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：1975
卷号：72
期号：8
页码：2940-2944
DOI：10.1073/pnas.72.8.2940
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Ribosomal protein S1 reversibly binds the 49-nucleotide fragment that is cleaved from the 3' end of 16S rRNA in ribosomes by colicin E3. The fragment has secondary structure in the form of a hairpin loop. At the base of the stem is a sequence (A-C-C-U-C-C) thought to be involved in the base pairing with complementary sequences in mRNA during the initiation of protein synthesis. The role of S1 may be to stabilize this region of the fragment in an open conformation to allow for base pairing to mRNA. This model is supported by the observation that S1 binds specifically to this region of the fragment. In addition, aurin tricarboxylic acid, an inhibitor of protein synthesis, reverses this effect by disrupting the S1-RNA complex. These results can explain why S1 is an essential component of the ribosome for translation of natural mRNA and why aurin tricarboxylic acid blocks initiation.
