A SMALL METALLORIBOZYME WITH A 2-STEP MECHANISM

被引:200
作者
PAN, T
UHLENBECK, OC
机构
[1] Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder
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D O I
10.1038/358560a0
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
An RNA molecule consisting of an asymmetric internal loop of six nucleotides can be rapidly and specifically cleaved by Pb2+ in the presence of Mg2+. The 5' cleavage product terminates with a 3' phosphomonoester generated from a 2',3'-cyclic phosphodiester reaction intermediate. This two-step reaction mechanism resembles that of many protein ribonucleases but has not previously been observed for reactions catalysed by RNA.
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