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Role of Electrostatics in Protein-RNA Binding: The Global vs the Local Energy Landscape.
The journal of physical chemistry. B - 14 Sept 2017
Ghaemi Zhaleh, Guzman Irisbel, Gnutt David, Luthey-Schulten Zaida, Gruebele Martin
Abstract excerpt
U1A protein-stem loop 2 RNA association is a basic step in the assembly of the spliceosomal U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein. Long-range electrostatic interactions due to the positive charge of U1A are thought to provide high binding affinity for the negatively charged RNA. Short range interactions, such as hydrogen bonds and contacts between RNA bases and protein side chains, favor a specific binding site....
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