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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-16
pubmed:abstractText
When designed to cleave a target RNA in trans, the hammerhead ribozyme contains two antisense flanks which form helix I and helix III by pairing with the complementary target RNA. The sequences forming helix II are contained on the ribozyme strand and represent a major structural component of the hammerhead structure. In the case of an inhibitory 429 nucleotides long trans-ribozyme (2as-Rz12) which was directed against the 5'-leader/gag region of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), helix II was not pre-formed in the single-stranded molecule. Thus, major structural changes are necessary before cleavage can occur. To study whether pre-formation of helix II in the non-paired 2as-Rz12 RNA could influence the observed cleavage rate in vitro and its inhibitory activity on HIV-1 replication, we extended the 4 base pair helix II of 2as-Rz12 to 6, 10, 21, and 22 base pairs respectively. Limited RNase cleavage reactions performed in vitro at 37 degrees C and at physiological ion strength indicated that a helix II of the hammerhead domain was pre-formed when its length was at least six base pairs. This modification neither affected the association rate with target RNA nor the cleavage rate in vitro. In contrast to this, extension of helix II led to a significantly decreased inhibition of HIV-1 replication in human cells. Together with the finding of others that shortening of helix II to less than two base pairs reduces the catalytic activity in vitro, this observation indicates that the length of helix II in the naturally occurring RNAs with a hammerhead domain is already close or identical to the optimal length for catalytic activity in vitro and in vivo.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0305-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3951-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Extension of helix II of an HIV-1-directed hammerhead ribozyme with long antisense flanks does not alter kinetic parameters in vitro but causes loss of the inhibitory potential in living cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Forschungsschwerpunkt Angewandte Tumorvirologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't