ISSN:
0006-3525
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
This paper describes a theoretical and experimental analysis of the binding of magnesium ions to yeast, ribosomes. In the theoretical considerations the interactions between charges located on a macroion are included. In the calculations these interactions result in a term, in which both the charge and the radius of the macroion are accounted for. It appears that on dissociation of the ribosomes both the charge and the radius change, but in such a way, that the term, which accounts for the electrostatic interactions, remains constant. As a consequence the dissociation can lie neglected in the analyses of the binding experiments. Our experiments indicate that two binding reactions between ribosomes and magnesium ions occur. The endpoints of these reactions correspond to about 0.40 and 1.0 equivalent magnesium per ribosomal phosphate, respectively. The pK values are about 3.8 and 2.2, respectively. The experimental results indicate that the effect, of monovalent cations can be explained as a pure ionic strength effect, though the binding of monovalent cations could not be excluded completely.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bip.360100103
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