Ribosomal proteins L1, L17 and L27 from Escherichia coli localized at single sites on the large subunit by immune electron microscopy |
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Authors: | James A. Lake William A. Strycharz |
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Affiliation: | Molecular Biology Institute and Department of Biology University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024, U.S.A.;Institute for Enzyme Research University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc. 53706, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Three-dimensional locations have been determined for Escherichia coli ribosomal proteins L1, L17 and L27 by immune electron microscopy using antibodies directed against these proteins. From the positions of immunoglobulin G attachment, observed in two characteristic projections, it was determined that these three proteins are located at single sites in different regions on the surface of the large subunit. In the quasisymmetric projection, L1 maps on the side opposite the “ stalk,” named the L1 ridge; protein L17 maps at the base of the subunit opposite the “central protuberance” (toward the side of the subunit); and protein L27 is found on the central protuberance (on the side distal to the stalk). In the asymmetric projection, proteins L1 and L27 are found on the surface of the subunit contracting the small subunit and protein L17 is on the surface of the subunit distal to the small subunit; i.e. on the cytoplasmic surface of the large subunit. Antibody binding at all three sites was eliminated when the immunoglobulin G molecules were preabsorbed with their specific proteins. |
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