Article
Modifying the specificity of an RNA backbone contact.
Journal of molecular biology - 7 Dec 2001
Dertinger D, Dale T, Uhlenbeck O C
Abstract excerpt
The interaction between the MS2 bacteriophage coat protein homodimer and its cognate RNA hairpin is facilitated by 21 different RNA-protein contacts. In one of these contacts, the 2'-hydroxyl group at ribose -5 of the RNA acts as a hydrogen bond donor to Glu63 in one subunit of the protein. Previous experiments showed that substitution of ribose -5 with deoxyribose resulted in a 24-fold decrease in binding...
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