PMID: 4907880Nov 1, 1969Paper

Inhibition of bacterial growth by metal salts. The accumulation of ribonucleic acid during inhibition of Escherichia coli by cobalt chloride

The Biochemical Journal
M R Blundell, D G Wild

Abstract

During inhibition of the growth of Escherichia coli by cobalt chloride protein synthesis was decreased more than the synthesis of RNA. Three species of particle accumulated during the incubation. These had sedimentation coefficients of about 44s, 33s and 23s in tris buffer containing 10 mm-magnesium acetate and 100 mm-potassium chloride, but their sedimentation properties were susceptible to changes in buffer composition. The particles contained RNA but were more readily degraded by ribonuclease than were the ribosomes. RNA isolated from the particles differed slightly in sedimentation properties from the major species of ribosomal RNA. The particles are likely to be closely related to ribosome precursors that have been detected in other circumstances. Changes in the polyribosome fraction during inhibition by cobalt chloride, nickel chloride and chloramphenicol provided further evidence that inhibition by Co(2+) involves specific effects on the protein-synthesizing machinery.

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Sep 1, 1970·Bacteriological Reviews·M Nomura

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