Article
Structural and kinetic characterization of an acyl transferase ribozyme.
Journal of the American Chemical Society - 18 Feb 1998
Suga H, Lohse P A, Szostak J W
Abstract excerpt
We have previously isolated, by in vitro selection, an acyl-transferase ribozyme that is capable of transferring a biotinylated methionyl group from the 3' end of a hexanucleotide substrate to its own 5'-hydroxyl. Comparison of the sequences of a family of evolved derivatives of this ribozyme allowed us to generate a model of the secondary structure of the ribozyme. The predicted secondary structure was...
Topics
- Acyltransferases
- Base Composition
- Base Sequence
- Biotinylation
- Directed Molecular Evolution
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Structure
- Mutation
- Oligonucleotides
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Catalytic
