INDUCTION OF POLYNUCLEOTIDE-PROTEIN CROSS-LINKAGES BY ULTRAVIOLET-IRRADIATION - PECULIARITIES OF THE HIGH-INTENSITY LASER-PULSE IRRADIATION
INDUCTION OF POLYNUCLEOTIDE-PROTEIN CROSS-LINKAGES BY ULTRAVIOLET-IRRADIATION - PECULIARITIES OF THE HIGH-INTENSITY LASER-PULSE IRRADIATION
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1986.tb09837.x
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发表时间:
1986-08-15
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RUBIN, LB
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BUDOWSKY, EI;AXENTYEVA, MS;RUBIN, LB
The efficiency and specificity of RNA-protein cross-linking in the 30S subunit of Escherichia coli ribosomes, induced by low-intensity (1015 photons cm-2 s-1, 254 nm) and high-intensity [(1.6-6.8) .times. 1024 photons cm-2 s-1. 266 nm, pulse duration 10-8 s] ultraviolet radiation, are studied. Under the former conditions proteins S4, S7 and S9/S11, and under the latter conditions these proteins together with S3, S18 and S20, are cross-linked to 16S RNA. Biphotonic processes operate in the latter case. In the presence of 2-mercaptoethanol cross-linking occurs either directly, via a higher excited state or via activated intermediates with life-times less than 25 ns. Cross-links thus formed are specific, i.e., they are formed between regions of macromolecules which are in contact in the native (non-disturbed) complex prior to excitation. The efficiency of cross-linking (per photon absorbed) is 20-100 times higher upon two-step excitation as compared with single-step excitation and an analysable number of cross-links are produced in a single pulse. Only base U-1239 of 16S RNA is cross-linked to protein S7 by low-intensity radiation, whereas the adjacent base, G-1240 is also involved in laser-induced cross-linking. A transition from the former to the latter conditions allows one to reduce the duration of irradiation from several minutes to several nanoseconds.