The ribosomes of the extremely thermophilic archaebacterium, Sulfolobus solfataricus, are very resistant to thermal denaturation (optimal growth temperature 87 degrees C), remaining essentially intact up to above 90 degrees C, However, the separate ribosomal components (rRNA and r-proteins) are less thermally stable than the ribosome as a whole, indicating that the mode of interaction of all of the components within the ribonucleoprotein particle play an essential role in determining thermal stability, To get some insight into the structural features of the thermophilic ribosome, we performed small angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements at various temperatures on Sulfolobus solfataricus intact large ribosomal subunits (50S) and deproteinated large ribosomal subunit RNA (23S). Even if the scattering profiles suggest the presence of supramolecular aggregates in all of the samples and at all of the investigated temperatures, the measured form factors indicated for both samples that, at temperatures above 70 degrees C, the suspended particles underwent a structural rearrangement. This finding is likely to reflect single particles' properties, since S. solfataricus ribosomes are known to be biologically activated only above 60 degrees C, and there are indications that such activation requires a conformational rearrangement of the particle, A remarkable superimposition of the percentage variation of the volume from neutron scattering and of the absorbancy increment with respect to temperature supports this view. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.

Small angle neutron scattering analysis of thermal stability of 23S rRNA and the intact 50S subunits of Sulfolobus solfataricus / G., Briganti; R., Giordano; Londei, Paola; F., Pedone. - In: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS. - ISSN 0304-4165. - 1379:2(1998), pp. 297-301. [10.1016/s0304-4165(97)00066-4]

Small angle neutron scattering analysis of thermal stability of 23S rRNA and the intact 50S subunits of Sulfolobus solfataricus

LONDEI, Paola;
1998

Abstract

The ribosomes of the extremely thermophilic archaebacterium, Sulfolobus solfataricus, are very resistant to thermal denaturation (optimal growth temperature 87 degrees C), remaining essentially intact up to above 90 degrees C, However, the separate ribosomal components (rRNA and r-proteins) are less thermally stable than the ribosome as a whole, indicating that the mode of interaction of all of the components within the ribonucleoprotein particle play an essential role in determining thermal stability, To get some insight into the structural features of the thermophilic ribosome, we performed small angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements at various temperatures on Sulfolobus solfataricus intact large ribosomal subunits (50S) and deproteinated large ribosomal subunit RNA (23S). Even if the scattering profiles suggest the presence of supramolecular aggregates in all of the samples and at all of the investigated temperatures, the measured form factors indicated for both samples that, at temperatures above 70 degrees C, the suspended particles underwent a structural rearrangement. This finding is likely to reflect single particles' properties, since S. solfataricus ribosomes are known to be biologically activated only above 60 degrees C, and there are indications that such activation requires a conformational rearrangement of the particle, A remarkable superimposition of the percentage variation of the volume from neutron scattering and of the absorbancy increment with respect to temperature supports this view. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.
1998
(50s 23s s-solfataricus); (50s 23s s. solfataricus); growth temperature; temperature evolution
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Small angle neutron scattering analysis of thermal stability of 23S rRNA and the intact 50S subunits of Sulfolobus solfataricus / G., Briganti; R., Giordano; Londei, Paola; F., Pedone. - In: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS. - ISSN 0304-4165. - 1379:2(1998), pp. 297-301. [10.1016/s0304-4165(97)00066-4]
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