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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 22.
Published in final edited form as: Biochemistry. 2011 Oct 26;50(46):9937–9939. doi: 10.1021/bi200619w

Table 1.

Metal content of E. coli 70S ribosomes.

samples Zn(II) content (eq/ribosome) other metals (Co,Cu,Mn,Ni,Fe)
as-isolated 7.9 ± 0.1 0.5 ± 0.3
Zn(II)-supplemented 11 ± 1 0.8 ± 0.3
Zn(II)-depleted 5.0 ± 0.1 0.8 ± 0.3