Nucleic Acids Research, 2000, Vol. 28, No. 19 3785-3792
© 2000 Oxford University Press
UV-induced crosslinks in the 16S rRNAs of Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Thermus aquaticus and their implications for ribosome structure and photochemistry
Department of Biochemistry, 128 Polk Hall, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7622, USA
Sixteen long-range crosslinks are induced in Escherichia coli 16S rRNA by far-UV irradiation. Crosslinking patterns in two other organisms, Bacillus subtilis and Thermus aquaticus, were investigated to determine if the number and location of crosslinks in E.coli occur because of unusually photoreactive nucleotides at particular locations in the rRNA sequence. Thirteen long-range crosslinks in B.subtilis and 15 long-range crosslinks in T.aquaticus were detected by gel electrophoresis and 10 crosslinks in each organism were identified completely by reverse transcription analysis. Of the 10 identified crosslinks in B.subtilis, eight correspond exactly to E.coli crosslinks and two crosslinks are formed close to sites of crosslinks in E.coli. Of the 10 identified crosslinks in T.aquaticus, five correspond exactly to E.coli crosslinks, three are formed close to E.coli crosslinking sites, one crosslink corresponds to a UV laser irradiation-induced crosslink in E.coli and the last is not seen in E.coli. The overall similarity of crosslink positions in the three organisms suggests that the crosslinks arise from tertiary interactions that are highly conserved but with differences in detail in some regions.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 919 515 5703; Fax: +1 919 515 2047; Email: wollenz@bchserver.bch.ncsu.edu Present address: James W. Noah, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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