[Binding of Escherichia coli 50S ribosomal subunit proteins with two large 5S RNA fragments]

Two fragments containing sequences from 1-41 nucleotide (small fragment) and from 42-120 nucleotide (large fragment) were isolated from E. coli 5S RNA T1 RNase partial digest. Affinity chromatography of 50S ribosomal proteins on the immobilized 5S RNA fragments revealed the ability of the large fragment to give a complex only with protein L25. The small fragment did not bind ribosomal proteins. The intact and reassociated 5S RNA forms a complex consisting of proteins L5, L18, L25.