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Escherichia coli ribosome unfolding in low Mg2+ solutions observed by laser Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy.
Authors:T C King  T Rucinsky  D Schlessinger  and F Milanovich
Abstract:Ribosomes unfolded by the removal of Mg2+ at 25 degrees C were studied by Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy. Raman spectra showed a reduction in the 813 cm-1 phosphodiester signal of 30S and 50S ribosomes compared to intact ribosomes, suggesting that a fraction of the ribose moieties had shifted from the 3' endo (ordered) to the 3' exo (disordered) conformation. The maximum diameters of unfolded 30S and 50S ribosomes, judged by electron microscopy, were 1.8 and 2.5-fold greater, respectively, than those of intact ribosomes. Most unfolded 30S ribosomes had three distinct structural domains and appeared "Y-shaped"; whereas most unfolded 50S ribosomes had four distinct domains and appeared "X-shaped". When ribosomes were partially unfolded (by brief exposure to 0.04 mM Mg2+ or EDTA), several possible intermediates in the unfolding process were observed. Both the shapes of particles and their Raman spectra reached the same final state in 0.04 mM Mg2+, where more than 50% of the rRNA phosphates are discharged by Mg2+, as in 10 mM EDTA, where less than 1% are discharged.
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