Article
Contribution of structural elements to Thermus thermophilus ribonuclease P RNA function.
The EMBO journal - 17 Oct 1994
Schlegl J, Hardt W D, Erdmann V A, Hartmann R K
Abstract excerpt
We have performed a deletion and mutational analysis of the catalytic ribonuclease (RNase) P RNA subunit from the extreme thermophilic eubacterium Thermus thermophilus HB8. Catalytic activity was reduced 600-fold when the terminal helix, connecting the 5' and 3' ends of the molecule, was destroyed by deleting 15 nucleotides from the 3' end. In comparison, the removal of a large portion (94 nucleotides, about one...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Catalysis
- Endoribonucleases
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- RNA, Bacterial
- RNA, Catalytic
- Ribonuclease P
- Structure-Activity Relationship
