RNA‐Protein Neighbourhoods of the Ribosome Obtained by Crosslinking
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- 1 September 1978
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 89 (2) , 353-359
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1978.tb12536.x
Abstract
It is possible to crosslink protein to nucleic acid with diepoxybutane which reacts mainly with the N-7 of guanine as well as the thiol and aminogroups in protein; the resulting crosslinked complexes are cleavable. When this reagent is applied to ribosomes, even under conditions that minimize the extent of reaction, at least half of the ribosomal proteins can be recovered crosslinked to one or other of the major ribosomal RNA species. In addition, one fourth of the proteins can be recovered crosslinked to the RNA of the heterologous ribosomal subunit. Some of the remaining proteins may also be crosslinkable to the RNA, but additional experiments are required to confirm this.Keywords
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