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An energetically beneficial leader-linker interaction abolishes ligand-binding cooperativity in glycine riboswitches.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Mar 2012
Sherman Eileen M, Esquiaqui Jackie, Elsayed Galal, Ye Jing-Dong
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Comprised of two aptamers connected by a short nucleotide linker, the glycine riboswitch was the first example of naturally occurring RNA elements reported to bind small organic molecules cooperatively. Earlier works have shown binding of glycine to the second aptamer allows tertiary interactions...
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