| Literature DB >> 2189725 |
A J Winter1, M J Groot Koerkamp, H F Tabak.
Abstract
We have reconstituted a group I self-splicing reaction between two RNA molecules with different functional RNA parts: a substrate molecule containing the 5' splice site and a functional internal guide sequence (IGS), and a ribozyme molecule with core structure elements and splice sites but a mutated IGS. The 5' exon of the substrate molecule is ligated in trans to the 3' exon of the ribozyme molecule, suggesting that the deficient IGS in the ribozyme can be replaced by an externally added IGS present on the substrate molecule. This result is different from catalysis mediated by proteins where it is not possible to dissect the specificity of an enzyme from its catalytic activity.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2189725 PMCID: PMC551900 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1990.tb08319.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: EMBO J ISSN: 0261-4189 Impact factor: 11.598