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Idiosyncratic cleavage and ligation activity of individual hammerhead ribozymes and core sequence variants thereof

Idiosyncratic cleavage and ligation activity of individual hammerhead ribozymes and core sequence... Abstract The hammerhead ribozyme is a small RNA endonuclease found in sub-viral plant pathogens, in transcripts from certain animal satellite DNAs and encoded at distinct loci of Arabidopsis thaliana . Kinetic analyses of tertiary stabilised ribozymes from peach latent mosaic viroid (PLMVd), Schistosoma mansoni and A. thaliana revealed a ten-fold difference in cleavage rates. Core nucleotide variations affected cleavage reactions least in the A. thaliana ribozyme, and most in the S. mansoni ribozyme. The reverse ligation reaction was catalysed efficiently by the PLMVd and A. thaliana ribozymes. The different behaviour of the individual hammerhead ribozymes is discussed in terms of structure and function. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biological Chemistry de Gruyter

Idiosyncratic cleavage and ligation activity of individual hammerhead ribozymes and core sequence variants thereof

Biological Chemistry , Volume 388 (7) – Jul 1, 2007

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de Gruyter
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Copyright © 2007 by the
ISSN
14374315
eISSN
14316730
DOI
10.1515/BC.2007.065
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17570826
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Abstract

Abstract The hammerhead ribozyme is a small RNA endonuclease found in sub-viral plant pathogens, in transcripts from certain animal satellite DNAs and encoded at distinct loci of Arabidopsis thaliana . Kinetic analyses of tertiary stabilised ribozymes from peach latent mosaic viroid (PLMVd), Schistosoma mansoni and A. thaliana revealed a ten-fold difference in cleavage rates. Core nucleotide variations affected cleavage reactions least in the A. thaliana ribozyme, and most in the S. mansoni ribozyme. The reverse ligation reaction was catalysed efficiently by the PLMVd and A. thaliana ribozymes. The different behaviour of the individual hammerhead ribozymes is discussed in terms of structure and function.

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Biological Chemistryde Gruyter

Published: Jul 1, 2007

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