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. 1986 Jul;6(7):2527–2535. doi: 10.1128/mcb.6.7.2527

Effect of heat shock on ribosome structure: appearance of a new ribosome-associated protein.

T W McMullin, R L Hallberg
PMCID: PMC367807  PMID: 3537722

Abstract

After a nonlethal but heat shock protein-inducing hyperthermic treatment, ribosomes isolated from Tetrahymena thermophila contained an additional 22-kilodalton protein (p22). When maximally ribosome associated, this protein was found to be on the small subunit in a 1:1 stoichiometric ratio with other ribosomal proteins. Using an antiserum directed against the purified 22-kilodalton protein, we found that non-heat-shocked and heat-shocked cells contain identical amounts of this protein, the only difference being that in the stressed cells p22 is entirely ribosome bound, whereas in the unstressed cells p22 has little or no detectable ribosome association. Because the two-dimensional electrophoretic properties of p22 showed no alterations after heat shock, this change in state of ribosome-p22 interaction does not appear to be caused by a chemical modification of p22. When not strongly ribosome associated, p22 is not found free in the cytoplasm. During that time in heat shock when p22 is first becoming ribosome associated, it is found preferentially on polysomal ribosomes. Subsequently, all ribosomes, whether polysome bound or not, obtain a bound p22. The functional significance of this association is discussed.

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