RNA-protein cross-linking in Eschericia coli 30S ribosomal subunits: a method for the direct analysis of the RNA regions involved in the cross-links.
A prerequisite for topographical studies on ribosomal subunits involving RNA-protein cross-linking is that the cross-linking sites on the RNA should be determined. Methodology is presented which offers a solution to this problem, using as a test system 30S subunits in which protein S7 has been cross-linked to the 16S RNA by ultraviolet irradiation. The method is based on a gel separation system in the presence of a non-ionic detergent. When a ribonucleoprotein fragment containing RNA-protein cross-links is applied to this system, non-cross-linked protein is removed, and simultaneously the cross-linked RNA-protein complex is separated from non-cross-linked RNA. Oligonucleotide analysis of the S7-RNA complex isolated in this manner showed it to consist of a region of RNA from sections P-A of the 16S RNA. A single characteristic oligonucleotide was absent from this region, and it was tentatively concluded that this missing oligonucleotide contains the actual site of cross-linking.
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000528:radiation effects; D001665:Binding Sites; D004926:Escherichia coli; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides / Q000032:analysis; D011485:Protein Binding; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000528:radiation effects; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000528:radiation effects
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides; D012329:RNA, Bacterial