STRUCTURE AND MACROMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS OF 5S RNA .1. STOICHIOMETRY, COOPERATIVITY, AND STABILITY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN 5S RNA AND PROTEINS L5, L18, AND L25 FROM 50S RIBOSOMAL-SUBUNIT OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI
STRUCTURE AND MACROMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS OF 5S RNA .1. STOICHIOMETRY, COOPERATIVITY, AND STABILITY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN 5S RNA AND PROTEINS L5, L18, AND L25 FROM 50S RIBOSOMAL-SUBUNIT OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00606a002
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
ZIMMERMANN, RA
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作者:
SPIERER, P;ZIMMERMANN, RA
Interactions of 5S RNA from E. coli with 50S ribosomal subunit proteins L5, L18 and L25 were evaluated by a number of criteria. The dependence of complex formation on protein and RNA concentration in TMK buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.6)-20 mM MgCl2-300 mM KCl) indicated that the 3 proteins differ substantially in their affinity for the nucleic acid. Measurement of the stoichiometry of association in the presence of excess protein revealed that molar protein:RNA binding ratios for L5, L18 and L25 at saturation were 0.6:1, 1.1:1 and 0.7:1, respectively. The RNA molecule therefore contains no more than 1 specific site of attachment for each of the proteins. Solution conditions were varied to assess the effects of pH, Mg2+ concentration and K+ concentration on the stability of the interactions. Optimal binding was observed for the L5-5S RNA complex at pH 6.5-9, [Mg2+] of 10-20 mM and [K+] of 300 to 400 mM; for the L18-5S RNA complex at pH 7.5-9, [Mg2+] of 10-20 mM and [K+] of 100-200 mM; and for the L25-5S RNA complex at pH 7.5-9, [Mg2+] of 0.3-20 mM and [K+] of 200-300 mM. In a separate series of experiments, the association of L5 and TMK buffer was cooperatively stimulated by L18 at component concentrations roughly tenfold less than were required for the association of L5 alone. The mutual influence of these 2 proteins upon one another was also clearly manifested in assays involving variation of pH and ionic environment. The pattern of cooperativity showed that the binding sites for L5 and L18 in the 5S RNA are functionally related to each other, but distinct from that for protein L25.