Abstract
Small-angle X-ray scattering curves computed for various 30 S subunit structures have been compared with the experimental scattering curve. The curve from the 30 S subunit is best approximated by that calculated for a 1:3.6:3.6 ellipsoidal structure. The rather prolate ellipsoidal model suggested by recent electron microscope studies gives a scattering curve considerably different from the 30 S curve, suggesting that the electron microscope model is not that found in solution. Analysis of the more extended portions of the experimental scattering curve suggests some internal structure. A model is proposed that contains RNA and protein in positions such that the calculated scattering curve shows more extensive, yet similar internal structure. Resultant constraints on the structure of the 30 S subunit in solution are given.
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