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The long-range P3 helix of the Tetrahymena ribozyme is disrupted during folding between the native and misfolded conformations.
Journal of molecular biology - 9 Aug 2013
Mitchell David, Jarmoskaite Inga, Seval Nikhil, Seifert Soenke, Russell Rick
Abstract excerpt
RNAs are prone to misfolding, but how misfolded structures are formed and resolved remains incompletely understood. The Tetrahymena group I intron ribozyme folds in vitro to a long-lived misfolded conformation (M) that includes extensive native structure but is proposed to differ in topology from the native state (N). A leading model predicts that exchange of the topologies requires unwinding of the long-range,...
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