Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 562, Issue 1-3, Pages 155-159Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(04)00221-2
Keywords
wheat germ; cell-free translation; electron microscopic observation; circular polysome; no-cap non-poly(A) tail
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We report a morphological study of functioning ribosomes; in a efficient and robust cell-free protein synthesis system prepared from wheat embryos. Sucrose density gradient analysis of translated mixtures programmed with luciferase mRNAs having different 5' and 3' untranslated regions showed formation of large polysomes. Electron microscopic examination of translation mixtures programmed with those of capped and polyadenylated mRNA revealed that ribosomes assemble into a circular-type polysome in vitro. Furthermore, a series of experiments using mRNAs lacking either cap, poly(A) tail or both also resulted in the formation of circular polysomes, which are indistinguishable from those with the original mRNA. The wheat germ cell-free system may provide a good experimental system for understanding functional ribosomes at the molecular level. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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