THE SELF-CLEAVAGE OF LARIAT-RNA

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作者
AGBACK, P [1 ]
GLEMAREC, C [1 ]
YIN, L [1 ]
SANDSTROM, A [1 ]
PLAVEC, J [1 ]
SUND, C [1 ]
YAMAKAGE, S [1 ]
VISWANADHAM, G [1 ]
ROUSSE, B [1 ]
PURI, N [1 ]
CHATTOPADHYAYA, J [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV UPPSALA,CTR BIOMED,DEPT BIOORGAN CHEM,BOX 581,S-75123 UPPSALA,SWEDEN
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10.1016/S0040-4039(00)79266-5
中图分类号
O62 [有机化学];
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070303 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Lariat-RNAs 3 and 4 undergo site-specific self-cleavage reaction at the G3 --> C6/U7 phosphodiester bond by the nucleophilic attack of 2'-OH of G3 sugar moiety to its 3-phosphate to give 5'hydroxyl terminal at C6 or U7 and 2, 3-cyclic phosphodiester of G3 whereas lariat-tetramer 1, pentamer 2, the cyclic-A(2' --> 5)G-tetramer 5 and the cyclic-A(3' --> 5')G-tetramer 6 are completely stable. The lariat-RNAs 3 and 4 are the smallest RNA known to undergo self-cleavage which is reminiscent of the RNA-hammerhead (Ribozyme) activity. The geometry of the cleavage-site in 3 and 4 has been defined by full conformational analysis by NMR and molecular dynamics calculation in water.
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页码:3929 / 3932
页数:4
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