Exiting an RNA world

被引:26
作者
Schimmel, P [1 ]
Kelley, SO [1 ]
机构
[1] Scripps Res Inst, Beckman Ctr, Skaggs Inst Chem Biol, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1038/71194
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The RNA world hypothesis gains support from the in vitro evolution of a bifunctional ribozyme that can recognize an activated glutaminyl ester and subsequently aminoacylate a tRNA molecule.
引用
收藏
页码:5 / 7
页数:3
相关论文
共 12 条
[1]   In vitro selection of catalytic polynucleotides [J].
Breaker, RR .
CHEMICAL REVIEWS, 1997, 97 (02) :371-390
[2]   ORIGIN OF LIFE - THE RNA WORLD [J].
GILBERT, W .
NATURE, 1986, 319 (6055) :618-618
[3]   DIVERSITY OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE FUNCTIONS [J].
GOLD, L ;
POLISKY, B ;
UHLENBECK, O ;
YARUS, M .
ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOCHEMISTRY, 1995, 64 :763-797
[4]   THE RNA MOIETY OF RIBONUCLEASE-P IS THE CATALYTIC SUBUNIT OF THE ENZYME [J].
GUERRIERTAKADA, C ;
GARDINER, K ;
MARSH, T ;
PACE, N ;
ALTMAN, S .
CELL, 1983, 35 (03) :849-857
[5]   AMINOACYL-RNA SYNTHESIS CATALYZED BY AN RNA [J].
ILLANGASEKARE, M ;
SANCHEZ, G ;
NICKLES, T ;
YARUS, M .
SCIENCE, 1995, 267 (5198) :643-647
[6]   Ribozymes: Building the RNA world [J].
Joyce, GF .
CURRENT BIOLOGY, 1996, 6 (08) :965-967
[7]   SELF-SPLICING RNA - AUTO-EXCISION AND AUTO-CYCLIZATION OF THE RIBOSOMAL-RNA INTERVENING SEQUENCE OF TETRAHYMENA [J].
KRUGER, K ;
GRABOWSKI, PJ ;
ZAUG, AJ ;
SANDS, J ;
GOTTSCHLING, DE ;
CECH, TR .
CELL, 1982, 31 (01) :147-157
[8]  
Lee N, 2000, NAT STRUCT BIOL, V7, P28
[9]   Ribozyme-catalysed amino-acid transfer reactions [J].
Lohse, PA ;
Szostak, JW .
NATURE, 1996, 381 (6581) :442-444
[10]   An amino acid as a cofactor for a catalytic polynucleotide [J].
Roth, A ;
Breaker, RR .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1998, 95 (11) :6027-6031