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. 1970 Aug;119(1):75–84. doi: 10.1042/bj1190075

The binding of kinetin to plant ribosomes

M V Berridge 1, R K Ralph 1, D S Letham 2,*
PMCID: PMC1179320  PMID: 4320923

Abstract

The synthetic cytokinins kinetin and 6-benzylaminopurine exhibit equilibrium-type binding to purified chinese-cabbage leaf ribosomes. At 23μm and 4°C one molecule of kinetin and 1.34 molecules of 6-benzylaminopurine are bound per ribosome. Adenine and adenine derivatives that are inactive as cytokinins showed much less affinity for ribosomes. Pretreatment of ribosomes with 0.5m-ammonium chloride or Triton X-100 did not decrease the extent of cytokinin binding. Binding appeared to be to the 83S ribosome species. A positive correlation between the extent of binding and the biological effect of various cytokinin analogues was demonstrated. These results are discussed in terms of cytokinin control of growth processes at the ribosomal level.

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