A ribonucleoprotein fragment of the 30 S ribosome of E. coli: evidence for long range RNA-RNA interactions.

AUTOR(ES)

Spitnik-Elson, P

RESUMO

A stable homogeneous ribonucleoprotein fragment of the 30 S ribosomal subunit of E. coli has been prepared by mild nuclease digestion and heating in a constant ionic environment. The fragment contains about half of the 16 S ribosomal RNa and six proteins: S4, S7, S9, S13, S16 and S19. The RNA moiety contains the reported binding sites of all six proteins. After deproteinization, 80% of the RNA migrated as two major electrophoretic bands, which were isolated and sequenced. Each band contained sequences from the 5' and 3' thirds of the 16 S RNA but none from the central third. That these two noncontiguous RNA domains migrated together electrophoretically in Mg++-containing gels after deproteinization constitutes direct evidence that the 16 S RNA is folded in the intact ribosome so as to bring the two domains close together and that there are RNA-RNA interactions between them in the presence of Mg++.

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