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. 1980 Jan 25;8(2):403–421. doi: 10.1093/nar/8.2.403

Comparative study of the interaction of polyuridylic acid with 30S subunits and 70S ribosomes of Escherichia coli.

V I Katunin, Y P Semenkov, V I Makhno, S V Kirillov
PMCID: PMC327275  PMID: 6999461

Abstract

Fractionated polyuridylic acid with an average chain length of 55 nucleotides forms binary complexes with 30S subunits with a stoichiometry of I:I. These complexes are heterogeneous in stability. The more stable one is characterized by an association constant K2 - 5.5xI09 M-I, and the less stable-by KI = I06xM-I, at 20 mM Mg2+, 200 mM NH4(+) and 0 degrees C. The main reason for this heterogeneity is the presence or absence of the ribosomal protein SI in the presence or absence of the ribosomal protein SI in the subunits. Decrease of Mg2+ concentration down to 5 mM hardly changes the K2 values but reduction of the NH4(+) concentration to 50 mM results in a 25-fold increase of K2. Association constants K2 for the stable complex, i.e. in the presence of SI protein, were measured at different temperatures (0 - 30 degrees C) and the thermodynamic parameters of binding (delta H degrees, delta S degrees, delta G degrees) were determined. Analogous experiments were made with 70S ribosomes. K2 values as well as delta H degrees, delta S degrees, delta G degrees appeared the same both for 30S and 70S ribosomes in all conditions examined. This is strong evidence that the 50S subunits do not contribute to the interaction of poly(U) with the complete 70S ribosomes.

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