| Literature DB >> 341991 |
B Amand, F Pochon, D Lavalette.
Abstract
The rotational brownian diffusion of Escherichia coli ribosomes has been studied by following the transient dichroism generated by optical excitation of a covalent probe into its triplet state. The induced absorption anisotropy decays exponentially with characteristic correlation times: 2.5 microseconds, 1.6 microseconds and 1.1 microseconds for the 70S ribosome and the 50S and 30S subparticles respectively. The corresponding Stokes radii are in the same order, 133 A, 115 A and 103 A. The hydrodynamic properties are discussed in terms of an ellipsoidal shape of the ribosome particles.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 341991 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(77)80207-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochimie ISSN: 0300-9084 Impact factor: 4.079