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Effect of colicin E3 upon the 30S ribosomal subunit of Escherichia coli.

Senior BW, Holland IB

Abstract

The properties of 30S ribosomal subunits from untreated and from colicin E3-treated (E3-30S) bacteria have been compared. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of ribosomal proteins revealed no difference, but several studies indicated that the 16S RNA from E3-30S particles was modified. E3-16S RNA showed slightly increased resistance to heat-induced degradation and had a reduced (15 S) sedimentation coefficient on sucrose gradients. Fingerprint analyses of E3-16S RNA revealed that the 3'-terminus of the molecule had been deleted. It was concluded that a primary effect of colicin E3 is the activation of a highly specific RNase that degrades 30S ribosomal RNA in situ, and that the resulting fragment(s) are probably retained within the 30S particle.

MeSH Terms
Autoradiography Bacterial Proteins/analysis Centrifugation, Density Gradient Colicins/pharmacology Densitometry Electrophoresis, Disc Escherichia coli/cytology Nucleoproteins/analysis RNA, Ribosomal/metabolism Ribonucleases/metabolism Ribosomes/analysis,drug effects
Chemicals
Bacterial Proteins Colicins Nucleoproteins RNA, Ribosomal Ribonucleases
Authors & Affiliations
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Senior B W
Holland I B
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
Published
1971-05-00
Pages
959-63
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC389090
Subset
IM
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