Molecular modelling of the GIR1 branching ribozyme gives new insight into evolution of structurally related ribozymes.
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Molecular modelling of the GIR1 branching ribozyme gives new insight into evolution of structurally related ribozymes. / Beckert, Bertrand Dominique; Nielsen, Henrik; Einvik, Christer; Johansen, Steinar D; Westhof, Eric; Masquida, Benoît.
I: EMBO Journal, Bind 27, Nr. 4, 2008, s. 667-78.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Molecular modelling of the GIR1 branching ribozyme gives new insight into evolution of structurally related ribozymes.
AU - Beckert, Bertrand Dominique
AU - Nielsen, Henrik
AU - Einvik, Christer
AU - Johansen, Steinar D
AU - Westhof, Eric
AU - Masquida, Benoît
N1 - Keywords: Evolution, Molecular; Models, Molecular; RNA, Catalytic
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Twin-ribozyme introns contain a branching ribozyme (GIR1) followed by a homing endonuclease (HE) encoding sequence embedded in a peripheral domain of a group I splicing ribozyme (GIR2). GIR1 catalyses the formation of a lariat with 3 nt in the loop, which caps the HE mRNA. GIR1 is structurally related to group I ribozymes raising the question about how two closely related ribozymes can carry out very different reactions. Modelling of GIR1 based on new biochemical and mutational data shows an extended substrate domain containing a GoU pair distinct from the nucleophilic residue that dock onto a catalytic core showing a different topology from that of group I ribozymes. The differences include a core J8/7 region that has been reduced and is complemented by residues from the pre-lariat fold. These findings provide the basis for an evolutionary mechanism that accounts for the change from group I splicing ribozyme to the branching GIR1 architecture. Such an evolutionary mechanism can be applied to other large RNAs such as the ribonuclease P.
AB - Twin-ribozyme introns contain a branching ribozyme (GIR1) followed by a homing endonuclease (HE) encoding sequence embedded in a peripheral domain of a group I splicing ribozyme (GIR2). GIR1 catalyses the formation of a lariat with 3 nt in the loop, which caps the HE mRNA. GIR1 is structurally related to group I ribozymes raising the question about how two closely related ribozymes can carry out very different reactions. Modelling of GIR1 based on new biochemical and mutational data shows an extended substrate domain containing a GoU pair distinct from the nucleophilic residue that dock onto a catalytic core showing a different topology from that of group I ribozymes. The differences include a core J8/7 region that has been reduced and is complemented by residues from the pre-lariat fold. These findings provide the basis for an evolutionary mechanism that accounts for the change from group I splicing ribozyme to the branching GIR1 architecture. Such an evolutionary mechanism can be applied to other large RNAs such as the ribonuclease P.
U2 - 10.1038/emboj.2008.4
DO - 10.1038/emboj.2008.4
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 18219270
VL - 27
SP - 667
EP - 678
JO - E M B O Journal
JF - E M B O Journal
SN - 0261-4189
IS - 4
ER -
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