Vournakis J, Rich A
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 Dec;68(12):3021-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.68.12.3021.
Evidence is presented that ribosomes active in protein synthesis and attached to messenger RNA on polysomes have a smaller diameter than free cytoplasmic single ribosomes. Measurements have been made on these two types of ribosomes of differences in sedimentation velocity and diffusion constant. Differences in these quantities suggest about a 20-A decrease in the diameter of the ribosomes from chick embryo muscles when they are attached to messenger RNA. Similar differences are also observed in rabbit reticulocytes and mouse ascites tumor cells. These two ribosomal states have different sensitivity to Pronase digestion and dissociate into ribosomal subunits at different KCl concentrations. This size difference is not associated with a significant difference in overall ribosomal mass and appears not to be dependent upon the presence of nascent polypeptide chains.
有证据表明,在蛋白质合成中活跃并附着于多聚核糖体上信使核糖核酸的核糖体,其直径比游离于细胞质中的单个核糖体小。已对这两种核糖体的沉降速度和扩散常数差异进行了测量。这些量的差异表明,鸡胚肌肉中的核糖体在附着于信使核糖核酸时,其直径大约减小了20埃。在兔网织红细胞和小鼠腹水肿瘤细胞中也观察到了类似差异。这两种核糖体状态对链霉蛋白酶消化的敏感性不同,并且在不同的氯化钾浓度下解离为核糖体亚基。这种大小差异与核糖体整体质量的显著差异无关,而且似乎不依赖于新生多肽链的存在。