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SUBMITTER: Hensley MP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3220600 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hensley M Patrick MP Tierney David L DL Crowder Michael W MW
Biochemistry 20111026 46
Escherichia coli 70S ribosomes tightly bind 8 equiv of Zn(II), and EXAFS spectra indicate that Zn(II) may be protein-bound. Ribosomes were incubated with EDTA and Zn(II), and after dialysis, the resulting ribosomes bound 5 and 11 equiv of Zn(II), respectively. EXAFS studies show that the additional Zn(II) in the zinc-supplemented ribosomes binds in part to the phosphate backbone of the ribosome. Lastly, in vitro translation studies demonstrate that EDTA-treated ribosomes do not synthesize an act ...[more]