On the attachment of ribosomes to microsomal membranes.
On the attachment of ribosomes to microsomal membranes.
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关于核糖体与微粒体膜的附着。
DOI:
10.1016/s0022-2836(66)80019-0
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发表时间:
1966
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
G. Palade
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作者:
D. Sabatini;Y. Tashiro;G. Palade
Guinea pig hepatic microsomes were treated with increasing concentrations of EDTA to dissociate into subunits their attached ribosomes. The dissociation process was followed by zone centrifugation and its products characterized by analytical centrifugation.At 20μmoles EDTA per 0·5 g tissue equivalent of microsomes, only small subunits (∼ 32 s) were released to the sucrose density-gradients in amounts which, according to RNA determinations, accounted for practically all 32 s subunits originally present in the microsomal preparation. At higher EDTA concentrations (20 to 200μmoles/0·5 g tissue equivalent), the released 32 s subunits were degraded, and increasing amounts of large subunits (∼ 47 s) were detached from the microsomal membranes. Afterin vivolabeling with [3H]leucine, the detached large subunits contained newly synthesized proteins.Ultracentrifugal analysis confirmed the preferential release of small over large subunits at EDTA concentrations below 40μM.A fraction comprising ∼ 30% of the microsomal RNA remained bound to microsomal membranes even after treatment with 500μmoles EDTA/0·5 g tissue equivalent. Successive treatment with EDTA (500μmoles) and deoxy-cholate (0·5%) led to the release of this residual RNA which, by analytical centrifugation, was found to be associated with particles, primarily ∼ 50 s particles, presumably large subunits.After labelingin vivowith [3H]leucine, the particles resistant to detachment by EDTA contained ∼ 70% of the newly synthesized protein: presumably the large subunits of active ribosomes are more firmly attached to the microsomal membrane.The initial release of small subunits suggested that ribosomes are attached to the microsomal membrane by their large subunits. This assumption is supported by electron microscopy findings on isolated, negatively stained microsomes. In favorable specimens, the groove that separates the ribosomal subunits could be recognized and was found to be oriented generally parallel to the endoplasmic reticulum or microsomal membrane.The functional implications of these findings are discussed in relation to the processes of synthesis of secretory proteins on attached ribosomes and their subsequent release into the cisternal space.