Effects of the ribosomal subunit association on the chemical modification of the 16S and 23S RNAs from Escherichia coli
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 146 (1) , 83-87
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb08622.x
Abstract
70S ribosomes and 30S and 50S ribosomal subunits from Escherichia coli were modified under non‐denaturing conditions with the chemical reagent dimethylsulfate. The ribosomal 23S and 16S RNAs were isolated after the reaction and the last 200 nucleotides from the 3′ ends were analyzed for differences in the chemical modification. A number of accessibility changes could be detected for 23S and 16S RNA when 70S ribosomes as opposed to the isolated subunits were modified. In addition to a number of sites which were protected from modification several guanosines showed enhanced reactivities, indicating conformational changes in the ribosomal RNA structures when 30S and 50S subunits associate to a 70S particle. Most of the accessibility changes can be localized in double‐helical regions within the secondary structures of the two RNAs. The results confirm the importance of the ribosomal RNAs for ribosomal functions and help to define the RNA domains which constitute the subunit interface of E. coli ribosomes.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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