Mutations of ribosomal protein S5 suppress a defect in late-30S ribosomal subunit biogenesis caused by lack of the RbfA biogenesis factor

Growth at 30°C in LB medium of an rbfA::Km^R mutant and its derivatives expressing variants of r-protein S5 containing different amino acid substitutions. The mean of the growth rate shown is from three independent experiments for all strains except for strain STN399 for which it is from two independent experiments. The growth rate, k, is shown, which is determined from the equation k = ln2/g, where g is the mass doubling time in hours. The error bars represent the standard deviation.