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Abstract
Aminoglycoside antibiotics inhibit protein biosynthesis and various ribozymes. Structural electrostatic complementarity can explain the inhibition mechanism of the hammerhead ribozyme: positively charged ammonium groups match the negatively charged metal-ion-binding pockets created by the RNA fold's electrostatic field.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9831530 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(98)90286-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Biol ISSN: 1074-5521