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. 1974 Apr;140(1):73–78. doi: 10.1042/bj1400073

Mitochondrial and cytoplasmic ribosomes. Distinguishing characteristics and a requirement for the homologous ribosomal saltextractable fraction for protein synthesis

N G Avadhani 1,*, D E Buetow 1
PMCID: PMC1167972  PMID: 4217628

Abstract

1. Mitochondrial and cytoplasmic ribosomes of Euglena gracilis differ in their total RNA and protein content. 2. Mitochondrial ribosomes dissociate to subunits at higher Mg2+ concentrations than do cytoplasmic ribosomes. 3. A separable 5S RNA is obtained from cytoplasmic and chloroplast ribosomes, but not from mitochondrial ribosomes. 4. For protein-synthesizing activity with a natural mRNA, mitochondrial ribosomes use tRNA from any cell compartment and are partly active with supernatant enzymes from cytoplasm. Cytoplasmic ribosomes are partly active with enzymes and tRNA from mitochondria or chloroplasts. 5. Both mitochondrial and cytoplasmic ribosomes show high specificity for the homologous salt-extractable ribosomal fraction for protein-synthesizing activity.

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