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Discrimination between closely related cellular metabolites by the SAM-I riboswitch.
Journal of molecular biology - 26 Feb 2010
Montange Rebecca K, Mondragón Estefanía, van Tyne Daria, Garst Andrew D, Ceres Pablo, Batey Robert T
Abstract excerpt
The SAM-I riboswitch is a cis-acting element of genetic control found in bacterial mRNAs that specifically binds S-adenosylmethionine (SAM). We previously determined the 2.9-A X-ray crystal structure of the effector-binding domain of this RNA element, revealing details of RNA-ligand recognition. To improve this structure, variations were made to the RNA sequence to alter lattice contacts, resulting in a 0.5-A...
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