J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 21, 9668-9671, Jul, 1986
Cross-linking study on localization of the binding site for elongation factor 1 alpha on rat liver ribosomes
T Uchiumi and K Ogata
Complexes containing rat liver 80 S ribosomes, poly(uridylic acid),
phenylalanyl-tRNA, elongation factor 1 alpha, and guanylyl(beta, gamma-
methylene)-diphosphonate were prepared. Neighboring proteins in the
complexes were cross-linked with the bifunctional reagent 2- iminothiolane.
Proteins were extracted and then separated into 26 fractions by
chromatography on carboxymethylcellulose. Each protein fraction was
subjected to diagonal polyacrylamide-sodium dodecyl sulfate gel
electrophoresis. Four cross-linked pairs containing elongation factor 1
alpha were on the vertical line below the diagonal. The ribosomal protein
spot of each pair was cut out from the gel plate and labeled with 125I. The
labeled proteins were extracted from the gel and identified by
two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, followed by autoradiography. The
following proteins of both 60 S and 40 S subunits were identified: L12,
L23, L39, S23/S24, and S26, three proteins of which had been found to be
cross-linked also to elongation factor 2 (Uchiumi, T., Kikuchi, M., Terao,
K., Iwasaki, K., and Ogata, K. (1986) Eur. J. Biochem. 156, 37-44). These
results afford direct evidence that both elongation factors interact with
partially overlapping sites on rat liver ribosomes.