Isolation and partial characterization of perichromatin granules: A unique class of nuclear RNP particles |
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Authors: | Yerach Daskal Laszlo Komaromy Harris Busch |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pharmacology, Electron Microscopy Unit, Tumor By-Products Laboratory, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA |
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Abstract: | Perichromatin granules (PCG) have been isolated from cycloheximide-treated rat liver nuclei by a procedure that preserved their ultrastructural characteristics. Like the PCG particles in situ, the isolated granules were 300–400 Å in diameter; they had an approximate sedimentation coefficient of 40S. The Bernhard bleaching procedure showed that the isolated perichromatin granules are not chromatinous components. A low molecular weight 4.7S RNA approx. 100 nucleotides long was associated with the granules. Analysis of the proteins of the isolated perichromatin granules on SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed one major polypeptide (mol. wt approx. 34 000) along with two other minor polypeptides (mol. wt 31 000 and 38 000). The major polypeptide found in the perichromatin granules had similar migration characteristics on SDS gels to a peptide found in both rat liver and HeLa cell heteronuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) particles. |
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