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. 1982 Nov 25;10(22):7211–7229. doi: 10.1093/nar/10.22.7211

Precise localisation of three intra-RNA cross-links in 23S RNA and one in 5S RNA, induced by treatment of Escherichia coli 50S ribosomal subunits with bis-(2-chloroethyl)-methylamine.

W Stiege, C Zwieb, R Brimacombe
PMCID: PMC326999  PMID: 6818528

Abstract

Treatment of E. coli 50S ribosomal subunits with low doses of bis-(2-chloroethyl)-methylamine ("nitrogen mustard") leads to formation of a number of intra-RNA and RNA-protein cross-links. After partial digestion of the cross-linked subunits with cobra venom nuclease, followed by destruction of the protein moiety with proteinase K, complexes containing the intra-RNA cross-links were isolated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. The individual complexes were subjected to oligonucleotide analysis, either directly or after a second partial digestion procedure using ribonuclease T1, and the cross-link sites determined. In 23S RNA, the cross-links found were between bases 763 and 1567, 1210 and 1236, 1482 and 1501; in 5S RNA, base 69 was cross-linked to base 107. The significance of these cross-links in relation to the three-dimensional organization of the ribosomal RNA is discussed.

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