Andersen A A, Collins R A
Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A8.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Jul 3;98(14):7730-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.141039198. Epub 2001 Jun 26.
Kissing interactions in RNA are formed when bases between two hairpin loops pair. Intra- and intermolecular kissing interactions are important in forming the tertiary or quaternary structure of many RNAs. Self-cleavage of the wild-type Varkud satellite (VS) ribozyme requires a kissing interaction between the hairpin loops of stem-loops I and V. In addition, self-cleavage requires a rearrangement of several base pairs at the base of stem I. We show that the kissing interaction is necessary for the secondary structure rearrangement of wild-type stem-loop I. Surprisingly, isolated stem-loop V in the absence of the rest of the ribozyme is sufficient to rearrange the secondary structure of isolated stem-loop I. In contrast to kissing interactions in other RNAs that are either confined to the loops or culminate in an extended intermolecular duplex, the VS kissing interaction causes changes in intramolecular base pairs within the target stem-loop.
当两个发夹环之间的碱基配对时,RNA中会形成“亲吻”相互作用。分子内和分子间的“亲吻”相互作用对于许多RNA三级或四级结构的形成很重要。野生型瓦尔库德卫星(VS)核酶的自我切割需要茎环I和V的发夹环之间的“亲吻”相互作用。此外,自我切割需要茎I底部几个碱基对的重排。我们表明,“亲吻”相互作用对于野生型茎环I的二级结构重排是必要的。令人惊讶的是,在没有核酶其余部分的情况下,分离的茎环V足以重排分离的茎环I的二级结构。与其他RNA中的“亲吻”相互作用不同,其他RNA中的“亲吻”相互作用要么局限于环中,要么以延伸的分子间双链体告终,而VS“亲吻”相互作用会导致目标茎环内分子内碱基对的变化。