The discovery of DNA-binding motifs in ribosomal proteins has led to the conjecture that the transition of the ribosome from an RNA to an RNP machine occurred by adding pre-existing proteins. Supportive, but circumstantial, evidence for the hypothesis is adduced from the finding that many ribosomal proteins have a second function apart from the particle. These extraribosomal functions are enumerated.
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Wool, I. (1996). Extraribosomal functions of ribosomal proteins. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 21(5), 164–165. https://doi.org/10.1016/0968-0004(96)20011-8
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