Article
Conversion of a group II intron into a new multiple-turnover ribozyme that selectively cleaves oligonucleotides: elucidation of reaction mechanism and structure/function relationships.
Biochemistry - 7 Mar 1995
Michels W J, Pyle A M
Abstract excerpt
The self-splicing ai5g group II intron was transformed into a three-part ribozyme that site-specifically cleaves small oligonucleotide substrates with multiple turnover. The ribozyme is composed of intron domain 1 (D1, 425 nucleotides), with catalytically essential domain 5 (D5, 58 nucleotides) provided separately as a reaction cofactor. Together, the D1/D5 complex cleaves small substrates analogous in sequence...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Introns
- Kinetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Structure
- Mutation
- Oligonucleotides
- Phosphates
- Plasmids
- RNA Splicing