and 3' minor domains at different assembly stages, establishing it as an early assembly nucleator with staged contacts.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Fe(II)-tethered hydroxyl radical probing comparing minimal RNP vs. complete 30S\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"18155048\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Kinetics of domain docking not directly measured\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2009,\n      \"claim\": \"Quantified S20's contribution to rRNA folding energetics, showing it cooperates with S4 and S17 to channel rRNA toward assembly-competent states.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Quantitative hydroxyl radical footprinting across MgCl2 concentrations\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"19616559\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Effect localized to 5' domain only\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2010,\n      \"claim\": \"Time-resolved probing defined the order of S20-rRNA contacts and its cooperation with S17 during early assembly, and in vitro reconstitution confirmed the initiation defects in a defined system.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Time-dependent DMS probing and lambda-red deletion with reconstituted purified-component translation assays\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"20600110\", \"20149799\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Eukaryote-specific assembly steps not addressed\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2013,\n      \"claim\": \"Extended RPS20 function into p53 regulation and demonstrated its strict cytoplasmic assembly requirement for functional 40S subunits.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Ectopic expression / E3 ligase assays in p53-null cells; immunofluorescence and polysome profiling with an NLS-fusion mutant\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"23874713\", \"24076373\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Direct RPS20-MDM2 binding not reconstituted in vitro\", \"Trigger for cytoplasmic-only assembly unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2014,\n      \"claim\": \"Established RPS20 as a ribosome biogenesis factor whose germline loss-of-function predisposes to colorectal cancer.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Genetic linkage, exome sequencing, and pre-rRNA maturation assays in patient cells\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"24941021\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Single family\", \"Causal link between rRNA defect and tumorigenesis not mechanistically resolved\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"claim\": \"Identified an antiviral role in which uS10 restricts classical swine fever virus via TLR3 modulation and is targeted for proteasomal degradation by viral Npro.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Yeast two-hybrid, reciprocal co-IP/GST pull-down, and overexpression/knockdown with viral titer and TLR3 rescue assays in porcine macrophages\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28721853\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Mechanism linking uS10 to TLR3 expression unclear\", \"Conservation in human cells untested\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2018,\n      \"claim\": \"Defined a proliferation-promoting partnership in which RPS20 binding to the nucleolar GTPase GNL1 is required for GNL1-driven cell cycle progression.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Yeast two-hybrid, GST pull-down, reciprocal co-IP, and RPS20 knockdown proliferation assays\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"30061673\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Whether the interaction is ribosome-dependent unknown\", \"Binding interface not mapped\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"claim\": \"Linked de novo missense mutations to reduced RPS20 protein and demonstrated, in yeast, direct requirements for ribosome assembly and polysome formation.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Exome sequencing, Western blot, yeast growth assays, and polysome profiling\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"32790018\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Human phenotype mechanism not directly tested\", \"Modeled via cognate yeast residue\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2022,\n      \"claim\": \"Distinguished incorporation-competent from incorporation-defective RPS20 variants and tied loss-of-function alleles to upregulation of cancer-associated genes.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Minigene transfection, sucrose-gradient 40S incorporation assays, and RNA-seq in HEK293T cells\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"35682850\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Direct causal path from uS10 loss to PPM1D/PIGN induction unresolved\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2024,\n      \"claim\": \"Showed that RPS20 deficiency causes ribosome shortage that reorganizes the translatome along mRNA length and GC-content, revealing differential mRNA competition.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"siRNA knockdown with RNA-seq of total and polysome fractions in HEK293T cells\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"38290548\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Functional consequences of translatome shift not assessed\", \"Single cell line\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2025,\n      \"claim\": \"Identified H2S-dependent sulfhydration of RPS20 as a PTM that enhances MCM2 mRNA binding to drive intestinal epithelial proliferation.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"DSS colitis model, CBS knockdown, mass spectrometry of sulfhydrated RPS20, and colon organoid assays\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"40399407\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Sulfhydrated residue and binding mechanism not fully defined\", \"Relationship to ribosomal function unclear\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": null,\n      \"claim\": \"How RPS20's extra-ribosomal activities (MDM2/p53, GNL1, MCM2 mRNA, antiviral signaling) mechanistically relate to its ribosomal role and whether they share a common structural basis remains unresolved.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"\",\n      \"pmids\": [],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No structure of any extra-ribosomal complex\", \"Whether free vs. ribosome-bound RPS20 mediates these functions unknown\", \"No unified model linking moonlighting roles to ribosomal shortage signaling\"]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"mechanism_profile\": {\n    \"molecular_activity\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0003723\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [10, 12, 15, 24]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005198\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [6, 10, 21]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0098772\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 20]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0045182\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [17, 18, 19]}\n    ],\n    \"localization\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005840\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [6, 10, 21]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005829\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [5]}\n    ],\n    \"pathway\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-8953854\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [1, 22, 23]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-392499\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [6, 7, 22]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-1852241\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [11, 13, 14]}\n    ],\n    \"complexes\": [\"40S ribosomal subunit\", \"30S ribosomal subunit\"],\n    \"partners\": [\"MDM2\", \"GNL1\", \"MCM2\", \"Npro (CSFV)\"],\n    \"other_free_text\": []\n  }\n}","audit_flag":null,"evaluation":{"pairwise":"win","faith_supported":7,"faith_total":8,"faith_pct":87.5}}