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. 1982 Nov 15;208(2):289–300. doi: 10.1042/bj2080289

Influence of the state of ribosome association on the phosphorylation of ribosomal proteins in isolated ribosome--protein kinase systems from rat cerebral cortex.

T A Francis, S Roberts
PMCID: PMC1153963  PMID: 6297465

Abstract

Ribosomal protein phosphorylation was investigated in isolated ribosomal subunits and polyribosomes from rat cerebral cortex in the presence of [gamma-32P]ATP and purified catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase from the same tissue. Ribosomal proteins that were most readily phosphorylated in isolated cerebral ribosomal subunits included proteins S2, S3a, S6 and S10 of the 40 S subunit and proteins L6, L13, L14, L19 and L29 of the 60 S subunit. These proteins were also phosphorylated in cellular preparations of rat cerebral cortex in situ or in vitro [Roberts & Ashby (1978) J. Biol. Chem. 253, 288-296; Roberts & Morelos (1979) Biochem. J. 184, 233-244]. However, several additional ribosomal proteins were phosphorylated when isolated 40 S or 60 S subunits were separately incubated in the reconstituted system. Analogous results were obtained with an equimolar mixture of cerebral 40 S and 60 S subunits under comparable conditions. In contrast, extensive exposure of purified cerebral polyribosomes to the catalytic subunit resulted in phosphorylation of only those ribosomal proteins of the 40 S subunit that were most highly labelled after the administration of [32P]Pi in vivo: proteins S2, S6 and S10. Ribosomal proteins of 60 S subunits that were readily phosphorylated in isolated cerebral polyribosomes included proteins L6, L13 and L29. These results indicate that polyribosome formation markedly decreases the number of ribosomal protein sites available for phosphorylation by the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. Moreover, the findings suggest that, of the ribosomal protein phosphorylations observed in rat cerebral cortex in vivo, proteins S2, S6, S10, L6, L13 and L29 can be phosphorylated in polyribosomes, whereas proteins S3a, S5, L14 and L19 may become phosphorylated only in free ribosomal subunits.

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