Ribosomal assembly deficiency in an Escherichia coli thermosensitive mutant having an altered L24 ribosomal protein. |
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Authors: | T Cabezón A Herzog J Petre M Yaguchi A Bollen |
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Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Genetics, University of Brussels, 1640 Rhode St Genèse, Belgium;2. National Research Council, Division of Biological Sciences, Ottawa KIA0R6 Canada |
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Abstract: | Localized P1 mutagenesis was used to screen for conditionally lethal mutations in ribosomal protein genes. One such mutation, 2859mis, has been mapped inside the ribosomal protein gene cluster at 72 minutes on the Escherichia coli chromosome and cotransduces at 98% with rpsE (S5). The 2869mis mutation leads to thermosensitivity and impaired assembly in vivo of 50 S ribosomal particles at 42 °C. The strain carrying the mutation has an altered L24 ribosomal protein which at 42 °C shows weaker affinity for 23 S RNA than the wild-type protein. The mutational alteration involves a replacement of glycine by aspartic acid in protein L24 from the mutant. We conclude therefore that the 2859mis mutation affects the structural gene for protein L24 (rplX). |
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