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Fast folding mutants of the Tetrahymena group I ribozyme reveal a rugged folding energy landscape.
Journal of molecular biology - 28 Aug 1998
Rook M S, Treiber D K, Williamson J R
Abstract excerpt
A model for the kinetic folding pathway of the Tetrahymena ribozyme has been proposed where the two main structural domains, P4-P6 and P3-P7, form in a hierarchical manner with P4-P6 forming first and P3-P7 folding on the minute timescale. Recent studies in our laboratory identified a set of mutations that accelerate P3-P7 formation, and all of these mutations appear to destabilize a native-like kinetic trap. To...
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