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Stabilization by Manganous Ions of Ribosomes from Embryonic Plant Tissue

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PREPARATIONS of microsomal ribonucleoprotein (ribosomes1) from sources such as yeast, pea shoots, rat liver and clover leaves have been shown to consist largely of particles with sedimentation coefficient approximately 70 S (refs. 2–5). These particles are stable when dialysed against solutions containing magnesium ions at concentrations between 1 and 2 mM ; but removal of magnesium by dialysis or addition of chelating agents leads to dissociation of the 70 S particles with production of sub-units of sedimentation coefficients 50 S and 30 S. By contrast, I have found with ribosomes from wheat germ that in order to preserve intact 70 S particles on dialysis, manganese and calcium are required in addition to magnesium in the dialysing solution.

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LYTTLETON, J. Stabilization by Manganous Ions of Ribosomes from Embryonic Plant Tissue. Nature 187, 1026–1027 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1871026a0

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