Polyadenylated mRNA from the photosynthetic procaryote Rhodospirillum rubrum
Total cellular RNA extracted from Rhodospirillum rubrum cultured in butyrate-containing medium under strict photosynthetic conditions to the stationary phase of growth has been fractionated on an oligodeoxy-thymidylic acid-cellulose column into polyadenylated (poly(A)/sup +/) RNA and poly(A)/sup -/ RNA fractions. The poly(A)/sup +/ fraction was 9 to 10% of the total bulk RNA isolated. Analysis of the poly(A)/sup +/ RNA on a denaturing urea-polyacrylamide gel revealed four sharp bands of RNA distributed in heterodisperse fashion between 16S and 9S. Similar fractionation of the poly(A)/sup -/ RNA resulted in the separation of 23, 16, and 5S rRNAs and 4S tRNA. Poly(A)/sup +/ fragments isolated after combined digestion with pancreatic A and T/sub 1/ RNases and analysis by denaturing gel electrophoresis demonstrated two major components of 80 and 100 residues. Alkaline hydrolysis of the nuclease-resistant, purified residues showed AMP-rich nucleotides. Through the use of snake venom phosphodiesterase, poly(A) tracts were placed at the 3' end of poly(A)/sup +/ RNA. Stimulation of (/sup 3/H)leucine
- Research Organization:
- Washington State Univ., Pullman
- OSTI ID:
- 6005463
- Journal Information:
- J. Bacteriol.; (United States), Vol. 157:3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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