Abstract
S1 is an acidic protein associated with the 3′ end of 16S RNA; it is indispensable for ribosomal binding of natural mRNA. We find that S1 unfolds single stranded stacked or helical polynucleotides (poly rA, poly rC, poly rU). It prevents the formation of poly (rA + rU) and poly (rI + rC) duplexes at 10–25 mM NaCl but not at 50–100 mM NaCl. Partial, salt reversible denaturation is also seen with coliphage MS2 RNA, E. coli rRNA and tRNA. Generally, only duplex structures with a Tm greater than about 55° are formed in the presence of S1. The protein unfolds single stranded DNA but not poly d(A·T).
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