Polyribosomes and messenger RNA from RAT liver mitochondria
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
- Vol. 14 (1-3) , 101-108
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01734172
Abstract
Rat liver mitochondrial polyribosomes were isolated free from cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein contaminations in a number of criteria (sedimentation and buoyant density patterns, ribosomal RNA composition). Heterogeneous poly A containing RNA from mitochondrial polysomes was purified by two-stage cellulose chromatography. This RNA was in vitro labelled with125I up to specific activity ~106–107 cts.min−1.µg −1 and used for hybridization experiments with separate complementary strands of mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA fragments. The proportions of mitochondrial poly A containing RNA that is complementary to heavy and light strands of mtDNA were respectively 31.5% and 8.3%. Besides, a significant RNA fraction was complementary to unique sequences of nuclear DNA (2–3 copies per haploid genome). The hybrids that were formed possessed a high Tm indicative of a perfect base pairing. A dual intracellular origin of mitochondrial messenger RNA is discussed.Keywords
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