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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
Eleven kinds of hammerhead ribozymes were designed and synthesized to investigate the structural composition of the complexes and to find suitable crystallization conditions, the substrate chains having been modified to prevent hydrolysis. Electrophoresis patterns indicated that the two strands except for the substrate chain form a binary complex and that they form a ternary complex when mixed with the substrate chain. Both complexes were crystallized. The crystal of the binary complex belongs to a Laue symmetry of 32 (space group of P321, P3(1)21, or P3(2)21) with cell dimensions of a = b = 53.4 and c = 59.4 A. The volume per one nucleotide allows the asymmetric unit to contain one binary complex. Our results suggest that the catalytic part forms a rigid ribozyme structure which induces a scissile reaction when the substrate is bound, in a similar manner to an enzyme protein.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-924X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
850-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural composition of hammerhead ribozymes.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't