In reconstitution experiments of active 60 S subunits from inactive core particles obtained by using dimethyl maleic anhydride (DMMA), we observed that the phosphoproteins P1–P2 were extracted from the subunit by DMMA as a complex with other proteins. This complex was separated by electrophoresis and zonal centrifugation and shown, after 125I iodination of its components, to contain L22 and S12 in addition to P1–P2. Results suggest that it contains two copies of P1–P2 for one of L22 and S12.