Release of 70 S ribosomes from polysomes in Escherichia coli |
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Authors: | A R Subramanian B D Davis |
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Institution: | Bacterial Physiology Unit, Harvard Medical School Boston, Mass. 02115, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | In order to determine whether ribosomes are released from messenger RNA as intact particles or as subunits, polysomes of Escherichia coli labeled with heavy isotopes were allowed to run off together with “light” polysomes. The normally rapid post-run-off exchange of subunits by free ribosomes was virtually eliminated by two means: the use of purified polysomes (relatively free of initiation factors), and incubation at a lower temperature (25 °C), or at a somewhat higher Mg2+ concentration (12 to 14 mm), than is conventional. Under these conditions ribosomes released by run-off or by puromycin accumulated without subunit exchange. Hence, even though the ribosome normally initiates via subunits, it is released from RNA by a conformational change in the intact 70 S particle, rather than by dissociation. |
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