An important base triple anchors the substrate helix recognition surface within the Tetrahymena ribozyme active site
Szewczak A, Ortoleva-Donnelly L, Zivarts M, Oyelere A, Kazantsev A, Strobel S. An important base triple anchors the substrate helix recognition surface within the Tetrahymena ribozyme active site. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1999, 96: 11183-11188. PMID: 10500151, PMCID: PMC18008, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.20.11183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHelix dockingBase triplesRecognition surfaceGroup I intronActive siteNetwork of interactionsTetrahymena group IP3 helixStructural biologySubstrate bindingI intronCatalytic RNAProduct bindingSuppression analysisFunctional importanceRNA foldingRNA constructsSubstrate helixBiochemical evidenceMutant ribozymesRibozyme active siteSubstantial rearrangementHelixCrystallographic modelRibozymeNucleotide Analog Interference Mapping of the Hairpin Ribozyme: Implications for Secondary and Tertiary Structure Formation
Ryder S, Strobel S. Nucleotide Analog Interference Mapping of the Hairpin Ribozyme: Implications for Secondary and Tertiary Structure Formation. Journal Of Molecular Biology 1999, 291: 295-311. PMID: 10438622, DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2959.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNucleotide analog interference mappingLoop AMinor groove edgeTertiary structure formationProper foldingThree-dimensional structureHairpin ribozymeNucleotide conservationNMR structureLoop BInterference mappingTertiary interactionsLoop B.Purine nucleotidesBiochemical evidenceRibozymeIntact ribozyme