期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1992
卷号:89
期号:4
页码:1204-1208
DOI:10.1073/pnas.89.4.1204
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:The sedimentation behavior of the halobacterial 7S RNA and bacterioopsin mRNA was assessed after application of total cell lysates to sucrose gradients. These two RNAs cosedimented predominantly with membrane-bound polysomes, and the quantity of 7S RNA bound to the ribosomes was directly correlated with the expression of bacterioopsin. Puromycin treatment released the 7S RNA from the polysomes, indicating that it is transiently associated with protein translation. We suggest that halobacteria contain a signal-recognition-like particle involved in translation of membrane-associated proteins.