POLYRIBOSOME FORMATION AND HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS

Abstract
The attachment of P32-labeled 80S ribosomes to polyribosomes required energy. Studies of the kinetics and amount of de novo polypeptide chain synthesis indicated that initiation of the chain required attachment of 80S ribosomes to polyribosomes. This was confirmed by the inhibition of ribosome attachment and new chain synthesis by poly A. Completion of already started chains was correlated with ribosome detachment from the polyribosome.