Abstract
Abstract Ribosome specificity of polymerizing enzymes prepared from Nostoc muscorum and from photosynthesizing and non-photosynthesizing strains of Euglena gracilis and Chlorella vulgaris was determined by assaying protein synthesis in vitro with Escherichia coli (70 S type) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (80 S type) ribosomes. Polymerizing enzymes prepared from the prokaryote N. muscorum are active only on E. coli ribosomes, while the enzymes prepared from the photosynthesizing strains of E. gracilis and C. vulgaris are active on both 70 S and 80 S type ribosomes. Polymerizing enzymes from dark-grown cells of E. gracilis and of an achloric strain are active only on 80 S type ribosomes, and the activity on E. coli ribosomes may be restored by adding E. coli transfer factor T. In addition, activity on 70 S ribosomes becomes evident a few hours after exposure to light of dark-grown cells of E. gracilis. On the contrary, polymerizing enzymes prepared from a non-photosynthetic strain of C. vulgaris, and from th...
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