tRNA binding sites of ribosomes from Escherichia coli.

70S tight-couple ribosomes from Escherichia coli were studied with respect to activity and number of tRNA binding sites. The nitrocellulose filtration and puromycin assays were used both in a direct manner and in the form of a competition binding assay, the latter allowing an unambiguous determination of the fraction of ribosomes being active in tRNA binding. It was found that, in the presence of poly(U), the active ribosomes bound two molecules of N-AcPhe-tRNAPhe, one in the P and the other in the A site, at Mg2+ concentrations between 6 and 20 mM. A third binding site in addition to P and A sites was observed for deacylated tRNAPhe. At Mg2+ concentrations of 10 mM and below, the occupancy of the additional site was very low. Dissociation of tRNA from this site was found to be rather fast, as compared to both P and A sites. These results suggest that the additional site during translocation functions as an exit site, to which deacylated tRNA is transiently bound before leaving the ribosome. Since tRNA binding to this site did not require the presence of poly(U), a function of exit site bound tRNA in the fixation of the mRNA appears unlikely. Both the affinity and stability of binding to the additional site were found lower for the heterologous tRNAPhe from yeast as compared to the homologous one. This difference possibly indicates some specificity of the E. coli ribosome for tRNAs from the same organism.

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