3gs1

An all-RNA Hairpin Ribozyme with mutation A38N1dA

spinqualitylabelsall models 3gs1, resolution 2.85Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3gs1 is a 4 chain structure. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.85Å Ligands: NCO, S9L, SO4 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed The hairpin ribozyme is a small, noncoding RNA (ncRNA) that catalyzes a site-specific phosphodiester bond cleavage reaction. Prior biochemical and structural analyses pinpointed the amidine moiety of base Ade38 as a key functional group in catalysis, but base changes designed to probe function resulted in localized misfolding of the active site. To define the requirements for chemical activity using a conservative modification, we synthesized and incorporated N1-deazaadenosine into the full-length ribozyme construct. This single-atom variant severely impairs activity, although the active-site fold remains intact in the accompanying crystal structures. The results demonstrate the essentiality of the imino moiety as well as the importance of its interaction with the substrate in the precatalytic and transition-state conformations. This work demonstrates the efficacy of single-atom approaches in the analysis of ncRNA structure-function relationships. Identification of an Imino Group Indispensable for Cleavage by a Small Ribozyme.,Spitale RC, Volpini R, Heller MG, Krucinska J, Cristalli G, Wedekind JE J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Apr 8. PMID:19354216 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Ribozyme 3D structures

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