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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1993-2-25
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pubmed:abstractText |
Substrate recognition by the hairpin ribozyme has been proposed to involve two short intermolecular helices, termed helix 1 and helix 2. We have used a combination of three methods (cleavage of mismatched substrates, in vitro selection, and site-specific mutational analysis) to systematically determine the substrate recognition rules for this RNA enzyme. Assays measuring substrate cleavage in trans under multiple turnover conditions were conducted using the wild-type ribozyme and substrates containing mismatches in all sites potentially recognized by the ribozyme. Molecules containing single- and multiple-base mismatches in helix 2 at sites distant from the cleavage site (g-4c, u-5a, g-4c: u-5a) were cleaved with reduced efficiency, whereas those with mismatches proximal to the cleavage site (c-2a, a-3c, c-2a: a-3c) were not cut. Analogous results were obtained for helix 1, where mismatches distal from the cleavage site (u+7a, u+8a, u+9a, u+7a: u+8a: u+9a) were used much more efficiently than those proximal to the cleavage site (c+4a, u-5a, g+6c, c+4a: u+5a: g+6c). In vitro selection experiments were carried out to identify active variants from populations of molecules in which either helix 1 or helix 2 was randomized. Results constitute an artificial phylogenetic data base that proves base-pairing of nucleotides at five positions within helix 1 and three positions within helix 2 and reveals a significant sequence bias at 3 bp (c+4.G6, c-2.G11, and a-3.U12). This sequence bias was confirmed at two sites by measuring relative cleavage rates of all 16 possible dinucleotide combinations at base pairs c+4.G6 and c-2.G11.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jan
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pubmed:issn |
0890-9369
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
7
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
130-8
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-11-19
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:7678568-Base Sequence,
pubmed-meshheading:7678568-DNA,
pubmed-meshheading:7678568-Kinetics,
pubmed-meshheading:7678568-Molecular Sequence Data,
pubmed-meshheading:7678568-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed,
pubmed-meshheading:7678568-Nucleic Acid Conformation,
pubmed-meshheading:7678568-RNA,
pubmed-meshheading:7678568-RNA, Catalytic,
pubmed-meshheading:7678568-Selection, Genetic,
pubmed-meshheading:7678568-Substrate Specificity
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pubmed:year |
1993
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Substrate selection rules for the hairpin ribozyme determined by in vitro selection, mutation, and analysis of mismatched substrates.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Microbiology, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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