Characterization of Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Binding to Ribosomes
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Growth Factors
- Vol. 13 (3-4) , 219-228
- https://doi.org/10.3109/08977199609003223
Abstract
We have examined the binding of FGF-2 to ribosomes and have found that in NIH 3T3 cells that synthesize high amounts of all FGF-2 forms, both 18 kDa and HMW forms of FGF-2 bind to ribosomes. Ribosomes purified from these cells were treated with RNase or puromycin to identify the binding site of FGF-2 on the ribosome. Neither RNase nor puromycin treatment affected the in vivo binding of FGF-2 to ribosomes suggesting that FGF-2 binds ribosomal protein or rRNA, but not mRNA. The stoichiometry of binding in these cells was approximately 1 FGF-2 molecule bound per 1 ribosome. Binding was unaffected by high salt treatment indicating that FGF-2 tightly associates with polysomes. An in vitro binding experiment performed with purified ribosomes and recombinant FGF-2 suggested that the binding site is saturable. HBNF, a protein with similar charge and size to FGF-2, bound 15-fold less than FGF-2 to purified ribosomes. These results indicate that the binding of FGF-2 to ribosomes is specific.Keywords
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